U. S. Studies II

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U. S. Studies II Great Depression New
Deal Review Game
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1920s Great Depression New Deal Markets New Deal Welfare Review of the New Deal MISC
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A share of ownership in a company.
Stock
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The maintenance of a price at a certain level
through government interaction.
Price Support
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This is an arrangement in which consumers agree
to buy now and pay later for purchases, often on
an installment plan that includes interest
charges.
Credit
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This Republican won the presidential election of
1928.
Herbert Hoover
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This term refers to making extremely risky
business transactions on the chance of making
quick or considerable profits.
Speculation
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This term is the name of the most widely used
measure of the stock markets health.
Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Pictorial Daily Double
Actress
Jennifer Love Hewitt
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This term refers to paying a small percentage
of a stocks price as a down payment and
borrowing the rest.
Buying on Margin
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In calling shantytowns Hoovervilles, people
conveyed their
Disgust with President Hoover
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During the 1920s, how did farmers try to boost
profits during these tough times?
Farmers tired to increase production, and make
more profits.
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This is the period from 1924 to 1940 in which the
economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed.
Great Depression
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A neighborhood in which people live in makeshift
shacks.
Shantytown
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Cash payments or food provided by the government
to the poor.
Direct Relief
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In calling shantytowns Hoovervilles, people
conveyed their
Disgust with President Hoover
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Audio Daily Double
Country
Faith Hill Breathe
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Herbert Hoovers approach to the Depression
economy was based on a belief in
Direct Government Relief
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This reduced the flow of goods into the United
States and prevented other countries from earning
American currency to buy American exports.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
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An example of psychological stress caused by the
Great Depression was the rise in the number of
People committed suicide.
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The region, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas,
Colorado, and New Mexico, that was made worthless
for farming by drought and ---- storms.
Dust Bowl.
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Video Daily Double
TV Show
The Shield
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What was the first major action Roosevelt took as
president?
He called the first meeting of the Brain Trust.
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Government agency set up by the Federal
Securities Act to regulate the Stock Market.
Securities Exchange Commission
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This authorized the Treasury Department to
inspect banks and to close those that were
unsound, with the greater goal of restoring
public confidence in the banking system.
Emergency Banking Relief Act
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This established the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC), with the greater goal of
restoring public confidence in the banking system.
Glass-Steagall Banking Act
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This required corporations to provide complete
information on all stock offerings, with the
greater goal of restoring public confidence in
the stock market.
Federal Securities Act
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Pictorial Daily Double
Actor
Pierce Brosnan
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Government agency that grants loans to
homeowners who faced foreclosure because they
could not meet loan payments.
Home Owners Loan Corporation
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Government agency that set prices of many
products, established standards for working
hours, and a ban on child labor.
National Recovery Administration
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Government agency that furnishes loans for
home mortgages and repairs.
Federal Housing Administration
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Why did the U.S. Supreme Court declare that
the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) as
unconstitutional?
The NIRA gave legislative powers to executive
branch.
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Program designed to alleviate the problems of the
Great Depression, focusing on relief for the
needy, economic recovery, and financial reform.
New Deal
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Pictorial Daily Double
Entertainment
Kirsten Dunst
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This paid farmers to lower production and, in
some cases, to destroy crops, with the greater
goal of raising crop prices and farm income.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
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This helped to create prosperity in a
poverty-stricken region by providing funds to
build and repair dams, flood-control projects,
and power plants.
Tennessee Valley Authority
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The Wagner Act set up which of the following
government agencies?
National Labor Relations Board
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The ___ reflected President Roosevelts
concern for the natural environment.
Civilian Conservation Corps
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Which group did the National Labor
Relations Board help to support in American
industry?
Unions
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Of the New Deal policies, ___ had the
biggest long-term impact on the American economy
Social Security Act
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Audio Daily Double
Country
Lee Ann Womack
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The Supreme Court ruled that the ___ was
unconstitutional on the grounds that its
provisions were local matters and should be
regulated by the states.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
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Even though the economy was not back to normal,
what event distracted President Roosevelt from
his New Deal programs?
Rise of Hitler in Europe
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What reached a new high during Roosevelts first
term as president?
National Debt
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What is the legacy of the Agricultural Adjustment
Act for the United States?
The U.S. government would again use agricultural
price supports to help aid U.S. farmers.
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Government agency that regulates the Banking
Industry, and provides deposit insurance
(100,000)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Government agency that regulates the Stock Market
and the companies that trade stock on the market.
Securities Exchange Commission
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New Deal legislation that provided a pension
for retired workers and their spouses and aided
people with disabilities, poor mothers with
dependent children, and the needy elderly
Social Security Act
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How did the Liberals criticize the New Deal?
The New Deal did not go far enough to socialize
the economy, and to eliminate social and economic
inequalities.
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Why did the U.S. government financially support
the photojournalist efforts of photographing the
suffering of rural America?
To provide the U.S. public pictorial evidence of
how bad the conditions were in rural America.
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Video Daily Double
Drama
Patriot
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How did the Conservatives criticize the New Deal?
The New Deal made the government too large and
too powerful.
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What role did Eleanor Roosevelt
play in the Roosevelt administration?
Advisor on domestic policy.
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This term refers to the stock market crash
of October 29, 1929.
Black Tuesday
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Period of rising stock prices.
Bull Market
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Interpreting Maps
Formal Assessment Map Skills p289
Which is the northernmost dam illustrated on this
map?
Kentucky
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Interpreting Political Cartoons
Formal Assessment Political Cartoons p290
According to the cartoon, _____ will benefit from
the NRA death warrant.
Small Business Wall Street
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Interpreting Political Cartoons
Formal Assessment Political Cartoons p290
In the cartoon, the character that represents
Child Labor feels __ about the NRA death warrant.
Unhappy
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This created an administration that set fair
prices on many products and established labor
standards, with the greater goal of ensuring fair
business practices and promoting industrial
growth.
National Industrial Recovery Act
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As the unemployment rates rose, how did this
affect consumer spending?
Consumers had less money to spend, so they
purchased less.
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This put almost 3 million young men to work
building roads, developing parks, and helping in
soil-erosion and flood-control projects.
Civilian Conservation Corps
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Interpreting Maps
Formal Assessment Map Skills p289
If you were traveling east along the Tennessee
River, which dam would you encounter next passing
the Wheeler Dam?
Guntersville
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