Unit 5: The Great Depression & the New Deal - modified

What were bank failures?

• After the stock market crash, many Americans proceeded to remove their money from the bank causing many banks to close.

• During the Roaring 20s, banks made so many loans to customers that they ran out of money and had to close.

the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s

• the Great Depression

• the Dust Bowl

• the New Deal

• Fireside Chats

a series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.

• the Great Depression

• the Dust Bowl

• the New Deal

• Fireside Chats

a nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s

• the Great Depression

• the Dust Bowl

• the New Deal

• Fireside Chats

the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future

• depression

• unemployment

• credit

• Relief, Recovery, Reform

informal talks given by FDR over the radio; he sat by White House fireplace and he gained the confidence of the people

• the Great Depression

• the Dust Bowl

• the New Deal

• Fireside Chats

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

• depression

• unemployment

• credit

• Relief, Recovery, Reform

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

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

• Herbert Hoover

long-term economic state characterized by unemployment, low prices, and low levels of trade and investment

• depression

• unemployment

• credit

• Relief, Recovery, Reform

Republican President who promised the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community..He believed that our country shouldn't hand out relief money to poor people that lose their jobs

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

• Herbert Hoover