Quarter 3 Test 1 Jeopardy

    Cards (59)

    • What Bill proposed price-supports on wheat, corn, cotton, and tobacco?
      McNary-Haugen Bill
    • This president vetoed the McNary-Haugen bill. He used to be the governor of Massachusetts.
      Calvin Cooledge
    • What was happening to the price of food through the 1920s?
      Food prices were falling
    • Who became President in 1928 while the economy was booming?
      Herbert Hoover
    • This is the process of buying stock with loans?
      Buying on margin
    • What is the type of market where people thing things will improve?
      What is the type of market where people thing things will decline?
      Must give them in the correct order
      Bull and Bear
    • What day did the Stock market crash start?
      Black Thursday October 24th 1929
    • What day did the Stock market crash end?
      Black Tuesday October 29 1929
    • What type of events happened at banks that made the collapse worse?
      Bank runs
    • What European Country that had heavy war debts suffered hyper inflation in 1920?
      Germany
    • What tariff raised some import taxes to over 60%?
      Hawley Smoot Tariff
    • What did Hoover oppose thinking that it Promoted dependency and weakened moral fiber?
      Welfare Programs
    • What did Hoover ask Employers, labor unions, and charities to do at the start of the Depression?
      Need to give each item in the correct order.
      Asked employers not to layoff workers or cut pay
      Asked labor unions not to go on strike
      Organized charity groups to help the poorest
    • What building did Hoover approve the construction of for over $700 million dollar? It took about 5 years to build.
      Hoover Dam
    • What was a Shanty town during the Great Depression called?
      Hooverville
    • What were empty pockets pulled outwards called?
      Hoover Flag
    • What was it called when farmers stopped working, and even possibly destroyed their own products then sell at lower prices?
      farm holiday
    • Give one example of a couple of the new approaches that Hoover tried later in his presidency but it was too late?
      Federal Farm Board and National Credit Corporation
    • What group marched in support of the Patman Bill that would have made a payment plan for WW1 vets extra pay?
      Bonus Army
    • Who won the election of 1932 and replaced the previous president?
      Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
    • What amendment moved up the president's inauguration to January?
      20th Amendment
    • What were the 3Rs of the new Deal?
      Recovery
      Reform
      Relief
    • What time period was a special session of congress at the start of FDR term? It is now considered the most important part of a president's term for getting policy passed.
      first Hundred Days
    • what did Roosevelt declare doe March 6th, a few days after his inauguration? He communicated this over radio.
      Bank Holiday
    • What was it called when Roosevelt addressed the nation over radio?
      Fireside chats
    • What amendment got rid of Prohibition? (You should know this by now)
      21st
    • What was FDR's reforms called?
      New Deal
    • What Program provided refinancing of small homes to prevent foreclosures?
      Homeowners Loan Corporation [HOLC]
    • What Act was instituted during the Frist New Deal and was an attempt to aid workers with reasonable hours and aided unions? This Act was struck down by the Supreme Court.
      National Industrial Recovery Act [NIRA]
    • What Act made allowed the Federal Government to close the banks and judge them before reopening.
      Emergency Banking Relief Act 
    • What Act Encouraged Farmers to not use every Acre of land?
      Agricultural Adjustment Act [AAA]
    • What Act increased Regulation of he banks and created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC]?
      Glass-Stegall Act
    • What government body was created to regulate the stock market and place limits on speculative practices?
      Securities and Exchange Commission.
    • What Act aided people to get loans to build new houses or renovate old ones?
      Federal Housing Administration? [FHA]
    • What Act granted aid to local and state governments that had created soup kitchens and other ads for its citizens?
      Federal Emergency Relief Administration
    • What program created and funded infrastructure projects for local and state governments with federal funds? 
      Public Works Administration (PWA)
    • What program expanded the WPA and added Federal infrastructure projects?
      Civil Works Administration
    • What program employed Young men on Federals land and sent money to their families?
      Civilian Conservation Corps
    • What was created in on of the poorest regions of the US t supply jobs and cheaper power?
      Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
    • What Act replaced NIRA which was struck down by the supreme Court?
      National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)