Hoover
What was Herbert Hoover before he was president?
Mining engineer, saved children during the boxer rebellion, saved 120,000 stranded Americans during WWI, and created an organization to feed civilians in occupied Belgium
Who was the president that created the New Deal?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Unemployment
What was a fashionable woman called?
flapper
What's Mr. Prussman's favorite pop?
Cherry Coke
These communities were created due to the numerous people affected by the collapse of the housing market during the depression
Hoovervilles
This program created by Congress provided benefits to retired American workers and to the disabled that were unable to continue working
Social Security Act
Many Americans borrowed money to invest in this institution, and eventually led to its failure.
Stock Market
Why did people want to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol?
Believed it was morally ruining society, the cause of domestic abuse, crime, and laziness
What's Mr. Prussman's middle name?
Gregory
What was the objective of the Bonus Army that marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932?
Payment of money to veterans of WWI
What did the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) do?
Built dams that made rural electrification possible
A way to protect American factories from foreign competition, congress increased this type of tax
Tariffs
What state was the KKK founded in?
Tennessee
What did Mr. Prussman want to be when he was little?
an astronaut
Name one attempt by Herbert Hoover to fix the problems of the Great Depression
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover Dam
What did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) do?
Paid farmers to cut production and, in some cases, destroy crops
This term refers to the government's ability to increase or decrease the amount of currency in circulation
Money supply
Who's Mr. Prussman's screen saver?
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Where did Mr. Prussman grow up
Mound City
What term did Herbert Hoover coin to bring an end to the depression?
Rugged Individualism
What was the philosophy behind the New Deal?
Expand the role of the federal government in providing jobs, relief for the unemployed, better wages and regulation of industries.
This term describes the large difference between social classes during the depression and it meant there were not enough people with the means to consume American products
Income Gap
What happened during the Scopes Monkey Trial?
A science teacher was charged and convicted for teaching evolution in a classroom
What's Mr. Prussman's favorite video game?
1. Red Dead Redemption 2
2. The Last of Us
3. God of War