The Great Depression & New Deal

President through most of the depression 

Buying a stock by paying a small % of a stocks price as a downpayment and borrowing the rest 

The period from 1929-1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed

Situation where many bank customers withdraw $$ at the same time worrying of banks stability 

Spendingmore money than the government receives in revenue

System where government buys surplus crops from farmers at a set price & sells them globally 

Small towns consisting of people living in makeshift shacks 

Agency that constructed/repaired schools hospitals airfields roads bridges buildings parks

The coal industry suffered because of new energy methods & no WWI to supply in the 1920's & 30s

A measure ofall of the goods and services produced in the economy 

Cash payments or food provided by the government to the poor

Group of WWI vets who wanted their bonus,protested,refused 2 leave,removed,made Hoover look bad

Places where food is offered for free or at a low cost for the homeless or needy  

Dam built on the Colorado River during the Depression intended to stimulate business and jobs 

People who wondered the country by riding on boxcars sleeping under bridges during depression

Area of Great Plains w/ soil erosion, drought, dust storms & poor farming forcing many to move

A day in which all banks are declared closed

Federal insurance for depositors money in banks

Which of the following is NOT a goal of the New Deal

Public work program for unemployed unmarried men to build roads bridges plant trees parks

Prohibited commercial banks from participating in investment banking and created theFDIC

Gov.program,provides aid to old age unemployed people w/disabilities paid by young workers 

The day that stock prices on the Stock Exchange collapsed leading to the Great Depression

Which is NOT a cause for the Dust Bowl

Construction jobs, new homes, timber, and manufacturing businesses boom in the 1930's 

Law that protected union workers and made sure they were treated fairly 

1st lady of FDR humanitarian &social reformer who travelled the US being FDR’seyes and ears

Government agency created to regulate the stock market

Arrangement in which consumers agreeto buy now and pay later for purchases 

A measure of the stock prices of large firms on the NYSE, most common gauge of the stock market

FDRs plan to add judges to the SCOTUS so he could pick them to stop ruling his New Deal illegal

Which of the following was a cause for the Great Depression?

A series of radio broadcasts made by FDR to the US designed to sound  intimate and personal 

Increased use of new ways of transportation left the railroad industry booming in the 1920s

Buying stocks & bonds on the chance of a quick profit, while ignoringthe risks (stock gambling)

High Tariff in US history kept nations from selling in US against US businesses 2 raise prices 

Agency that regulated trade, industry, workers wages, hours, prices, and workers rights 

The Great Depression was only a United States problem

Which of the following is NOT a way Herbert Hoover handled the Great Depression: 

Tax on imported goods 

Program that paid farmers to leave part of land empty, produce less crops to drive up prices

Lines of people waiting to receive free food from charitable organizations or public agencies 

A group of gov.programs & policies under FDR to improve conditions for people in the Depression

When WWI ended, crop demand declined, leaving to many crops, causing crop prices to be low