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The Great Depression. Chapter 21 and 22 Quiz Show. Insulting name given to workers from the Dust Bowl seeking jobs on farms and in orchards. Okies. A high tax on imports that actually hurt the economy more than it helped. Smoot –Hawley Tariff.
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The Great Depression Chapter 21 and 22 Quiz Show
Insulting name given to workers from the Dust Bowl seeking jobs on farms and in orchards Okies
A high tax on imports that actually hurt the economy more than it helped • Smoot –Hawley Tariff
October 29, 1929. The Day the sock market crashed Black Tuesday
Established by Herbert Hoover to give government money to banks and other institutions • Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Purchasing stocks with loans from stockbrokers Buying on Margin
Central bank of the United States • Federal Reserve
Total value of goods and services produced in a nation during a specific period Gross National Product
Popular president in the early 1920s who maintained pro-business policies Calvin Coolidge
Term for the Great Plains area that was hardest hit by the 1930s drought • DUST BOWL
Roosevelt’s weekly radio addresses Fireside Chats
The most severe economic downturn in the history of the United States The Great Depression
Condition that occurs when a government spends more than it takes in DEFICIT
Centerpiece of the second New Deal that guaranteed income for older Americans. • Social Security
Settlements for the homeless Hoovervilles
World War I veterans whose protest in Washington, D.C., was violently disrupted • BONUS ARMY
Radical Critic of FDR and Louisiana governor who wanted a “Share the Wealth” program Huey P. Long
Provided public-Works jobs on a wide range of projects. Works progress Administration
Elected president in 1932 with the promise of a New Deal for the American People • Franklin D. Roosevelt
A lender taking ownership of a property from an owner who has not made loan payments. Foreclosure
Large projects paid for by the Government • Public Works
Formed to solve the problem of young men getting a job Civilian Conservation Corp
Encouraged Farmers to cut production in return for a subsidy • Agricultural Adjustment Act
Voluntary partnership between business and the government during the Hoover Administration Associative State
President of the United States when the Great Depression began. • Herbert Hoover
Established minimum wages and maximum hours for many workers Fair Labor Standards Act
Established an insurance program for deposits in many banks • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sought to transform an entire region of the country by building dams. Tennessee Valley Authority
Established the National Labor Relations Board to enforce labor laws • Wagner Act
Wrote The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
United Mine Workers leader who founded the CIO • John Lewis
Reversed previous policy by recognizing the tribe as the key unit of social organization in Native American society Indian Reorganization Act
Catholic radio priest who first criticized and then supported FDR’s New Deal • Father Charles Coughlin
African Americans who held key government positions and served as FDR’s advisors Black Cabinet
Secretary of labor—the first woman ever to serve in the cabinet. • Francis Perkins
British economist who explained how deficit spending could stimulate the economy. John Maynard Keynes
Legacy of the New Deal • Social Security, TVA, SEC, FDIC, are among the programs that are still in existence to this day. • Greatly expanded the role of government and created much bigger government • Left thousands of roads, bridges, dams, and public buildings.