APUSH: The Great Depression

The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Abraham Lincoln
• Grover Cleveland

Fireside Chats

• JFK's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
• FDR's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
• Ronald Reagan's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
• Offered outdoor work to unemployed single men.

What were the major goals of the New Deal?

• no gold standard and free coinage of silver
• abolition and suffrage
• relief, recovery, and reform
• reduce the size of the national government

This president thought the federal government should not get involved in the economy. As a result, many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression. This caused him to lose the election in 1932.

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Theodore Rooselvelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Calvin Coolidge

WWI veterans and their families who marched on Washington were referred to as the:

• Bonus Army
• WWI Veteran Union
• Veterans' Alliance
• Angry Mob

The main goal of the (FDIC) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was to

• build dams and provide cheap electricity to the Tennessee Valley

• restore confidence back into the banking system

• give farmers relief by having them reduce their supply

• blame Hoover for the Great Depression

During the 1930s, the conditions shown in this photograph, known as the Dust Bowl, occurred mainly

• on the Atlantic Coast

• on the Great Plains

• in the Rocky Mountains

• in the Pacific Northwest

This new deal program helped with the recovery process by hiring the unemployed to work on outdoor projects such as deforestation 

• PWA
• CCC
• AAA
• FDIC

On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.

• Black Thursday
• Black Tuesday 
• Black Friday
• Black Sunday 

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What did the Tennessee Valley Authority program provide?

• This program provided jobs for Americans to create a network of dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley Area.

• This program provided jobs for Americans to develop public buildings and roads.

• This program provided jobs for men to help plant trees, dig canals, and establish National parks.

• This program provided jobs for American to build homes for their families.