Unit 2.5 Great Depression and New Deal Flash Cards

Front

Things like credit and installments payments help give rise to what during the early and mid 1920s?

Back

Consumerism/Materialism

Front

When people went to the bank to withdraw their money and the banks had no money or were out of business.

Back

Bank Collapse/Crisis

Front

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression

Back

Hoover

Front

The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform.

Back

New Deal

Front

Programs that were put into place to ensure the causes of the Great Depression were addressed and corrected to ensure the Depression would not happen again.

Back

Reform

Front

Effect of unemployment during the Great Depression?

Back

Consumers could not or did not want to buy, so some businesses failed.

Front

In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles," people conveyed their

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disgust/disrespect with Hoover.

Front

FDR addressed the American public in radio broadcasts known as:

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Fireside Chats

Front

What were the major goals of the New Deal?

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relief, recovery, and reform

Front

What was the most valid statement regarding the long-term economic effects of the Great Depression?

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The role of the federal government was expanded