Great Depression

Question 0

Perkins

Answer 0

First female cabinet leader; secretary of labor

Question 1

FDR used ___________ chats to reach and comfort the American people.

Answer 1

Fireside

Question 2

Dowjones

Answer 2

Tells the value of leading industries in the stock market

Question 3

Hayley- Scott Tariff

Answer 3

Tax on imported goods meant to help American workers

Question 4

__________ spending is when the government spends more than they receive in taxes

Answer 4

Deficit

Question 5

The depression occurred _________, not only in the US

Answer 5

Globally

Question 6

Despite the Efforts of Roosevelt, Americans didn’t fully recover from the Depression until we went to _____ in 1941

Answer 6

War

Question 7

By 1933, ________ had reached 25%

Answer 7

Unemployment

Question 8

Hooverville

Answer 8

Name given to shanty towns built around cities during the depression

Question 9

Roosevelt

Answer 9

Winner of the 1932 election

Question 10

Total value of goods and services a country produces

Answer 10

GNP

Question 11

Blacks faced increased ________ when jobs became scarce

Answer 11

Segregation

Question 12

Train cars

Answer 12

Americans hitched rides in these to travel in search of work

Question 13

Huey Long

Answer 13

Wanted to redistribute wealth to the poor, a critic of FDR

Question 14

Stock market crash

Answer 14

Marked the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929

Question 15

WPA, TVA, AND NRA WERE _____________ designed to get the economy moving

Answer 15

Government Agencies

Question 16

Civil Rights

Answer 16

Guaranteed by the government

Question 17

Taking chances in the stock market

Answer 17

Speculation

Question 18

FDIC

Answer 18

Guaranteed individual bank accounts to restore faith in the banking system

Question 19

Roosevelt promised a “________ ________” for the American people

Answer 19

New Deal

Question 20

The middle of the US turned to a ________ due to drought and poor farming techniques

Answer 20

Dustbowl

Question 21

Payroll taxes

Answer 21

Come right out of your pay checks

Question 22

FDR tried to “pack” the ____________ Court with his supporters

Answer 22

Supreme

Question 23

Eleanor Roosevelt

Answer 23

Traveled the country to meet with Americans affected by the Depression

Question 24

Occurs when a person or company can't pay their debts

Answer 24

Bankruptcy

Question 25

Hoover hoped that ___________ action by business could pull America through the Depression

Answer 25

Voluntary

Question 26

The Depression may have reached its lowest point when a group of WW1 __________were injured during a protest in Washington

Answer 26

Veterans

Question 27

James Braddock

Answer 27

Shocked the world and won the heavy weight title in 1935

Question 28

Women

Answer 28

Accused of taking jobs from men during the a Depression

Question 29

Migrant Workers

Answer 29

Travel form town to town seeking work

Question 30

Hoover

Answer 30

President during the early years of the depression

Question 31

Banks

Answer 31

Closed when they could not return their depositors money

Question 32

We have nothIng to fear but ________ itself

Answer 32

Fear

Question 33

"Brother, Can You Spare a ________?"

Answer 33

Dime