create legislation so that a depression never happened again

Many farmers lost their farms and their money during the Dust Bowl, what was the cause?

Severe drought that dried out the entire midwest

what is court packing

FDR wanted as many judges that agreed with him as possible

Why was relief the first thing FDR needed to do?

before anyone got jobs again they had to have food/shelter

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

caused the U.S. to lose export sales to foreign countries

FDR forced banks to close so they wouldn't lose money

Choose the best description of what the stock market is

system for buying and selling shares of companies

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1
What year was the stock market crash?
1927
2008
1930
1929
2
16 billion dollars were lost on this day alone
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
Red Wednesday
Red Scare Day
3
In the beginning of the GD what did the govt. do when a bank ran out of money?
nothing
printed more money
gave them more money
shut the bank down
4
Reform for FDR meant
create legislation so that a depression never happened again
give people jobs
give people immediate aid (food, shelter)
make politics go far left and give the govt. more control
5
The practice of buying shares of stock on credit was called...
Buying on margin
Buying on loans
Buying on a whim
Buying on credit
6
Many farmers lost their farms and their money during the Dust Bowl, what was the cause?
They lost all their money in the stock market crash
Overproduction of land depleting all nutrients in the soil
children became sick and could not work the fields anymore
Severe drought that dried out the entire midwest
7
what is court packing
Media trying to get people into the court rooms to watch
FDR wanted as many judges that agreed with him as possible
arresting as many people as possible to get all the bad ppl
8
Why was relief the first thing FDR needed to do?
so that he could get elected
it was the right thing to do
people needed jobs
before anyone got jobs again they had to have food/shelter
9
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Made the name Nathan Hawley illegal in all 48 states
made it easier for U.S. to trade with Europe
Eliminated American jobs giving them to foreign countries
caused the U.S. to lose export sales to foreign countries
10
Recovery for FDR meant
give people immediate aid (food, shelter)
give people jobs
make legislation so that a depression never happened again
moved the govt to the left and gave them more power
11
How did The Wizard of Oz reflect the Great Depression
everything was gold and magical just as during the GD
it didn't
described a better place
People had no heart or courage
12
A bank holiday was
everyone gave banks money to offset the loss during the GD
all bank CEO closed their banks and went on vacation
FDR forced banks to close so they wouldn't lose money
13
What were the make shift cities called during the Great Depression
Ghettos
Shanty Towns
Slums
Hoovervilles
14
Choose the best description of what the stock market is
system where the rich get richer
system for buying and selling shares of companies
system that takes peoples money
system for companies to get more money to invest

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