Causes
Name at least two of the causes for the Great Depression.
BONUS: What was the natural disaster that occurred during the Great Depression and made it worse?
post economic boom, republican economic policies, real estate and stock speculation, stock market crash/banking collapse, overproduction, collapse of the farming industry, unequal distribution of wealth
BONUS - Bonus Army
Name given to veterans who marched on Hoover over not getting paid for serving in WWI.
BONUS - What was the outcome of this march?
Bonus Army
BONUS - Hoover ended up getting a baby killed and it ended his chance of winning re-election in 1932.
Who won the election of 1932?
BONUS - What was one reason why his opponent lost?
FDR
BONUS - Bonus Army incident, made depression worse, laissez faire style of government, etc.
What were the 3 r's that all New Deal programs focused on?
BONUS - Tell me at least 3 New Deal programs we discussed.
relief, recovery, reform
BONUS - CCC, FDIC, SEC, NRA, AAA, TVA, WPA, SSA
New Deal program that focused on creating jobs for those that participated in the arts such as writing, acting, or music.
BONUS - New Deal program created to provide relief for the elderly via a check once they retire.
WPA
BONUS - SSA
Tariff that was passed that made the Great Depression officially go worldwide.
BONUS - Which president passed the tariff?
Howley-Smoot Tariff
BONUS - Hoover
Nickname given to shanty towns or make shift homeless towns under the Hoover administration.
BONUS - What was it called if you slept on newspaper instead of bed sheets?
Hoovervilles
BONUS - hoover blankets
What was Hoover's style of government during the Great Depression?
BONUS - Why did Americans not like this?
laissez faire
BONUS - They felt alone and like the government didn't care.
What was the purpose of the bank holiday that FDR created?
BONUS - Term referring to FDR's policy of spending money we didn't have hoping it would create money in the long run.
To survey and investigate banks for corruption.
BONUS - deficit spending
FDR'S strategy to try and stack the Supreme Court in his favor so his New Deal programs would pass.
BONUS - Why did this make him look bad?
court packing
BONUS - It made him look like a spoiled baby, power hungry, egomaniac, selfish, etc.
Term referring to borrowing money from the bank that you don't have to invest in the stock market.
BONUS - What term refers to someone assuming that they will make money off of an investment?
buying on the margin
BONUS - speculation
Term referring to what some people did during the Great Depression to illegally look for work or escape poverty.
BONUS - True or False: The unemployment rose during the Great Depression.
hobo's/hoboing
BONUS - True
Name of FDR's proposed deal that was made of various programs meant to help create jobs and provide relief during the Great Depression.
BONUS - Term that Hoover liked to use that referred to someone getting out of the Great Depression themselves.
New Deal
BONUS - rugged individualism
Name of New Deal program that focused on insuring your money in the bank in case anything happened to it.
BONUS - New Deal program that focused on creating jobs in the forestry service for men between 18 and 25.
FDIC
BONUS - CCC
BONUS - How many terms did it limit it too?
24th
BONUS - 2
What is known as the official starting point of the Great Depression?
BONUS - What impact did this have on the banks in the U.S. during the Great Depression?
stock market crash/Black Tuesday
BONUS - This forced banks across the U.S. to shut down due to people making bank runs to get all their savings out.
Term referring to the method of getting food that became popular during the Great Depression due to unemployment.
BONUS - True or False: These drastically cut down the poverty rate during the Great Depression.
soup kitchens/bread lines
BONUS - False
Loser in the election of 1932.
BONUS - Tell me one reason why his opponent won?
Herbert Hoover
BONUS - FDR provided jobs and relief, Hoover made the depression worse through policies and a laissez faire style government.
New Deal program that brought electricity and jobs to poor areas through building dams.
BONUS - New Deal program that gave farmers checks to make less crops.
BONUS - AAA
Radio discussions that FDR had with Americans during the Great Depression.
BONUS - What was his goal in doing this?
fireside chats
BONUS - He was trying to build back trust with Americans who lost faith in the government due to Hoover.
What event before the Great Depression forced farmers to overproduce crops?
BONUS - What was taken from many farmers who went default on their bank loans?
WWI
BONUS - land/home
Give me at least two things that were done in the 1920's that helped lead to the Great Depression.
BONUS - Term that refers to paying for something in monthly payments.
overproduction, buying on credit, spending money on wants not needs, corrupt business, etc.
BONUS - installment buying
What was Hoover's "nail in the coffin" that made him lose the election of 1932?
BONUS - Why were they upset?
Bonus Army
BONUS - They were never paid a check for serving in WWI like they were promised.
New Deal program that created an agency to watch and monitor the stock market.
BONUS - New Deal program that was more hands on with monitoring business and what they could/couldn't do.
SEC
BONUS - NRA
What is my room number?
BONUS - What number unit are we on?
161
BONUS - 6