Great Depression and New Deal Test

Buying on the margin

This term specifically refers to paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest

Francis Perkins

She became the first female cabinet member as secretary of labor

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

The program from hoover unauthorized 2 billion to banks, life insurance company, railroads, and other large businesses

NIRA and the AAA

Acts that were struck down for being unconstitutional by the supreme court

Rickets

Name of the disease many children suffered from as a result of poor diets

Mary Mcleod Bethune

Head of the Division of Negro Affairs of the NYA

Poor Man’s Divorce

Divorce rates increased so most men went to..

Hobos

Name given to men who traveled across the country for work

What year did the stock market crash?

1929

What state was an agency named after that looked to prevent floods, teach soil management and provide electricity?

Tennessee

Who was sent by hoover to disband the bonus army?

Douglas Macarthur and Dwight D Eisenhower

New Deal Coalition

Made up of diverse groups dedicated to supporting FDR, the ND, and democrats

Federal Farm Board

Initiated by hoover, this bought crops to keep off the market until prices rose

Speculation

refers to making extremely risky business transactions on te chance of making quick or considerable profits

Glass-Segal Act

This act created the FDIC

Dr Francis Townsend

This critic of the ND believed strongly in a old age pension plan

Federal Home Loan Bank Act

This act lowered the mortgage rates and allowed farmers to refinance to avoid foreclosure

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Name of the act FDR had congress pass to inspect banks

CCC

This administration provided jobs for men ages 16-25 paying then 5 dollars a month with 25 going to their families

Dust Bowl

Name given to the area that experienced severe droughts in the 1930s

Hawley Smoot Tariff

This reduced the flow of goods into the US and prevented other countries from earning american currency to buy american goods

Inside out pockets became known as

hoover flags

Huey Long

This critic appreciated individual income and place limit on wealth

HooverVilles or Shantytowns

Name of rundown areas people who were excited from their houses lived

This is an arrangement in which consumers agree to buy now and pay later..

credit

New Deal programs that can be categorized into these three categories

Relief, recover, reform

This proposed WWI veterans be paid early for their service

patman bill

The belief that people succeed through hard work and will take care of themselves rather than depend on the gov

rugged individualism

Fireside Chat

FDR regularly made these speeches that made americans feel as though he was talking to them