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

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#38 What is a "dole"?

a handout

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

recession

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

Dust Bowl

#19 had the "Share Our Wealth" plan

Huey Long

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

Germany

#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

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

local government (state/county/city)

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

special session of Congress, bank holidays, fireside chats

#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

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

Agricultural Adjustment Act

#27 FDR's plan to get out the Depression

The New Deal

#29 disease that paralyzed FDR

polio

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

fear itself

Name 2 reasons for the Dust Bowl.

overgrazing, cultivation, drought

#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.

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

construction, conservationists, artists, directors, actors, authors

#33 What was the Bonus Army?

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

#36 year the stock market crashed

1929!

Why did liberals criticize the New Deal?

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

#18 What act started the Congress of Industrial Organizations?

Wagner Act

#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

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

fireside chat

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

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

#22 What did FDR try to help stabilize banks?

bank holidays

#6 Why did conservatives criticize the New Deal?

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

#17 old-age insurance program

Social Security

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

FDR

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

on his radio show

#40 the highest tariff ever

Smoot-Hawley Tariff

#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

#21 FDR's advisers

the brain trust

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

The Tennessee Valley Authority

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

court packing

#34 shanty towns during the Depression

Hoovervilles

#24 another name for the Civilian Conservation Corps

The Soil Soldiers

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

National Recovery Administration

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

Florida

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

Congress

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

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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

Black Thursday