Depression & New Deal Review chapters (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: (notes/400) CCC