Unit 3 Test

Liquor smugglers who hide alcohol in their shoes to evade capture.

Dangerous practice of buying stocks with loans from a broker hoping to make a profit.

Unemployed workers who illegally hopped on trains to travel from town to town in search of work.

Portions of a company that are sold to investors.

A result of the Great Migration...

FDR's plan would give him the power to appoint new judges and expand the Supreme Court .

Former New York Yankee baseball player whose career was cut short to ALS

During the Depression, many who lost their homes lived in these small villages.

Due to a major drought, many farmers became part of this. They suffered from dust storms and unable to grow crops.

What was the Social Security Act created to do?

Prohibition was the result of which amendment?

Unintended consequences of prohibition

Hoover's core belief during the GD. Favored laissez-faire- people should help themselves, not rely on the government.

T/F The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) acted as a watchdog over the Stock Market.

The time period in which African Americans moved north in search of jobs and better opportunities.

Broadcast every Sunday evening, FDR would address the nation and inspire the country.

Women's rights was the result of which amendment?

Mastermind behind the New Deal

This occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in through taxes and other incomes.

Founder of NAACP

The New Deal program that put young, single men to work. They planted trees and improved parks. They lived in camps.

This is the day the stock market crashed.

This occurred when investors acted out of panic and withdrew money from banks.

In the 1920s radio, film, and the automobile contributed to the....

Leader of the FBI during the 1930's. Changed the organization from paper/pencil to national law enforcement

Limits of the New Deal

This occurred when veterans gathered and protested in hopes of getting their owed pension from fighting in WWI.

The day that nervous investors began pulling money out of the Stock Market. A group bankers stepped in.

Identify (and Describe) the 3 goals of the New Deal

Young women during 1920s who defied traditional ideas of proper dress and behavior.

This established minimum wage, 40 hr work week, and overtime rate.

Economic Weaknesses that caused the Great Depression

African American officials in government. Unofficial advisors to President Roosevelt

This act created the FDIC to provide depositors with government insurance for their savings.

Famous female photographer who captured the Dust Bowl and rural poor.

Blamed for the Great Depression

New Deal Program that helped provide electricity to rural homes. Electricity access grew from 10% to 90%.

Ownership of a company is known as....

The Scopes Monkey Trial reflected a conflict between supporters of the ideas of...