Ch 11/12 Great Depression/New Deal

This provided security for older Americans and unemployed workers.

Who won the presidency in 1932?

True or False:  You could actually die of suffocation from dust in the dust bowl.

FDR's plan to help with relief, reform and recovery from the Great Depression?

Buying stock with borrowed money thinking stock prices would go up.

Hoovervilles are?

When a government spends more than it takes in from taxes.

What did Hoover believe in terms of government involvement with the Great Depression?

He won the presidency in 1928.

The bonus army were

People listened to the radio during the Great Depression to?

A tariff is?

When you purchase something  by putting a small amount down and make payments monthly.

On this day the stock market crashed losing up to 15 billion dollars.

The radio broadcasts that FDR aired to reassure the American people that all was well.

Some of the problems dust storms caused:

When we raised our tariffs other countries___________.

Buying stock on borrowed money in order to make a gain when the stock rises in price.

Strike where workers take over a business by refusing to leave.

John Steinbeck wrote a book about a family in the dust bowl escaping to California called?

The ineffectual, largest tariff in Am His that actually hurt American exports and our economy

Created to promote hydroelectric power,control flooding in rural Appalachian Mountains

What caused the dust bowl?

Created jobs with the forestry department working on the environment, building roads, etc

Period of drought that hit the Great Plains area.

When was Roosevelt's most productive time in office as far as getting bills passed?

When a bank takes possession of your home due to non-payment.

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

No one buying goods, factories making less profit and products, less jobs. This is all due to?

Which New Deal program had farmers cut back on crop production to increase prices and demand.

Eleanor Roosevelt was known as Franklin's

This group helped workers by making it easier for them to join a union.

What were Hoover's thoughts on deficit spending in terms of the government?

What is it called when everyone tries to withdraw their money from the bank at once.