Chapter 12 SS Word Scramble
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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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