Great Depression 1
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Great Depression 3
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100
He was the United States president that gave "relief" to the people during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
After the stock market crash, people rushed to their banks causing this.
Bank closures
100
What was the Great Depression?
What was an economic downturn that occured in The United States?
100
This was the wife of the President during the late years of the Great Depression.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
100
In what decade did the Great Depression mostly occur?
What are the 1930's?
200
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?
200
This event is often considered to be the starting point of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
200
Who Am I ?
FDR
200
About how many banks and businesses closed during the Great Depression?
*Your answer can be a fraction or percent.
about 1/2 or 50% farms and businesses
200
Apart from the Stock Market Crash, what is one cause for the great depression?
Overproduction of goods
The Dust Bowl
Isolation from European Markets
300
He was the U.S. President at the time of the Stock Market Crash.
Herbert Hoover
300
Who was President of the USA during WWI?
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
300
October 29, 1929 is also known as this.
What is Black Tuesday?
300
What is the name of the relief/recovery/reform programs introduce by FDR during the Great Depression?
What is New Deal?
300
Which New Deal Program aimed to help the old, retired, unemployed, and injured?
What is Social Security Act?
400
The unemployed and poor often lived in "shanty towns." They were often referred to as.
What are Hoovervilles?
400
This term means "the lack of something" or "not having enough".
What is Shortages/Scarcity
400
During the Great Depression, people would line up at ____________ to get food. These were normally run by charities.
What are soup kitchens/breadlines?
400
This is a free one!
$100
400
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Who is Herbert Hoover?
500
Which New Deal agency gave short term jobs to men that required cleaning parks, cutting down trees, etc?
What is CCC Civilian Conservation Corps
500
At the beginning of the Great Depression, this U.S. President thought that things would get better on their own.
President Herbert Hoover
500
How many more school days before we get out for Christmas break?
Check student answer
500
What was FDR's priority for the government during the Great Depression?
The government should step in and help in the economy.
500
What did the American people need more than anything during the Great Depression?
jobs