Great Depression Unit

The American public perceived many characteristics in President Roosevelt, but not what?

What is the term for buying a stock by paying a small % down and borrowing the remainder?

This put almost three million young men to work building roads or parks, and planting trees?

This term refers to the Stock Market Crash of October 29, 1929?

President Roosevelt called his radio programs that informed Americans about the New Deal what?

This democrat lost the presidential election of 1928?

The Dust Bowl occurred in what region of the United States?

This is the period when unemployment skyrocketed for 1924 to 1940 and the economy plummeted?

The two major events that FDR faced in his presidency were?

This candidate declared "Now this guarantees my election" after the Bonus Army incident?

This established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

Which of the following reached a new high during President Roosevelt's first term as President?

Which of the two New Deal programs were found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

This created an administration that set fair prices on many products and set labor standards?

"Hoovervilles" were called that because of what?

The Harlem Renaissance refers to what?

The first action that Franklin D. Roosevelt took as President was what?

This is the largest of the jobs programs for adult men building our infrastructure?

The overall unemployment rate for minorities such as African Americans and Mexican Americans?

This president was known for his involvement in scandal with the teapot dome?

By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to do what?

Which of the following of Roosevelt's ideas failed to become a law?

The Great Migration refers to what?

This reduced the flow of goods around the world due to increased taxes on imports and exports?

________ used music to express the hardships of American life during the Great Depression.

Who wrote the novel "The Grapes of Wrath"?

This provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people?

Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt's first term as president?

This authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and close those that were unsound?

To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as what?

Term for making extremely risky business transactions on the chance of making quick profits?

During the Great Depression the overall unemployment rate was what?

In 1932 these two candidates ran for President?

This Republican won the presidential election of 1928?

This term refers to putting a small amount down on a stock and borrowing the rest of the cost?

This term refers to making risky business transactions on the chance of making a big profit?

Which of the following pieces of legislation were found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

The most widely used measure of the stock market's health is what?

What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the FDR administration?

Raising the price of crops helped people during the Great Depression because ____________?

This helped to create prosperity in a poverty stricken region by providing funds to build dams?

This term is used to describe the stock market crash of October 29, 1929?

The Supreme Court ruled that the _______________ was unconstitutional.

The Civilian Conservation Corps was nicknamed what?

This is an arrangement in which consumers agree to buy now and pay later for purchases?

This term is the name of the most widely used measure of the Stock Market's Health?

This required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings?

This president's name was part of the word for shantytowns during the depression?

Two projects completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps locally were?

These were used to keep crop prices higher in the McNary-Haugen bill?