Hoovervillles 1
When did the Great Depression begin?
1929
What were the names of the shantytowns?
Hoovervilles
What does WPA stand for?
Works Progress Administration
What was the WPA made for?
To give people jobs to earn money in order to benefit the economy.
Between what two years were the Great Depression?
1929-1039
Preisdent _______ ______ was blamed for the unbearable economic and social conditions.
Herbert Hoover
Which year is regarded as the worst year of the Depression?
A. 1928
B. 1935
C. 1933
C. 1933
What types of workers were affected by the Great Depression?
Every type of worker
What was the "greatest primary task" of President Roosevelt during the Great Depression?
To put people to work
What year did unemployment skyrocket?
1929
More than 15 million people were out of work in 1933. What percent of American workers was that?
A. 50%
B. 25%
C. 75%
B. 25%
What were two factors that led to the Great Depression?
A. U.S. stock market crash
B. People had bad credit
C. People weren't spending enough money
D. The widespread failure of the American banking system
A. U.S. stock market crash and D. The widespread failure of the American banking system
How far into Roosevelt's presidency was his primary attack on unemployment first launched?
two years
What percentage of WPA jobs went to workers on relief?
A. 30%
B. 100%
C. 90%
D. 50%
C. 90%
What year did unemployment plumit to less then 10%?
1941
What were two rivers that Hoovervilles sprang up on?
Hudson and East Rivers
Why do people pull their empty pants pockets inside out, and what are thoughts called?
It demonstrates that there are no coins in someone's pocket; Hoover flags.
What did out-of-work doctors and nurses do in the WPA?
Helped flood victims
What did out-of-work librarians and researchers do in the WPA?
Worked in government offices
What year did loans start to climb again?
1938
No two ____________ were quite alike, and the camps varied in population and size.
Hoovervilles
By how much did Roosevelt win the presidential election in November?
A landslide
What were two great writers that the Federal Writers Project nurtured?
Saul Bellow and Richard Wright
In 1941, unemployment dropped below __ _______ for the first time since 1929.
10 percent
The drop in amount of money loaned from 1931-1933.
Around 5 billion dollars