Great Depression & The New Deal

What effect did banks & businesses have on the American people?

The Works Program Administration was created to:

The day panicked sellers traded nearly 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange

Roosevelt's speeches given on radio to boost public confidence were known as?

What was FDR's campaign promise in the 1932 election called?

Which New Deal program carried out public works projects? (example: road construction)

Rather than moving elsewhere, many families remained on their farms during the dust bowl.

How did the government try to create jobs for people?

How did banks manage to lose their customers' life savings?

A period of rising stock prices which encourages people to buy stocks

Today, this federal institution insures bank deposits

the ability to purchase a good or service now, and pay for it later

Why were the homeless shacks called Hoovervilles?

This is the most widely used measurement of the stock market's health

Which New Deal program developed the Tennessee River Valley?

Which President said: "Farmers have never made money. I don't believe we can do much about it" 

The idea that the U.S. government would buy surplus crops; then sell on world market

Which New Deal Program ended most bank failures?

Which New Deal program developed National Parks?

What was the purpose of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?