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“The Great Depression”
Mr. Farina
Losing Out FDR
Alpha Bits
What’s the Deal
Odds &
Ends
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Losing Out 100
Why did many young men and boys leave home during the Depression
Answer: “One less mouth to feed”, to look for work
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Losing Out 200
Why was the “Bonus Army” upset?
Answer: They wanted their WW1 Bonus checks early
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Losing Out 300
How did farmers in the Southern Plains suffer worse than most?
Answer: Their land dried up and blew away: “Dust Bowl”
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Losing Out 400
How did Mexicans and Asians suffer in the Depression?
Answer: They were resented and deported
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Losing Out 500
Explain how farmers hurt themselves in the Great Depression?
Answer: by growing too much and driving prices even lower
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FDR 100Which crisis did FDR first try to fix after being elected?
Answer: The banking crisis
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FDR 200
What is the term for the early part of FDR’s administration when the New Deal began?
Answer: The Hundred Days
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FDR 300
Answer: It calmed them by explaining in “regular” terms
How did FDR’s “Fireside Chats” affect the mood in America?
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FDR 400How did FDR try to take too much
power during the Great Depression?
Answer: By “packing” the Supreme Ct. with Democrat judges
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FDR 500
How did Eleanor Roosevelt improve the status of women?
Answer: By being “high-profile” and showing that women could help
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Alpha Bits 100
Which program employed skilled workers and artisans?
Answer: The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Alpha Bits 200
This program helped one rural area, but angered local power plants
Answer: The TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
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Alpha Bits 300
How did the FDIC help people avoid financial ruin?
Answer: By insuring their savings deposits
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Alpha Bits 400
How did the Federal Emergency Relief Administration provide “relief”?
Answer: By giving $ to the needy
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Alpha Bits 500
Why did the AAA kill animals and burn crops?
Answer: They bought the animals and plants from farmers to keep the prices up
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What's the Deal? 100
What were the 3 R’s of the New Deal?
Answer: Relief, Recovery, and Reform
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What's the Deal? 200How did the Indian New Deal help improve Native Americans’ lives?
Answer: By giving them more control over the reservations
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What's the Deal? 300
Was the government Laissez-faire in the Great Depression? Why/why not?
Answer: NO, the government was VERY involved in business and our lives
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What's the Deal? 400
Why did some people criticize the Social Security Administration?
Answer: It didn’t do enough, OR it did too much and people stopped trying
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What's the Deal? 500
Answer: FDR created the programs, but the Constitution did not give him permission
Why did the Supreme Court reject many New Deal programs?
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Odds & Ends 100
Identify TWO causes of the Great Depression
Answer: buying on margin, risky investments, overproduction
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Odds & Ends 200
Define Deficit Spending?
Answer: When the government spends more than it takes in
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Odds & Ends 300
Why was Hoover criticized and voted out?
Answer: He was too “hands off” and moved too slow to help Americans
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Odds & Ends 400
Answer: CCC
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Odds & Ends 500
How did workers gain more power as a result of the Great Depression?
Answer: The “Wagner Act” made it legal to form unions, and they grew in power
