Causes of Great Depression
What term describes a long period of rising stock prices during the 1920s?
Bull Market
What were the makeshift communities built by homeless Americans called?
Hoovervilles
What term describes Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office when many laws were passed?
The Hundred Days
What massive work program employed millions to build roads, schools, and public buildings?
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
What school competition did Mr. Duff win most recently?
Dancing with the Teachers
What risky practice involved buying stocks with borrowed money?
Buying on margin
What belief led Hoover to think the federal government should not directly help individuals?
Rugged Individualism
Which program provided jobs for young men working in forests, parks, and conservation projects?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
What program provided pensions for older Americans and financial help for the unemployed?
Social Security
What dance move did Mr. Duff do at the end of his dance routine?
The Worm
What event on October 29, 1929, caused stock prices to collapse and panic investors?
Black Tuesday (the Stock Market Crash of 1929)
What group of World War I veterans marched on Washington, D.C. demanding early bonus payments?
The Bonus Army
What law created the FDIC to insure bank deposits and restore confidence in banks?
The Glass-Steagall Act
What Supreme Court case ruled the NRA unconstitutional?
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
What car does Mr. Duff drive?
Toyota 4runner
Name two underlying economic problems (besides the stock market crash) that contributed to the Great Depression.
Overproduction
Uneven distribution of income
High tariffs
Loss of export sales
Easy access to credit
Why did the government’s response to the Bonus Army hurt Hoover’s public image?
The army was violently removed using troops and tanks, making Hoover appear uncaring toward struggling veterans.
How did programs like the AAA and NRA attempt to stabilize farming and industry?
The AAA reduced crop production to raise prices, while the NRA created industry codes to control wages, prices, and production.
Why did Roosevelt’s attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court backfire politically?
It appeared unconstitutional and power-hungry, causing public backlash and loss of political support.
Mr. Duff has NOT been sky diving, true or false
False
How did easy access to credit AND overproduction together weaken the U.S. economy?
People bought more goods than they could afford using credit, while factories and farms produced too much. When consumers could not keep buying, demand dropped, businesses failed, workers lost jobs, and the economy collapsed.
Explain how economic hardship AND environmental disaster combined to force many Americans to migrate during the 1930s.
Job loss and poverty from the Depression, combined with Dust Bowl droughts and dust storms, forced farmers to abandon their land and move west in search of work.
Why were New Deal relief programs considered a major change in the role of the federal government?
For the first time, the federal government directly provided jobs, money, and assistance to citizens during an economic crisis.
Why did the New Deal not end the Great Depression, yet still permanently change the role of the federal government?
It did not fully restore economic prosperity, but it expanded federal responsibility for the economy, workers’ rights, and social welfare.
DOUBLE POINTS: Draw the most accurate visual of Mr. Duff
Winner is chosen by Mr. Duff