How did it all fall?
Brother can you spare a dime?
Hooverdisaster
New Deal in 3 words or less
Misc
100
The name given for this day displayed how devastating it was when the Great Depression began.
What was Black Tuesday?
100
Many people stood in these to get a decent meal for the day.
What were Soup and Bread Lines?
100
These were found outside many cities.
What was a Hooverville?
100
Men, Trees, Young
What was the CCC?
100
This famous boxer experienced the Great Depression in an incredible comeback story.
Who was James Braddock?
200
These were highly speculated upon during the 1920s that led to the Great Depression.
What were stocks?
200
These individuals were nomadic workers that would hitch rides on trains to find the next place they could work.
What were hobos?
200
This philosophy of "pull yourself up from your own bootstraps" did not sit well with most Americans.
What was Rugged Individualism?
200
Insured, Banks, Money
What was the FDIC?
200
These were programs of the New Deal were only meant as temporary measures to solve the nation's problems.
What were Recovery Programs?
300
These institutions lent out too much money that contributed to a severe lack of faith in them in the 1930s.
What are banks?
300
This region of the South and Midwest was aptly described due to the overproduction of food that dried up the land.
What was the Dust Bowl?
300
These were used by many to stay warm.
What were Hooverblankets?
300
Farmers, Prices, Raise
What was the AAA?
300
This group of WWI veterans were attacked by the US Army after being denied their benefits.
Who were the Bonus Army?
400
This business practice allowed individuals to use bank loans to purchase stock.
What was buying on margin?
400
His book the Grapes of Wrath gave a visceral experience of families impacted by the Dust Bowl.
Who was John Steinbeck?
400
This legislation actually hurt the world economy and worsened the Great Depression.
What was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
400
Retired, Disabled, Welfare
What was Social Security?
400
This competitor to FDR wanted to "Share the Wealth" across America.
Who was Huey Long?
500
These American workers felt the effects of the Great Depression before it began.
Who were farmers and/or factory workers?
500
This famous photographer captured the families affected by the Great Depression.
Who was Dorothea Lange?
500
This organization was created in order to help bail out banks.
What was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or the RFC?
500
Dam, Electricity, South
What was the TVA?
500
The name of the scheme FDR pulled to gain control over the Supreme Court.
What was the Court Packing Plan?