Dates & Numbers
Famous People
Recovery
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Survival
100
October, 1929
What month and year did the stock market crash?
100
John Steinbeck
Who was a famous author who wrote books set during this time peroid, including the famous book turned movie,"The Grapes of Wrath."
100
The New Deal
What was the name of the plan enacted by FDR aimed at boosting the American economy?
100
Hoovervilles
What were the names given to the poor farmers living in small shacks during this era?
100
Hoover soup
Concoction of water, pepper, salt, and ketchup. Made when hungry people who could not afford a meal entered a restuarant and were seated at a table.
200
25%
What was the unemployment rate?
200
Herbert Hoover
Who was the US president at the start of the Depression?
200
FDIC
What is the name of the program put in place to prevent money is lost through banks?
200
Oakie
What was a term of enderment given to the influx of migrant workers that escaped Oaklahoma's dustbowl?
200
Soup Kitchens
What were sources of food for many starving Americans.
300
December 7, 1941 started this event
When did WWII officially begin?
300
FDR
Who was the US President in the later years of the Depression?
300
Welfare Agengies
What were put in place to ensure citizens recieved adequate neccessities?
300
Banks lending too much money
What a cause of the Great Depression.
300
African Americans
What was the racial group most affected by this era?
400
1933 this president cam to office
What was the year FDR was elected President.
400
Eleanor Roosevelt
Who was the wife of FDR?
400
Federal Emergency Relief Act
What was the name of the federal relief program that provided grants to qualifying states?
400
Black Tuesday
What is the name given to the day the stock market crashed?
400
Dandelion
What the flower / wide weed often used in soups?
500
Billions of dollars
What was the amount of money lost during the depression.
500
Dorothea Lange
Who was the famous photographer known for migrant worker photos?
500
WWII
What event helped end the Great Depression and give host to many American jobs?
500
Drought
What natural event also affected economy, in particular agriculture.
500
50%
What was the estimated percent of children that went hungry?
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