11.7 USHG - Prosperity and Depression | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Critics like Huey Long argued the New Deal

Did not go far enough in redistributing wealth

Gave too much to farmers

Ended local control of education

Banned worker strikes

What was a key failure of the New Deal?

It did not end the Great Depression

It weakened Social Security

It reduced political participation

It outlawed unions

The New Deal changed the relationship between government and the people by

Making the federal government responsible for public welfare

Limiting free speech

Ending voting rights for immigrants

Reducing federal spending

Eleanor Roosevelt was known for

Advocating for civil rights and women’s issues

Opposing New Deal reforms

Leading the Department of Agriculture

Passing labor laws in Congress

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) helped by

Providing jobs and electricity in rural areas

Reducing wartime inflation

Financing overseas factories

Regulating housing prices

A lasting result of the New Deal is that

The federal government became more involved in the economy

Private charities controlled unemployment benefits

Presidential powers were weakened

States took over social programs

FDR’s court-packing plan was seen as a threat to

Separation of powers in government

Congress’s control over taxes

Presidential veto power

Federalism in education

A major criticism of the New Deal was that it

Expanded the role of the federal government too much

Ignored rural communities

Gave too much power to state governments

Encouraged monopolies

The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) strengthened

Workers’ right to form unions

Tax policy

Military draft

Business monopolies

The Social Security Act was designed to

Provide income for the elderly and disabled

Offer free education

Limit immigration

Create new labor unions

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) helped

Young men find jobs in environmental projects

Elderly Americans

Farmers buy new equipment

Build railroads in the West

The purpose of FDR’s New Deal was to

Provide relief, recovery, and reform

Prepare for war

Increase exports

End segregation in the South

FDR’s approach to the Depression was known as

The New Deal

The Great Society

Big Stick Diplomacy

The Fair Deal

The Bonus Army marched on Washington to

Demand early payment of WWI bonuses

End immigration quotas

Protest Prohibition

Support tax increases

Shantytowns during the Depression were often called

Hoovervilles

Liberty Camps

Roosevelt Villages

Economic Zones

Hoover believed the Depression could be solved by

Voluntary actions from businesses and individuals

Massive government programs

Raising taxes on the wealthy

Public ownership of banks

"Riding the rails" during the Depression referred to

Unemployed people hopping freight trains to find work

Vacation travel for Americans during the depression

Tourism campaigns to attract workers to cities

Labor strikes in the West

The Dust Bowl most directly impacted

Farmers in the Great Plains region

Coal miners in Pennsylvania

Immigrants from Europe

Dockworkers on the East Coast

During the Depression, the Dust Bowl was

An environmental disaster that forced farmers to migrate

A mining strike in California

A major tornado in the Midwest

A plan to plant wheat in deserts

A major cause of the Great Depression was

Overproduction and underconsumption

Excessive government regulation

Strict banking policies

High tariffs on American imports

The stock market crash of 1929 was caused in part by

Speculation and buying stocks on margin

Government seizure of banks

Overproduction of agricultural goods

Foreign military conflict

One result of the rise of the automobile was

Growth of suburbs and new industries

Decline in farm production

Greater use of horses

Ban on women drivers

Henry Ford revolutionized industry by

Perfecting the assembly line for mass production

Inventing the steam engine

Creating labor unions

Limiting wages for workers

The Immigration Quota Acts of the 1920s aimed to

Limit immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe

Encourage skilled workers to immigrate

Increase diversity in U.S. schools

Provide jobs for new arrivals

Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted during a time of

Widespread nativism and fear of immigrants

Racial integration in the South

Strict prohibition enforcement

Political party reform

The Red Scare of the 1920s was fueled by

Fear of communism and political radicals

German attacks during WWI

Southern civil rights activism

Economic depression in Europe

The Scopes Trial highlighted a conflict between

Science and religion in public education

Federal and state governments

Labor unions and management

Democrats and Republicans

Langston Hughes is best known for his

Harlem Renaissance Poetry

Political speeches

Union organizing

Business reforms

The Harlem Renaissance was a period of

Artistic and cultural expression by African Americans

Civil Rights legislation

Military expansion into Africa

Black migration to Canada

The term “flappers” in the 1920s referred to

Young women who challenged traditional roles

Women who worked in factories

Suffragists who organized protests

Female union organizers

A major result of the 18th Amendment was

A rise in illegal alcohol sales and organized crime

Less crime in cities

Increased industrial output

More voter turnout in rural areas

The 1920s were often called the “Roaring Twenties” because

It was a time of social, cultural, and economic change

Everyone could afford luxury goods

The U.S. passed many new tariffs

There were no political disputes