U.S. History Unit 12 Great Depression and New Deal

What two factors helped create the recession of 1937?

WW I Veterans from Oregon that marched to Washington D.C. to demand bonuses promised to them.

Act established security for older Americans, unemployed workers funded by a payroll tax?

After Roosevelt’s election why did people withdraw money from banks causing more failures?

During the depression farmers began destroying crops and dumping milk in an attempt to do what?

Betting that the market will continue to rise

What plan suggested that the government give a pension of $200 a month to citizens over 60 who were willing to retire?

New Deal agency that paid farmers not to farm and to kill livestock in order to raise prices?

One ounce of gold equaled a set number of dollars.

Economic theory, Gov. should deficit spend heavily in recession to jump start economy.

Which of the following is one reason banks failed leading into the Great Depression

Which groups helped Roosevelt win re-election in 1936?

What did president Hoover do to try and get the economy going?

What happened in the economy that helped lead to a lasting depression?

What did the Federal Reserve do that worsened the effects of the depression?

Act established the National Labor Relations Board and helped better the lives of laborers?

A Roosevelt plan that was seen as an unconstitutional attempt to limit Supreme Court’s independence?

Established in “Second New Deal” to try and increase public works projects and ended up being the most expensive?

Which of the following is one main reason for the stock market crash of 1929?

When bank depositors decide to withdraw their money at the same time.

What is a government financed building project?

In order to pay for public works projects what did Hoover have to do?

What New Deal agency focused great amounts of money on funding public works projects?

Which of the following hurt the American economy by limiting trade to foreign countries?

Roosevelt’s polices to try and reverse the effects of the great depression were called what?

Which of the following is one reason banks failed leading into the Great Depression

Government works out conflicts among different interests

In order to get industry more productive what did Roosevelt establish?

When creditors take ownership of the land and evict the families

Dissatisfied union members take their complaints to a neutral party who listen to both sides and decide on the issue

When the stock market experiences a long period of rising stock prices.

What did Hoover eventually do to provide direct relief?

Employees stop work inside a factory and refuse to leave.

What did Republicans, conservative southern Democrats create to try and oppose the New Deal?

What was the goal of the Civilian Conservation Corps?