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The Great Depression

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

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  1. The Great Depression Chapter 21 and 22 Quiz Show

  2. Insulting name given to workers from the Dust Bowl seeking jobs on farms and in orchards Okies

  3. A high tax on imports that actually hurt the economy more than it helped • Smoot –Hawley Tariff

  4. October 29, 1929. The Day the sock market crashed Black Tuesday

  5. Established by Herbert Hoover to give government money to banks and other institutions • Reconstruction Finance Corp.

  6. Purchasing stocks with loans from stockbrokers Buying on Margin

  7. Central bank of the United States • Federal Reserve

  8. Total value of goods and services produced in a nation during a specific period Gross National Product

  9. People who hopped trains to look for work • HOBOES

  10. Popular president in the early 1920s who maintained pro-business policies Calvin Coolidge

  11. Term for the Great Plains area that was hardest hit by the 1930s drought • DUST BOWL

  12. Roosevelt’s weekly radio addresses Fireside Chats

  13. The most severe economic downturn in the history of the United States The Great Depression

  14. Condition that occurs when a government spends more than it takes in DEFICIT

  15. Centerpiece of the second New Deal that guaranteed income for older Americans. • Social Security

  16. Settlements for the homeless Hoovervilles

  17. World War I veterans whose protest in Washington, D.C., was violently disrupted • BONUS ARMY

  18. Radical Critic of FDR and Louisiana governor who wanted a “Share the Wealth” program Huey P. Long

  19. Provided public-Works jobs on a wide range of projects. Works progress Administration

  20. Elected president in 1932 with the promise of a New Deal for the American People • Franklin D. Roosevelt

  21. A lender taking ownership of a property from an owner who has not made loan payments. Foreclosure

  22. Large projects paid for by the Government • Public Works

  23. Formed to solve the problem of young men getting a job Civilian Conservation Corp

  24. Encouraged Farmers to cut production in return for a subsidy • Agricultural Adjustment Act

  25. Voluntary partnership between business and the government during the Hoover Administration Associative State

  26. President of the United States when the Great Depression began. • Herbert Hoover

  27. Established minimum wages and maximum hours for many workers Fair Labor Standards Act

  28. Established an insurance program for deposits in many banks • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  29. Sought to transform an entire region of the country by building dams. Tennessee Valley Authority

  30. Established the National Labor Relations Board to enforce labor laws • Wagner Act

  31. Wrote The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck

  32. United Mine Workers leader who founded the CIO • John Lewis

  33. Reversed previous policy by recognizing the tribe as the key unit of social organization in Native American society Indian Reorganization Act

  34. Catholic radio priest who first criticized and then supported FDR’s New Deal • Father Charles Coughlin

  35. African Americans who held key government positions and served as FDR’s advisors Black Cabinet

  36. Secretary of labor—the first woman ever to serve in the cabinet. • Francis Perkins

  37. British economist who explained how deficit spending could stimulate the economy. John Maynard Keynes

  38. 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.

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