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Great Depression
Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stock market priced fell during the Great Depression | Crash of 1929/ Black Tuesday |
| A special session of Congress kept busy passing FDR's programs | Hundred Days |
| FDR's programs to fight the Depression | The New Deal |
| Marched to Washington D.C. to collect early payment for fighting in WW1 | Bonus Army |
| Another set of programs to fight the Depression, passed in 1935. | The Second New Deal |
| Using borrowed money to pay for government programs | deficit spending |
| farms damaged across a large area of the mid-section of the U.S. | Dust Bowl |
| Workers stop working but stay on the job site | sit-down strike |
| keeps an eye on the stock market | Securities and Exchange Commision |
| a political view that favors strong government action | liberal |
| How did entering WW1 help to end the depression | Factories began operating full production making weapons and supplies |
| How did Eleanor Roosevelt help during FDR's presidency | She stressed importance of women in government, helped poor, traveled the country |
| How did voting patterns change for African Americans | African Americans who were loyal to Republicans began to give support to the Democratic party. |
| How did FDR loose popularity with the American People | He tried to increase the number of judges to the Supreme Court |
| How did Roosevelt take charge at he beginning of his presidency | Gave hope, smart advisers but not a fixed plan, took immediate steps. |
| How did buying on margin contribute to the stock market crash | People were borrowing 1/2 of the money and had to sell to sell it for less than they payed |
| what results of the new deal are in effect today | pensions, labor union support, SEC |
| How did Roosevelt and Hoover approach the problem of the Great Depression. | Hoover-problem solved by the people FDR- problem solved by the government |
| Five main causes of the depression | problems in business and farming, incomes unequal, too much unsold goods, too much debt, stock market problems. |
| Three examples of how FDR dealt with the depression | New Deal and the Second New Deal, fireside chats to restore Americans confidence, closed all banks and only reopened the ones in good shape |
| The Great Depression occurred in the ______ | The Great depression occurred in the 1930's |
| The three R's of Roosevelt's Plan | relief, recovery, reforms |
| Five ways Americans were effected by the depression | They lost their jobs, they went hungry, they lost their homes, children ran away, had to leave farms |
| who did Americans blame most for the Depression | Herbert Hoover |
| Four lasting effects of the New Deal and the Depression | People fear of loosing their money, stronger presidency and federal government, Social Security Act, FDIC-insure banks |
| Migration routes | Highways that became the routes from the Dust Bowl to California and Oregon |
| The 5 states that were most affected by the Dust Bowl | Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico |
| What did FDR- Franklin D. Roosevelt fail to do | Failed to back Civil Rights Laws |
| Most northern state in the dust storm | North Dakota |
| African Americans began to support _______ | The Democrats over the Republicans |
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