Great Depression & New Deal

Many people supported Hoover's handling of the Great Depression at its onset

What did the unemployment rate in the US rise to during the Depression?

What was FDR's first major challenge when he took office?

Name to describe a town of makeshift homes for the homeless often made out of cardboard and other scraps

FDR created the SEC to

What was the name of the photographer who took this picture?

What was the name of the American author who wrote about the dustbowl w/ "The Harvest Gypsies" and "The Grapes of Wrath"

Which New Deal program brought electricity to the south and created jobs by creating hydroelectric plants?

Opponents of the New Deal believed that

Reform was programs to correct problems in the economy and prevent future depressions

Which New Deal program attempted to stimulate the economy by setting fair wages, hours, and prices for products?

When was date of the stock market crash, often referred to as Black Tuesday?

Who was the first female cabinet member?

National Industrial Recovery Act allowed business, labor, and the government to cooperate in setting up

Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington D.C.?

A long period of rising stock prices is known as a

Which of these factors helped to hide economic problems in the 1920s?

Which New Deal Agency hired 2 million people to build airports, dams, schools, hospitals, and parks

Newly homeless people put up communities of shacks they called

What caused Republicans to gain power in Congress in 1938?

Another name for a migrant worker during the Depression was...

Which New Deal agency created a guarantee for customer bank accounts in order to restore confidence in the banks?

FDR barely won the needed electoral votes in 1932.

Which New Deal agency provided work to young men aged 18-25 years old?

Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?

What was this region of the country called during the Depression?

Hoover believed that the responsibility for fixing the Depression relied on charitable handouts.

How many terms did FDR serve as president?

Relief was programs to stimulate the agriculture industry and the economy to end the depression

Who was the President before FDR?