Great Depression
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- Q1October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashedBlack Tuesday30s
- Q2Causes of the Great Depressiontoo much installment buying, stock market crash, banking collapse30s
- Q3Economic hard times that lasted from 1929-1940sGreat Depression30s
- Q4When depositors rushed to their banks to withdraw all of their savingsbank runs30s
- Q5Set up by private charities and churches to offer free food to the unemployedsoup kitchens30s
- Q6Presented the American people with a New Deal to solve the problems of the Great Depression, former governor of NY. People felt he wanted to take immediate action to help them.Franklin Roosevelt30s
- Q7FDR's first 100 days in office; first action was to close all banks on a "bank holiday," sent dozens of New Deal bills to Congress to help the economy and the unemployedThe First 100 Days30s
- Q8The 30 speeches that FDR gave while in office to keep the American people updated about the progress of the New Dealfireside chats30s
- Q9Gave public works jobs to young unmarried men ($1 per day) to build parks, plant trees, dig drainage ditches - physical workCCC-Civilian Conservation Corps30s
- Q10Put jobless to work building hospitals,schools, parks, and airports (laboreres, architects, engineers, artists)WPA-Works Progress Administration30s
- Q11Set standards in wages, production, and pricesNational Recovery Act30s
- Q12Asked farmers to reduce production and destroy surplus crops/livestock so prices of their crops and livestock would riseAAA-Agricultural Adjustment Act30s
- Q13Gave jobs rebuilding the Tennessee Valley; brought flood relief and hydroelectric power to the areaTVA-Tennessee Valley Authority30s
- Q14Provided insurance on bank accounts up to $100,000 ($250,000 today)- still around todayFDIC-Federal Depository Insurance Corporation30s
- Q15FDR's plan to "pack" the Supreme Court with supportive justices to keep his New Deal programs from being declared unconstitutionalcourt packing scheme30s