great depression test

great depression - october 29, 1929 is known as this

black tuesday

great depression - many consumers were in debt because they used this purchasing strategy for luxury items in the 1920s

installment plans

great depression - photographer of “Migrant Mother” frame

dorothea lange

great depression - caused by overworking the soil for wartime production

dust bowl

great depression - allowed people to buy stocks for a portion of the share price and pay the remainder off over time

buying on a margin

alphabet soup - this organizatio gave jobs to young men digging ditches and planting trees

CCC

alphabet soup - this program focused on infrastructure such as the Triborough Bridge

PWA (public works administration)

alphabet soup - union responsible for the GM plant strike

UAW

alphabet soup - organization focused on representing ethnic and lower paid workers

CIO

alphabet soup - regulated the stock market following the Crash of 1929

SEC

new deal initiatives - FDR’s solution to restoring the economy

New Deal

new deal initiatives - this organization oversaw federally-funded employment as part of the Second New Deal

Works Progress Administration

new deal initiatives - this bill offered retirement benefits and unemployment insurance

social security

new deal initiatives - it created a minimum wage and outlawed child labor

Fair Labor Standards Act

new deal initiatives - this act oversaw the collective bargaining process

wagner act / NLRB

his name is forever linked to the failure of the great depression

herbert hoover

veterans who wanted their retirement benefits early marched on DC and became known as this…

bonus army

FDR stayed in communication with the American people through these…

fireside chats

it guaranteed bank deposits up to $5,000

FDIC

people feared that this New Deal program was socialist, giving the government too much control

Tennessee Valley Authority

stock market crash

investors lost confidence in the market and rushed to sell their shares

united auto workers (UAW)

participated in a sit down strike until general motors agreed to recognize them

social security act

introduced by roosevelt to help retirees

eleanor roosevelt

showed support to minority groups by sitting with black delegates at a conference

buying on a margin

purchasing strategy for stocks in the 1920s

tennessee valley authority (TVA)

critics disapproved of this because it gave the government direct control of a business

hoover’s cautious response

because he believed that the business cycle would correct itself

federal deposit insurance corporation (FDIC)

guaranteed banks would have savings up to $5,000 available for withdrawal

bonus army

marched on washington, dc. because president hoover vetoed a bill providing for early payment of bonuses

frances perkins

first woman to serve on the Cabinet

dorothea lange

photographer of “migrant mother” fame

fair labor standards act

outlawed child labor

securities & exchange commission (SEC)

created by roosevelt to regulate the stock market

huey long

created the "share the wealth" program

collective bargaining

part of the wagner act

installment plans

many of the economic problemsof the 1920s were hidden because so many people were purchasing consumer goods on