Bud, Not Buddy
Bud was what age when his mother died
six years old
Who bullies Bud in chapter 2
Todd
Who was president right before the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
People that lived in Hoovervilles were
unemployed/poor
What was the Great Depression
The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history
Bud was attacked by these after he disturbed their nest with what item
Hornets and a rake
Who are the Dusky Devastators of the Depression?
This is the name of the band that Bud believes his father plays in.
This event officially ends the Great Depression
World War 2
Two examples of what Hoovervilles were made out of:
cardboard, tar paper, glass, lumber and tin
A drought in the 1930s that turned the Great Planes very dry.
Dust Bowl
Who is Christopher Pual Curtis?
The author of Bud, Not Buddy
What do the boys do to seal their "brotherhood"?
They spit in their hands and shake each others hands.
Everyone rushed to sell stocks at one time causing the what of 1929?
Stock Market Crash
What represented "Hoover flags"
pockets pulled inside out
What three things happened during the Great Depression
many Americans had little money, lost their jobs, and lost their land to drought
In the book, Bud realizes that a door has closed. To what "door" is he referring?
The "door" of his life; possibility, opportunity
Besides clothes, these are three things Bud keeps safe in his suitcase
rocks, a flyer and a picture of his mother
The Dust Bowl took place in the
Midwest/Great Plains
This item was called a Hoover blanket
newspapers
Who was the president during the Great Depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Name three ingredients supper was made out of in Hooverville and how is it served?
muskrat, dandelion, potatoes, wild carrots, crawdads/served from a tin can
According to Bud, how are ideas like seeds?
They start small and grow bigger than you ever thought they could.
When people went to the banks to get out their savings...
The banks had loaned the money so they couldn't give it back
Name two cities that were home to the country's largest Hooverville
St. Louis, Missouri and Seattle, Washington
Why were other countries affected by the Great Depression?
american investors withdrew their money from foreign markets