Depression & New Deal Review chapters 12-13 (includes notes taken). List 3 causes of the Great Depression (notes). Over production, stock market crash, unequal distribution of wealth, monetary policy. What did Herbert Hoover do to try to end the Depression (384-6). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of Depression & New Deal Review chapters 12-13 (includes notes taken)
Depression & New Deal Review
chapters 12-13(includes notes taken)
List 3 causes of the Great Depression (notes)
Over production, stock market crash, unequal distribution of
wealth, monetary policy
What did Herbert Hoover do to try to end the Depression
(384-6)
Started public works programs like Boulder (Hoove) Dam
What did the US Army do to evacuate the Bonus Marchers
from Washington, DC (notes/387)
Used force-bayonets tear gas, tanks
I was smeared in the 1928 election because of my
religion- Catholic (notes)
Al Smith-gov. of NY
What happened to depositor’s money when banks collapsed in
the Great Depression (370)
Gone
lost
What was the reason why farmers began to loose their
crops in 1932 (367-77)
Drought conditions
President Hoover held the belief that who should help the
unemployed (notes/384-85)
State & local government
Private charity
Why did WWI veterans come to Washington, DC in 1932
(notes/387)
Veterans were supporting legislation to grant their bonuses
early
The purpose of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation was to (notes/386)
Stimulate the economy
What did speculators do (term-quizlet)
Purchase risky stock in hopes of getting a quick profit
When did the stock market crash? (370)
Black Tuesday-Oct 29, 1929
“Hoovervilles” (367)
Nickname for shantytowns named after president Hoover-who was
blamed for the economic problems
How were FDR & Theodore Roosevelt related? (397)
Distant cousins
The ___________ paid farmers to plow under much of their crops
(400)
AAA agriculture adjustment act
What New Deal Programs did the Supreme Court declare
unconstitutional? (notes/video/410)
NRA
AAA
Why was there a ‘bank holiday’? (399)
FDR closed all banks to make sure they were financially sound
before they would re-open
___________ was created to regulate the stock market
(notes)
Securities & Exchange Commission
(SEC)
To set up codes of fair competition ______ was
established. (notes)
NRA
Explain FDR’s “court packing” plan…why did he propose it?
(notes/410)
FDR wanted to increase the number of SC justices that would
support his new deal plans
Court packing would interfere with the powers granted in the
Constitution
The __________ program employed people in the arts
(notes/)
Federal Project No. 1
(part of the WPA)
Which federal agency provided benefits to the
South? (notes/400)
TVA-Tenn. Valley Authority
New Deal was ________ policies for ending the
Depression. (397)
FDRs
What disease did FDR contract? And what effect did
it have on his body? (397)
Polio-made it very difficult for him to walk w/out assistance
What was it called when newly elected FDR sent bill after bill to Congress? (days..) (398)
100 days
Why did FDR use fireside chats? (notes/399)
To reassure the American public of his new policies
________ hired workers directly, including women, to
build/improve airports, roads, & playgrounds; this program only
last one year (notes)
Civil Works Admin. (CWA)
________was established to provide for some security of
unemployed workers. (notes)
Social Security
________ provided for industrial recovery &
unemployment relief. (notes)
Public Works Admin (PWA)
__________ covered people’s savings in banks against loss
(notes/399)FDIC (federal deposit insurance
corporation)
RELIEF (notes)
Short term programs to revive the economy
RECOVERY (notes)
Long term programs to revive the economy
REFORM (notes)
Changing the country’s policies
_________ built dinosaur park in Rapid City, SD. (notes)
WPA
This program offered unemployed to young men work
planting trees, fighting forest fires, & building reservoirs: