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Chapter 12 SS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Black Tuesday | Stock market prices fell in the beginning of The Great Depression. |
| Hundred Days | A special session of Congress kept busy by passing FDR's programs. |
| New Deal | Roosevelt's programs to fight the Depression. |
| Bonus Army | Marched to Washington D.C. to collect early payment for fighting in WWI. |
| Second New Deal | Another set of programs to fight the Depression, passed in 1935. |
| Deficit Spending | Using borrowed money to pay for government programs. |
| Dust Bowl | Farms damaged across a large area of the mid-section of the U.S. |
| Sit Down Strike | Workers stopped working but stayed on the job site. |
| SEC | Keeps an eye on the stock market. |
| Liberal | A political view that favors strong government action. |
| How entering WWII helped to end the depression | They had to purchase military equipment, which forced them to save up. They had to hire many people. |
| How Eleanor Roosevelt helped during FDR's presedency | She was his eyes and ears. She went around and saw how programs were working. |
| How voting changed for African Americans | Most of them changed from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party. |
| How FDR lost popularity with Americans | He tried to increase the number of judges on the Supreme Court. |
| How Roosevelt took charge at the beginning of his presidency | He gave people hope, smart ad visors, took immediate steps. |
| How buying on margin contributed to the stock market crashing | People weren't able to pay back what they loaned so they sold their stock. |
| The results of the New Deal that are still in effect today | Pensions, labor union support, and the SEC. |
| How Hoover and Roosevelt approach the problem of the Depression | Hoover- Problem solved by the people. Roosevelt- Problem solved by the government. |
| Five main causes of the Depression | Problems in business and farming, incomes were unequal, unsold goods, debt, stock market problems. |
| Three examples of how FDR fought the Depression | Established bank holidays, fireside chats, first and second New Deal. |
| Five ways Americans were affected | Lost jobs, lost homes, had to leave farms, children ran away, hunger. |
| Four lasting effects of the Depression and the New Deal | People afraid of losing money and property, FDIC, Social Security Act, stronger presidency. |
| When the Great Depression occured | 1930's. |
| The three R's of FDR's plan | Relief, recovery, reforms. |
| Who Americans blamed for the Depression | Herbert Hoover |
| Migration Routes | Highways became routes from the Dust Bowl to California and Oregon. |
| States most affected by the Dust Bowl | Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico. |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Failed to back Civil Rights Laws. |
| Most Northern State in Dust Storm | North Dakota |
| African Americans | Began to support Democrats. |
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