Ch.22 The Great Depression and the New Deal | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

#1 Why were Congress and the American people against FDR's court-packing plan?

They thought it would upset the balance of power between the branches of government.

#2 Where did Charles Coughlin share his disapproval of the New Deal?

on his radio show

List 2 kinds of workers that received jobs from the New Deal.

construction, conservationists, artists, directors, actors, authors

Name 2 reasons for the Dust Bowl.

overgrazing, cultivation, drought

Why did liberals criticize the New Deal?

They thought it did not go far enough. They thought it needed to be more socialistic.

#6 Why did conservatives criticize the New Deal?

They thought it gave the government too much power; it went too far.

#7 Give 2 people or groups that criticized FDR and his New deal.

conservatives, liberals, Francis Townshend, Huey Long, Charles Coughlin

#8 Who did Hoover think had the responsibility of giving aid to the needy?

local government (state/county/city)

#9 What country was the USA lending much money to before the Great Depression?

Germany

#10 List 2 things FDR did as soon as he got into office.

special session of Congress, bank holidays, fireside chats

#11 What group became FDR's "rubber stamp" during his first term and just did whatever he wanted?

Congress

#12 List 2 problems for farmers in the Great Depression.

the Dust Bowl (drought), overgrazing, overproduction since WW1, low prices, debt, dependence on government intervention

#13 won the elections of 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944

FDR

#14 List 3 improvements from the New Deal.

business and farm prices went up, unemployment went down, more electricity, public buildings and parks were improved, restored hope in America

#15 List 3 problems with the New Deal.

massive national debt, over-budget spending continued, increased power of the federal government-especially the president, more people dependent on welfare

#16 FDR's plan to overcome opposition to the New Deal

court packing

#17 old-age insurance program

Social Security

#18 What act started the Congress of Industrial Organizations?

Wagner Act

#19 had the "Share Our Wealth" plan

Huey Long

#20 term for "a slump in business" (not as bad as a depression)

recession

#21 FDR's advisers

the brain trust

#22 What did FDR try to help stabilize banks?

bank holidays

#23 an act under FDR's New Deal that raised farm prices, but was later struck down as unconstitutional

Agricultural Adjustment Act

#24 another name for the Civilian Conservation Corps

The Soil Soldiers

#25 an organization under FDR's New Deal that did public nature projects in some southern states to provide jobs

The Tennessee Valley Authority

#26 an organization under FDR's New Deal that gave a business a Blue Eagle "seal of approval"

National Recovery Administration

#27 FDR's plan to get out the Depression

The New Deal

#28 FDR's special way of communicating with the people

fireside chat

#29 disease that paralyzed FDR

polio

#30 FDR said "The only thing we have to fear is ______________."

fear itself

#31 the name for the Plains in the 1930s during a severe drought

Dust Bowl

#32 What date was warning of the coming stock market crash?

Black Thursday

#33 What was the Bonus Army?

WW1 veterans who marched on Washington D.C. and demanded their bonus early

#34 shanty towns during the Depression

Hoovervilles

#35 What was the only government agency that Hoover set up that gave loans from the government to businesses?

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation

#36 year the stock market crashed

1929!

#37 state with a land boom in the 1920s based on speculation

Florida

#38 What is a "dole"?

a handout

#39 What is buying "on margin"

buying stock on credit; buying only part(a margin) of your stock with your own cash and getting a bank loan to buy the rest

#40 the highest tariff ever

Smoot-Hawley Tariff