Chapter 25

2) What did the Bonus Army want the government to do?

Jobless WWI veterans wanted their promised $1,000 bonuses right away.

3) What was the New Deal?

The new laws that Congress passed during the Hundred Days

- Civilian Conservation Corps

- Tennessee Valley Authority

- Federal Emergency Relief Administration

- Agricultural Adjustment Administration

- National Recovery Administration

- Public Works Administration

- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

4) How did the CCC benefit the unemployed as well as the nation?

Over the next 10 years, it employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefited the public, plant trees to reforest areas, build levees for flood control, and improve national parks.

5) In what region was the Dust Bowl centered?

Western Kansas and Oklahoma

Northern Texas

Eastern Colorado and New Mexico

6) Summarize the advances made by African Americans and women during the Great Depression.

Women:

            - They worked harder to make ends meet

            - Sewed own clothing

            - Baked own bread

            - Canned own veggies

            - Some started home businesses

                        ~ Laundries

                        ~ Boardinghouses

African Americans:

            - Roosevelt appointed a number of African Americans to federal posts

            - Continued to fight against prejudices

7) What was the purpose of the Social Security Act?

To provide monthly pensions for retired people.

8) Describe two laws passed during the Second New Deal that helped workers and unions.

Works Progress Administration – gave people jobs and helped the country

Congress of Industrial Organizations – helped create industrial unions

9) How did the trend of buying on credit in the 1920s affect banks during the Depression?

Small banks suffered when farmers failed to meet loan payments. Large banks suffered huge losses in the stock market crash. These losses forced thousands of banks across the nation to close.

10) How did new technology help cause the Dust Bowl?

Farmers used tractors and disc plows to clear millions of acre of sod for wheat farming. They didn’t know that the roots of the grass had held the soil in place. During the severe drought when the crops dried up, the soil dried up as well. Strong prairie winds blew he soil away too.

11) List two ways the federal government changed during Roosevelt’s administration.

They tried to create more jobs for people and rebuilt the banking system to try and prevent further issues.