The Great Depression / New Deal TEST REVIEW. What was common among entertainment during the Great...

The Great Depression / New Deal TEST REVIEW

TEST TOMORROW!!!

What was common among entertainment during the

Great Depression?

ANSWER IT OFFERED PEOPLE A BRIEF ESCAPE FROM THEIR POOR LIVING SITUATION

Who were the Bonus Army and what happened to them?

ANSWER THEY WERE A GROUP OF WORLD WAR I VETERANS WHO MARCHED IN WASHINGTON

DEMANDING EARLY PENSION PAYMENTS; HOOVER ORDERED THE ARMY TO DISPERSE THEM

What was the most famous line in FDR’s first inaugural address?

ANSWER “THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF”

Because of FDR, what is the length of time used to gauge

how a President is doing?

ANSWER 100 DAYS

What were Bank Runs?

ANSWER UPON HEARING BANKS WERE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY DUE TO MASS WITHDRAWALS, PEOPLE

WOULD LITERALLY RUN TO THE BANK TO GET THEIR MONEY OUT BECAUSE ONCE THE BANK RAN OUT OF

MONEY, THE BANK WOULD CLOSE ITS DOORS AND THE PERSON’S MONEY WOULD BE LOST FOREVER

Who called for a “Share-Our-Wealth” Plan and what did it state?

ANSWER HUEY LONG AND IT CALLED FOR SEIZING THE WEALTH OF THE

WEALTHIEST AMERICANS AND RESDISTRIBUTING IT TO THE POOR CLASS

What area of the country was known as the dust bowl during

the 1930s?

ANSWER THE GREAT PLAINS

What was the largest public works project during the 1930s?

ANSWER THE HOOVER DAM

Who was very concerned with bring the concerns of minority

groups to FDR?

ANSWER ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

What was the nickname of FDR’s radio addresses to the nation?

ANSWER FIRESIDE CHATS

Many people who lost their homes during the Great

Depression lived in shack towns that were nicknamed what?

ANSWER HOOVERVILLES OR SHANTYTOWNS

What disease did FDR suffer from?

ANSWER POLIO

What organization did the federal government create in order to give people the security to put their money back into banks?

ANSWER FDIC (FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION)

What organization did the federal government create in order to

police the stock market in order to prevent another crash?

ANSWER SEC (SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION)

Did FDR and the Supreme Court get along? What did FDR try to do?

ANSWER NO BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT WAS RULING SEVERAL NEW DEAL PROGRAMS UNCONSTITUTIONAL; FDR

TRIED TO ADD 6 NEW JUSTICES TO THE SUPREME COURT (THIS WAS KNOWN AS COURT PACKING)

What was the idea behind Social Security? Why is it in

trouble today?

ANSWER PROVIDE PENSIONS (RETIREMENT MONEY) FOR ELDERLY AMERICANS; IT IS IN TROUBLE TODAY

BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER AND THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE PULLING FROM SOCIAL SECURITY THAN

EVER BEFORE (BABYBOOMERS)