Leaders
The shanty towns named for the president at the start of the Depression
Hoovervilles
The marginalized group that was most helped by the New Deal
Native Americans
The year of the stock market crash
1929
The state that over 200,000 Dust Bowl farmers moved to
California
The president who believed that the trickle-down theory and tariffs would solve the Depression
President Hoover
1933
Number of banks that failed between 1929-1933
9,000
The name for the Great Plains during the Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
The president who won the election of 1932 and was a Democrat
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The program that provides benefits to retired Americans
Social Security
Percentage of people unemployed by 1933
25%
The activity that people might have taken part in after losing money on the stock market and having to pay off debts
Bank Runs
The number of terms that Roosevelt served as president
4 (or 3.5)
The name of the program that gave young men jobs working on National parks
The CCC
The year that unemployement dropped below 20%
1935
The group of Americans that were deported (about 80,000) during the Depression
Mexican-Americans
The method that Roosevelt used to build trust with the American people
Fireside chats
The program that insures banks and prevents bank failures to this day
The FDIC
The percentage of value the stock market lost
90%
The name of the tariff that made the Depression worse by slowing international trade
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff