GED SS Vocab Great Depression B

As part of the New Deal the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 did what?

Created banks because of an emergency

Closed banks because of a national emergency

Closed banks, examined their books & reopened the solvent ones

Gave people money because they were poor

The New Deal was started by which US President?

Howard Taft

Franklin D Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Harry Truman

The New Deal can be defined as what?

A set of programs that created jobs, training, and provided security for Americans

A set of rules for law makers to abide by

A set of rules to get the nation out of a downward financial spiral

A reassessment of the Old Deal created by President Herbert Hoover

As part of the New Deal, the WPA, Works Progress Administration, did what?

Gave people jobs

Led the nation in progressive employment practices

Employed millions to build infrastructure throughout the US

Created free and reduced lunches for school children

Some examples of infrastructure created by the WPA were:

Federal highways, local streets and parks

Federal highways, government buildings like post offices, national park access and maintenance and planting trees

Creating highways through rural America like the Appalachian Mountains

Regulated companies that sold stocks, bonds, and managed banks

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a WPA project that did what?

Employed civilians to work

Was created to give young men jobs

Paid young men and boys to learn skills such as carpentry, electrical, and plant trees throughout the Western US

Conserved civilian energies by regulating utilities like electricity and water

As part of the New Deal, the Civil Works Administration did what?

Gave people jobs in the country areas

Provided jobs to people in the cities that didn't require a lot of education like street cleaners

Focused on working for the people and providing fair utility prices

Provided jobs to people in cities who only had college educations

On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, what happened in the United States?

The stock market fell dramatically, starting the Great Depression

The stock market boomed, creating prosperity for everyone

Herbert Hoover was elected president

Banks were closed and homes foreclosed on.

The Social Security Act did what, as part of the New Deal?

Established job security for all workers

Created a law that established benefits for retired workers, unemployed, and people with workplace injuries and disabilities

Helped people secure affordable housing and jobs

Provides for people in their old age

What is the stock market?

A business where the public can buy, sell, and trade portions (stocks) of public companies

A way to track store inventory

A way to speculate and make money on a company's productivity

A secure investment process for people to engage in that grows their money

GED SS Vocab Great Depression B

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