Mr. Weesner Fun Facts for fun students who like fun facts about fun teachers named Mr. Weesner
Name 5 classes of the 10 classes Mr. Weesner teachers at Livingstone this year
Gov, US, World, Geography, Study Hall, Personal Finance, Chess, 7 habits, Answers in Gen
What is a "Hooverville"?
Makeshift homeless camps named after president Hoover
series of severe dust storms damaging crops, and killing around 7000 people
what is the Dust Bowl
This was the belief of Hoover and FDR that they need large government intervention to save this economic system from itself
capitalism
This was the first woman to solo fly across the Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Earhart
Mr. Weesner's first teaching job was teaching this grade level
4th and 5th graders
What are examples of consumer goods that became popular during the late 1920s and into the 30s
Toasters, Radios, Cars
This was created by FDR aimed at economic recovery and putting Americans back to work, some of these programs are still in operation today.
what is the New Deal
This was created as part of the new deal to ensure peoples money that was deposited into a bank was ensured up to a certain dollar amount
FDIC - federal deposit insurance corporation
How did the AAA "help the farmers"
paid farmers to not produce, destroyed animals and crops.
name 2 of the three Asian countries Mr. Weesner has visited
The Philippines, South Korea, North Korea
The taxing of other countries imports is called this
Tarriff
the day the stock market crashed
Black Thursday
Name the two presidents in office during the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt
The president who created the Smoot-Hawly Tarriff
Hoover
This is the decade that Mr. Weesner's second motorcycle was made
1970s
Borrowing to invest money in the stock market
what is Margin Investing/a really really really dumb idea
The day the largest number of shares were sold in a sing day in US history is called
Black Tuesday
this term comes from when everyone withdrew all their money causing nearly 30% of banks to close their doors
what is bank panic/ bank run
Famous New York Yankee during the 1930s
Babe Ruth
Where did Mr. Weesner live before moving to Lafayette?
South Bend
The name of the program that FDR hosted over the radio to get his messages out to the masses
Fireside chat.
This man is going to win 4 golds in the 1936 Olympics, making a certain mustached individual perturbed.
Jesse Owens
This New Deal program took unemployed working men and had them build parks and other public works
the CCC, civilian conservation core
This army eventually camped out in front of the White house before being forcefully dispersed by the USA army
Bonus Army