The Great Depression & The New Deal

What does buying stock on the margin mean?

What name was given to boys and men who rode the rails in search of work?

What president asked businesses not to lay off employees after the stock market crash?

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This provided insurance for people's savings in banks

This prevented employers from engaging in unfair practices

FDR spoke to the American people over the radio in these

He ran for president under the slogan "Share-Our-Wealth" in 1936.

FDR did not support civil rights because he didn't want to upset

Which of the following describes a government system of giving payments to the poor?

These economists believed that the economy would fix itself without intervention

Whiclh of the following was most directly responsible for putting people to work

Who was head of the National Youth Adminstration Office on Negro Affairs?

A stock market in which prices are rising

By calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles," people were expressing their

Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?

Who's plan for the economy was called the New Deal?

The first major action FDR took as president was

One long-range effect of the Grear Depression was that many people

A stock market in which prices are falling

This established a pension for people over 65

This put men to work building parks, planting trees, etc..

The aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act was to

The Patman Bill called for an immediate bonus payment to

A time when Congress passed 15 major laws with unprecedented speed

These economists believed the economy needed government intervention

Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?

During the worst of the Great Depression, the unemployment rate was about

Which candidates ran for president in 1932?

Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

First women to serve in the cabinet?

Hoover's project that provided jobs, electricity, and flood control:

Which of the following was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath?

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?

This built damns and made rural electrification in the Southeast

This amendment overturned the 18th Amendment