Great Depression Flashcards
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| 13885539814 | Economically, Depression means | Business failure, High unemployment, and Falling Prices | 0 | |
| 13885539815 | Causes of the Great Depression are | Problems in Industry, Problems in agriculture, increased in consumer debt, Uneven income distribution, Poor investment, and Lack of government help | 1 | |
| 13885539816 | Problems in the Industry was a result of | Lack of demands for goods so companies laid off workers | 2 | |
| 13885539817 | Problems in the agriculture was a result of | Overproduction by farmers contributed to falling prices. | 3 | |
| 13885539827 | The Date of the Stock Crash | October 29, 1929. Black Tuesday |  | 4 |
| 13885539828 | The effects of the Great Depression were | 11,000 Banks failed and unemployment rate went up 25% |  | 5 |
| 13885539830 | Dust Bowl | was a period of drought that hit the Great Plains |  | 6 |
| 13885539834 | Fireside Chats | informal talks given by FDR over the radio; sat by White House fireplace; gained the confidence of the people |  | 7 |
| 13885539838 | Work Progress Administration | a main federal relief agency for the depression, it put relief workers directly on the federal payroll | 8 | |
| 13885539841 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 32nd US President - He began New Deal programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression, and he was the nation's leader during most of WWII |  | 9 |
| 13885539842 | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | a federal corporation established in 1933 to construct dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley region to generate electricity as well as to prevent floods |  | 10 |
| 13885539843 | Social Security Act | (FDR) 1935, guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health | 11 | |
| 13885539844 | Father Charles Coughlin | A Catholic priest from Michigan who was critical of FDR on his radio show. His radio show morphed into being severly against Jews during WWII and he was eventually kicked off the air, however before his fascist (?) rants, he was wildly popular among those who opposed FDR's New Deal. | 12 |