Chapter 14 & Chapter 15
Review Sheet
Terms:
Chapter 14
Define:
Credit
Speculation
Buying on margin
Black Tuesday
Dow Jones Industrial
Great Depression
Dust Bowl
Direct relief
Herbert Hoover
Bonus Army
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
What were the causes of the stock market crash in October 1929?
How were shantytowns, soup kitchens and bread lines a response to the Depression?
What impact did the Depression have on the family?
Men:
Children:
Women:
Why did minorities often experience an increase in discrimination during the Great
Depression?
What happened in the 1930 Congressional Elections?
How did Hoover’s treatment of the Bonus Army affect his standing with the public?
In what ways did Hoover try to use the government to relieve the depression?
Chapter 15
Define:
FDR
New Deal
AAA
NRA
CCC
WPA
Eleanor Roosevelt
Woody Gutherie
The Grapes of Wrath
Tennessee Valley Authority
How did FDR change the role of the federal government during his first hundred days?
Summarize the reasons why some people opposed the New Deal?
In what ways did the New Deal programs extend federal aid?
Why was Huey Long considered the most dangerous man in America by FDR?
Who was Dorthea Lange?
Reading: East Lyme in the 1930s