Causes of Great Depression
Other Causes
Presidents
Alphabet Soup
Distractions During the Depression
100
This took place in 1929 and is considered the start of the Great Depression since many people lost all of their money in it
What is the Stock Market Crash
100

The Great Plains later became known as the _______ after Dust storms caused people to get sick, livestock to die, and crops to be destroyed.

What is the Dust Bowl

100

What was the name of FDR's plan to help improve the economy

What is the "New Deal"

100
This the agency which helped stop the flooding in the Tennessee Valley. ___ ____ A
What is the TVA
100

This person was a composer of blues, jazz, and swing music. They also conducted concert tours across the country.

Who is Duke Ellington

200
This President thought that by doing nothing the economy would get better because the economy goes up then down then back up
What is Herbert Hoover
200

What fraction of Americans were unemployed?

What is 1/4

200

This president believed that the economy would fix itself over time, and that it is not the job of the Federal Government to provide for it's citizens.

Who is Herbert Hoover

200

This Agency employed people to build dams used to generate hydroelectricity. ___ ____ A

What is TVA

200

wrote a romance novel called Gone with the Wind about life in Georgia before, during, and after the Civil War

Who is Margaret Mitchell

300
What happened to the United States banks after the stock market crash?
The banks ran out of money. (They gave out IOU's instead)
300

Places where the homeless and the unemployed could eat for free.

What are Soup Kitchens

300

This president believed it was the job of the Federal Government to help its citizens when they are in need.

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt

300
This Act in 1935 provided (and still provides today) money for people after they have retired.
What is Social Security
300

This person won 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin

Jesse Owens

400

Too many people panicked and tried to sell their stocks all at once. This caused ________?

The Stock Market Crash

400

This caused the Dust Bowl

 Residents practiced poor farming techniques which ruined the soil. OR A severe drought caused erosion OR the earth turned to dust which was picked up by strong winds and carried in huge storms

400

This president was elected into office during the Great Depression

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt

400

This agency hired artists painted murals; sculptors made public statues; actors traveled to towns and performed plays. W ____ ____.

What is the WPA

400

Who still faced segregation when he went home?

Jesse Owens

500

October 29, 1929 is known as '________ Tuesday'

What is Black Tuesday

500

Set up by the federal government, state governments, city governments, and private organizations such as churches.

Soup Kitchens

500

Homeless camps were nicknamed "_______" by Americans

What is "Hoovervilles"

500
This group of men ages 18 - 26 learned forestry skills t help improve our national forest and national parks during the 1930's. ___ ____ C.
What is the CCC
500

The movie version of this book is still the highest grossing film in history.

Gone With the Wind

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