Exam 24: The Great Depression and the New Deal

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Swing, Benny Goodman

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Margin buying

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Popular Front

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. National Industrial Recovery Act, Public Works Administration, National Recovery Administration

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)

What did the 1935 Social Security Act do?

What key developments shaped American culture in the 1930s?

Which statement best describes union membership in the 1930s?

Along with their economic toll, what does the diary of Ann Marie Low, Dust Bowl Diary , reveal about the dust storms' emotional and psychological impact? What was Low's basic source of information for events outside her immediate community?

Who were the 1932 "bonus marchers"?

Compare the first "Hundred Days" of the New Deal with the "Second New Deal." What were the major goals of each? What were the major accomplishments? How were they different?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Election of 1936, New Democratic Coalition

How did the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) influence the labor movement?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Frances Perkins

Benny Goodman was noteworthy because he

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Hatch Act

Describe the role of mass culture, like radio, movies, and music, as a form of escapism during the depression. What were some of the leading movies and forms of music? How did films reflect values or social problems of the era?

How did these new technologies affect the economics of the film industry itself?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Federal Securities Act, Securities and Exchange Commission

What does the "monetarist" theory argue was the cause of the stock-market crash?