Question | Answer |
Over production | Farmers over produced |
Over speculation | People bought stocks on margin |
Black Tuesday | October 29,1929 stock market crashed |
Under consumption | People bought less |
Protective Tariffs | High tax on imports lessening the demand for US goods |
Unequal distribution of wealth | More poor then rich |
What were Hoovervilles and why were they called that? | Temporary buildings and were called Hoovervilles, because they blamed Hoover |
What did the bonus army want?Did they get what they were after? | They wanted their veterans bonus and no |
_____won the election in 1932, because the people blamed Hoover and the____for the Great Depression | Franklin D. Roosevelt; Republicans |
FDR came into office with his domestic policy called | New Deal |
What happened on FDR's first 100 days? | 15 New Deal bills were passed through Congress |
New Deal programs or alphabet soup agencies-primarily focused on | Relief, reform, and recovery |
CCC | Civilian Conservation Corps |
AAA | Agriculture Adjustment Act |
SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
PWA | Public Works Administration |
SSA | Social Security Act |
Black Cabinet | Black advisors to FDR |
Brain Trust | FDR's personal advisors from Columbia University |
Fireside Chat | Gave people the feeling |
Explain the Dust Bowl? | A drought and over plowing |
Why did people go to the movies? | To forget about their struggles |
Define the 18th and 21st amendment | Prohibition;repeal of prohibition |
What was so ironic about overproduced crops? | So much hunger amidst of all the food |