Chapters 17-18 Study Guide

Directions: Identify the following people and terms and answer the questions that follow.
1. Stock Market:
2. Speculation:
3. Black Tuesday:
4. Walt Disney:
5. John Steinbeck:
6. Shantytown:
7. Hooverville:
8. Dust Bowl:
9. Public Works:
10. Foreclosure:
11. Bonus Army:
12. Franklin D. Roosevelt:
13. Gold Standard:
14. Bank Holiday:

15. New Deal:

16. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:
17. Civilian Conservation Corps.:
18. Fire side chats:
19. Deficit Spending:
20. Sit-down Strikes:
21. Works Progress Administration:
22. National Labor Relations Board:
23. Social Security Act:
24. Court-Packing:
25. John Maynard Keynes:
26. Identify the causes of the Great Depression.
27. Describe how the Great Depression affected American families.
28. Analyze the limitations of President Hoovers recovery plans.
29. List 3 programs of the First New Deal that provided jobs for the unemployed.

30. Explain why the Social Security Act is still regarded as an important piece of legislation.