U.S. History II
Chapter 14 & 15 Test Review – EXTRA CREDIT
Farmer’s debt in the 1920’s
Causes of the Great Depression
Dust bowl causes
President Hoover’s economic position on how to help the economy out of the depression
What was the Bonus Army?
What did they try to do?
1932 presidential candidates
Buying stock on margin
Effects of the Great Depression
Hobos
Direct relief
Map of the dust bowl and questions relating to it
States suffered the most from the dust bowl
May 1934 dust storm coverage
Route 66
Speculation
Shantytowns
Hoovervilles
Federal Home Loan Bank Act (aim of)
Unemployment rate during the Great Depression
Long-range effects of the Great Depression
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (what was it and consequences of it)
Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920s (major one)
First major action Roosevelt took as president
Works Progress Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Act (main objective)
Eleanor Roosevelt and role she played
National debt under Roosevelt
The Grapes of Wrath author
Who did not support the New Deal? (Southern Republicans)
If farm surpluses were lowered what happened?
Huey Long
Share-Our-Wealth
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Woody Guthrie
Mary McLeod Bethune
Supreme Court Rulings during the Great Depression
Social Security Act and long-term effect
Civilian Conservation Corps
Pick one (1) Essay:
Write a paragraph describing how the Great Depression affected the daily lives of average Americans.
Why was FDR able to quickly instill confidence in the federal government’s ability to end the Depression? (two reasons)
What were the goals of President Roosevelt’s “fireside chats?” How did he achieve his goals?
What are some of the lasting effects of the New Deal on banking and finance in the U.S.?