AP US History

Chapter 24 –The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

Identifications: After reading Chapter 24, you should be able to identify and explain the historical significance of each of the following:

Buying on margin

“Black Thursday”/“Black Tuesday”

RFC - Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Hoovervilles

Bonus Army

Election of 1932

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The First New Deal

Relief, Recovery, Reform

“Brain Trust”

Frances Perkins

Harold Ickes

Harry Hopkins

The Hundred Days

“Banking Holiday”/Emergency Banking Act

Fireside Chats

FDIC – Fed. Deposit Insurance Corporation

HOLC – Home Owners Loan Corporation

CCC – Civilian Conservation Corps

FERA – Federal Emergency Relief Act

AAA – Agricultural Adjustment Act/Admin.

NIRA – National Industrial Recovery Act

PWA – Public Works Administration

NRA – National Recovery Administration

Federal Securities Act

SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission

TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority

Dust Bowl/“Okies”

CWA – Civil Works Administration

Charles Coughlin

Frances Townsend

Huey Long/Kingfish/Share Our Wealth

The Second New Deal

WPA – Works Progress Administration

Keynesian Economics

Resettlement Administration

Rural Electrification Administration

National Labor Relations Act/Wagner Act

NLRB – National Labor Relations Board

Revenue Act of 1935/Wealth Tax Act

Social Security Act

SSA – Social Security Administration

Election of 1936

Democratic Coalition

Indian Reorganization Act

“Court-Packing” Plan

Housing Act of 1937

Fair Labor Standards Act

Farm Tenancy Act

National Youth Administration

Hatch Act

Richard Wright/Native Son

John L. Lewis/CIO

Walter Reuther/ UAW

Scottsboro Boys

Urban League

Edward G. Robinson

Marx Brothers

John Steinbeck/The Grapes of Wrath

Orson Wells/ “War of the Worlds”

Thought Questions:

1. Analyze the causes of the Great Depression and evaluate President Hoover’s effectiveness in dealing with the crisis.

2. Compare and Contrast the legislation and programs of the 1st and 2nd New Deals.

3. Discuss the impact of the Great Depression on women, blacks, Hispanics, and Indians.

4. To what extent was FDR’s New Deal successful in providing relief, recovery, and reform to solve the problems created by the Great Depression.