Vocabulary (Def & Term)

Question 1

A long period of rising stock prices

Answer 1

Bull Market

Question 2

Broker demand: investors deposit more money to cover potential losses in margin accounts

Answer 2

Margin Call

Question 2

Buying stock by paying a small amt upfront and borrowing the rest

Answer 2

Purchase on Margin

Question 3

October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, leading to the G.D.

Answer 3

Black Tuesday

Question 4

A large number of bank customers simultaneously withdraw deposits

Answer 4

Bank Run

Question 5

A line of people waiting to receive free food

Answer 5

Breadline

Question 6

A place where free food and meals are given to poor people

Answer 6

Soup Kitchen

Question 7

Homeless people put up shacks on unused or public lands

Answer 7

Shantytowns
Hoovervilles

Question 8

A homeless and usually penniless wanderer

Answer 8

Hoboes

Question 9

Severe drought and dust storms in central U.S. -by poor farming practices

Answer 9

Dust Bowl

Question 10

Farmers from Oklahoma and the dust bowl who headed west for work

Answer 10

Okies

Question 11

31st President -minimal government intervention -public works / relief efforts

Answer 11

Herbert Hoover and his programs

Question 12

Government-funded construction projects -for jobs

Answer 12

Public Works

Question 13

1932 -WWI veterans marched on Washington, D.C. -demand early bonus payments promised by gov

Answer 13

Bonus Army

Question 14

Protests by unemployed workers / families demand food and jobs

Answer 14

Hunger Marches

Question 15

32nd President -N.D. to give relief, recovery, and reform

Answer 15

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

Question 16

FDR wife -civil rights and social welfare - New Deal programs

Answer 16

Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 17

-lost homes / jobs -money trouble with limited government aid

Answer 17

how the Great Depression affected American families

Question 18

Radio broadcasts by FDR -reassure people -explain his policies

Answer 18

Fireside Chats

Question 19

progs / reforms by FDR to give relief, recovery, and reform

Answer 19

New Deal

Question 20

Temporary closing of banks to prevent further panic withdrawals

Answer 20

Bank Holiday

Question 21

FDR’s first 100 days, -N.D. progs to fight G.D.

Answer 21

Hundred Days

Question 22

N.D. age -farmers renew loans / avoid foreclosure

Answer 22

Farm Credit Administration (FCA)

Question 23

N.D. prog -pay to raise prices of crops -stabilize the agricultural market

Answer 23

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Question 24

1933 -money to reopen banks under strict conditions

Answer 24

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Question 25

N.D. proj -employed men to work on environmental conservation projs

Answer 25

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Question 26

N.D. age -regulate industry -promote fair wages / working conditions

Answer 26

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

Question 27

N.D. age -public works projs -millions of jobs

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Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Question 28

N.D. prog -flood control, electricity, and economic development -Tennessee Valley

Answer 28

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Question 29

1935 -law guaranteed workers' rights to collectively unionize / bargain

Answer 29

Wagner Act

Question 30

FDR’s proposal to expand the Supreme Court to ensure N.D. laws would stay

Answer 30

Court Packing

Question 31

2nd phase of FDR’s N.D. -social welfare / labor rights -Social Security Act

Answer 31

Second New Deal

Question 32

-widespread unemployment / homelessness / broken families -fostered resilience / new gov progs

Answer 32

Impact of Great Depression upon All Americans

Question 33

Initial decline -no money made it hard for people to afford separating -later rose due to stress

Answer 33

How did the Great Depression affect the divorce rate

Question 34

Immigrants forced or voluntary return to their home countries as jobs decreased (More Mexican Americans)

Answer 34

Repatriation

Question 35

Novel by John Steinbeck -showed hardships of the Joad family during G.D. / Dust Bowl

Answer 35

John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

Question 36

Gave an escape from life -major entertainment and propaganda

Answer 36

Movies and Radio

Question 37

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -insures bank deposits -protect depositors from bank failures

Answer 37

FDIC

Question 38

Securities and Exchange Commission -gov age -regulate stock market / prevent fraud

Answer 38

SEC

Question 39

1933 -law separated commercial / investment banking -made FDIC

Answer 39

Glass-Steagall Act

Question 40

Mass deportation of Mexicans -gov wanted to reduce job comp

Answer 40

Mexican Repatriation

Question 41

-photos show hardship -raise awareness -support for reforms

Answer 41

How photography impacted the Great Depression

Question 42

N.D. prog -financial assistance to retirees / unemployed / disabled

Answer 42

Social Security

Question 43

Economic crash -by reduced gov spending / tightening credit

Answer 43

Recession of 1937

Question 44

-wanted affordable housing -improve living conditions for low-income families with act

Answer 44

Eleanor Roosevelt and the National Housing Act