U.S. History II Unit 9: Great Depression

shantytowns homeless Americans built & lived in during the Depression

FDR's domestic program during the Great Depression

The early part of FDR's presidency which Congress passed a record number of laws

What are the three parts to the New Deal?

Which organization was created to give loans to banks, railroads, businesses, and farmers?

Which president believed the "trickle down" theory?

This act raised taxes on imported goods in attempt to help American businesses:

Why was there a run on the banks?

What is the term for a steady decrease in stock prices over a long time?

All of the following were "Sick" Industries EXCEPT:

The name given to the stock market crash on October 29, 1929 was

What happened to many banks as a result of the Stock Market Crash?

Which of the following is true? During the 1920s...

When the stock market is steadily rising it is called a:

This ideology favors some government involvement to improve the economy

This group was first to experience underconsumption:

What effect did high tariffs have on international trade?

During the worst time of the Great Depression in 1933, unemployment rose to:

When investors borrow money to buy a stock it is called:

Believe that the G.D. was a part of the business cycle work & would work itself out

When more goods are being produced than people can afford to buy, it is considered:

Government or private programs that provided aid to people in need

A natural disaster that hit the Midwest region of the U.S. causing families to move West

During the depression women and African-Americans

Controlled the nation’s money supply. They are often blamed for further weakening the economy

A nickname was given to Midwesterners who moved to California in search of jobs

A natural disaster that hit the Northeast region of the U.S.

Unemployed veterans who gathered to protest the lack of gov't help in the economic crisis

This ideology favors sweeping social, political, or economic changes in society

What ended the Great Depression?