Roaring 20s, Great Depression, WWII

When manufacturers have to reduce production due to a lower demand for consumer goods... what is a result?

• New banks open

• Unemployment does down

• Companies lay off workers

• Government lowers tariffs

The role of the executive branch __________ during the Great Depression

• Expanded

• Shrunk

• Stayed the same

• Was second only to judicial branch

The US government became protector of economic stability in response to what?

• Roaring 20s

• WWI

• Spanish Flu

• Great Depression

What did war bonds help with?

• Finance the war

• Give people land in the west

• Remove immigrants from the east coast

The Smoot-Hawley tariff was put into place to protect industries from foreign competition, in reality, it led to what?

• Decrease in international trade (Tariffs too high)

• Increase in international trade (Tariffs all time low)

• Trade remained the same

• Tariffs were lowered, which helped trade

Cultural icon during WWII representing women who worked in factories and shipyards

• Rhonda the Riveter

• Rosie the Riveter

• Susie the Salesman

• Brenda the Businesswoman

This guaranteed bank deposits

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• The New Deal Plan

• Works Progress Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

The expansion of executive power during the Great Depression had some concerned that FDR had...

• Too much control

• Too little preparation

• Too long of a term

• Too much help from other branches

During the Great Depression:

President Hoover=Hands off gov.

President (FDR) Roosevelt =...?

• Involved government

• Laissez Faire

• Neutral

• No control

Europe no longer had a large demand for US products when they began to increase their own production. What did this contribute to?

• New Deal

• Spanish American War

• Great Migration

• Great Depression