Chp. 12 The Roaring 20s and Depressing 30s Part B

This president promised a "New Deal" for the American people.

• Woodrow Wilson

• Warren Harding

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

A share of ownership in a corporation that can be bought or sold.

(a)  

Measures the number of people who are able to work, but do not have a job during a period of time.

• overproduction

• inflation

• unemployment

• welfare

President who was a Progressive Republican and had policies that were to take the blame for the Great Depression.

• Warren Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

Government program that provided retirement, unemployment insurance, and aid to the poor and widows through a forced savings plan using tax money.

• Social Security

• FDIC

• CCC

• welfare

When the government takes responsibility for the welfare of the people.

• welfare state

• Social Security

• New Deal

• inflation

This was created to stop people from withdrawing money from the bank by the government insuring people's money from the bank up to $2,500.

• Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Unemployment reached an all time high during the Great Depression.

• True

• False

What year did the stock market crash and trigger the Great Depression?

(a)  

The government paid (a)   to destroy their crops as a way of trying to control prices and drive them higher.