Great Depression 1
He was the United States president that gave "relief" to the people during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
After the stock market crash, people rushed to their banks causing this.
What is Banks closing down/Bank runs?
True or False: The Great Depression was an economic downturn that did not occur in The United States.
What is false?
The three R's of stood for
Relief
Recovery
Reform
In what decade did the Great Depression mostly occur?
What are the 1930's?
Which term was used to the region of the American mid-west that suffered a devastating drought full of huge dirt storms during the 1930's.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This event is often considered to be the starting point of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
List 3 ways people stayed entertained during the Depression.
What is reading, listening to radio and watching
movies
There was much debate over the Constitutionality of the "big government" programs put into place by FDR.
True- It was widely debated whether it was ok to be having deficit spending and such large relief/recovery programs.
True or False. When the stock market crashed, many people couldn't pay back the money they had borrowed.
What is true?
Group that worked to do public works such as creating dams, planting trees, repairing roads, etc.
a. AAA
b. BBB
c. CCC
d. DDD
CCC- Civilian Conservation Corps
True or False: A depression is a time when industry is booming and almost all people are employed.
What is false?
October 29, 1929 is also known as this.
What is Black Tuesday?
What is the name of the relief programs introduce by FDR during the Great Depression.
A) The Act of Relief
B) Relief Act
C) New Deal
D) Newton Deal
What is B) New Deal?
He was the United States president during the early years of the great depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The unemployed and poor often lived in "shanty towns." They were often referred to as.
What are Hoovervilles?
This term means "the lack of something" or "not having enough".
What is Scare/Scarcity
During the Great Depression, people would line up at ____________ to get food. These were normally run by charities.
What are soup kitchens/breadlines?
This major event followed the Great Depression.
What is World War II?
The organization created to help the poor and elderly during the Great Depression. It is still around today.
Social security (SSA)
What was a basic cause of The Great Depression.
a) too many goods being produces and not enough people buying them.
b) excessive profits for farmers and their families.
c) increased wages for workers meant that too much money was being made.
d) people were being taxed at a high level and they were unhappy
What is a) overproduction of consumer goods?
During the Great Depression many people struggled to afford:
A) Housing
B) Food
C) Luxury Items
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
He was the only U.S. President to serve 4 terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
President FDR's policies during the Great Depression shows his belief that?
A) The government should never become involved in the economy.
B) The government should step in and help in the economy.
C) The Great Depression was caused by labor union strikes.
D) None of the Above
B) The government should step in and help in the economy.
This was created to address African American issues
What is the Black Cabinet?