Chapter 23: The Great Depression

________ were generally the last hired when businesses expanded production and the first fired when businesses experienced downturns.

In the winter of 1935- 1936, ________, Florida, and Colorado established "border blockades "to block poor migrants from their states and reduce competition with local residents for jobs.

The ________ damaged the Roosevelt administration and emboldened New Deal opponents.

In the summer of 1932, more than fifteen thousand unemployed veterans and their families converged on ________, D.C. to petition for a bill authorizing immediate payment of cash bonuses to veterans of World War I that were originally scheduled to be paid out in 1945.

The ________ suspended antitrust laws to allow businesses to establish "codes" that would coordinate prices, regulate production levels, and establish conditions of employment to curtail competition

The ________ aimed to raise the prices of agricultural commodities by offering cash incentives to voluntarily limit farm production (decreasing supply, thereby raising prices)

________ rededicated himself to bold programs and more aggressive approaches, a set of legislation often termed the Second New Deal.

The ________ encouraged higher wages and better conditions.

The ________ provided direct cash assistance to state relief agencies struggling to care for the unemployed

The ________ (CCC) employed young men on conservation and reforestation projects.

In 1935 the ________, also known as the Wagner Act, guaranteed the rights of most workers to unionize and bargain collectively

Congress passed the ________, which instituted a federal deposit insurance system through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and barred the mixing of commercial and investment banking

The ________ built a series of hydroelectric dams along the Tennessee River as part of a program to economically develop a chronically depressed region.

________, a flamboyant Democrat from Louisiana, was perhaps the most important "voice of protest.

The "________ " was shorthand for Roosevelt's program to address the Great Depression.

The ________ was the confluence of many problems, most of which had begun during a time of unprecedented economic growth.

________ declared a national "bank holiday "closing American banks and set to work pushing the Emergency Banking Act swiftly through Congress.

________ entered office on a wave of popular support, but by October 1929 the economic collapse had overwhelmed his presidency.

________ proposed jobs programs, public work projects, higher wages, shorter hours, old- age pensions, unemployment insurance, farm subsidies, banking regulations, and lower tariffs.

and working-class Americans might rely on disappearing credit at neighborhood stores, default on utility bills, or skip meals

the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) and the National Recovery Administration (NRA)

the Court unanimously declared the NRA unconstitutional

1933

The ________________________ and __________________________ put unemployed men and women to work on projects designed and proposed by local governments

The _______________ set a national minimum wage of $0.25/hour

The ____________________ offered federal legal protection for workers to organize unions

The ________________ provided the elderly and dependent children with pensions, unemployment insurance, and economic aid

The __________________________________ was supposed to organize the efforts of private agencies during the Great Depression but was overwhelmed

______________________ assumed Americans could maintain a web of voluntary cooperative organizations dedicated to providing economic assistance and services to those in need

What was the most visible group moving during the Great Depression?

______________________ were meant to block poor migrants from their states and reduce competition with local residents for jobs