Unit 1: Great Depression

Which of the following people believed that FDR's programs did not do enough to help average American citizens?

What happened if a homeowner/farmer wasn't able to pay back the loan he or she took out on his house/farm?

What was the environmental disaster that occurred in the Great Plains region during the 1930s called?

People piled up debts by ________.

Which piece of legislation recognized the right of workers to join unions and collectively bargain?

Which agency/program provides payments to retirees, the elderly, the disabled, and others who cannot support themselves?

Roosevelt's communications with the public via radio were called ____.

Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the Great Depression?

What were the makeshift shacks that people sometimes lived in during the Great Depression called?

Programs that create jobs with government projects are considered _____ programs.

This led to the most ____, or extremely bad or appalling, economic downturn in U.S. History.

When people flocked to the banks and demanded that they be able to withdraw their money, it was called a ____.

Which group of people did the term "hobo" apply to?

Which of the following was NOT one of the states affected by the Dust Bowl?

Roosevelt was a very ____ speaker, meaning he was persuasive and clear.

Unemployment reached a peak of ____ during the Great Depression.

Community members would sometimes bid on their neighbors' property after it had been foreclosed upon in a ______.

The New Deal changed the federal government by ____.

Which agency/program employed young men and tasked them with replanting forests and maintaining trails?

Who did President Hoover believe should take responsibility for addressing the problems of the Great Depression?

Programs that address the root causes of the depression and implement permanent regulations are considered ____.

Government-funded projects to build public facilities are referred to as...

Why were they called this?

Many Americans had ____, or humble submission and respect, for FDR.

Which group was encouraged to "repatriate" or return to their "homeland" during the Great Depression?

Farmers continued engaging in overproduction after ______ and this ultimately drove down the price of crops.

Hobos were forced to ____, or suffer patiently, the challenges of life on the road, including having no official home.

What did FDR attempt to do in his "court-packing scheme?"

Which agency/program provided opportunities for writers, performers, and artists to work?

Why did some employers choose to hire African Americans over White Americans during the Great Depression?

The Dust Bowl resulted in a region that was ____, or deserted of people and in a state of bleakness.

Programs that provide direct aid in the form of cash payments (money), food, or shelter are considered ____ programs.

Why was Hoover's policy ineffective?

Which agency/program aimed to restore crop prices?

The "Great Crash" began in...