Causes
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?
This president took office right before the stock market crash
Who is Herbert Hoover
These two situations caused the Dust Bowl
What is over farming and (severe) drought
A new kind of music that is influenced by West Africa and The Blues, and was generally sang by famous African Americans musicians
What is Jazz music
This event officially ends the great depression
What is World War 2
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
This president was elected in 1932
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Dust Bowl affected this region:
What is Great Plains or Midwest
The 'wireless telephone' that enabled people to speak to one another over very long distances
What is the radio
The photographer who had taken pictures of people escaping the Dust Bowl and the hardships that came along with it
Who is Dorothea Lange
What happened to the United States banks after the stock market crash?
The banks ran out of money
What would you call a group of cardboard houses set up in a public park or street alley?
What is a Hooverville
The Dust Bowl caused farmers to migrate to this location
What is California
The different types of entertainment included (name at least 2):
What are sports, movies, music, writing, art
What is unemployment
Black Tuesday refers to this event
What is The Stock Market Crash
Belief that the government should not spend more money than it go in taxes
What is a balanced budget
The "dust" storms were made of what
The time of much interest and activity in the arts (translates to "rebirth" in French)
What is the renaissance
The way the federal government tried to improve the economy
What is passing a new tariff and setting up the RFC and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act
Stock Market crashed on this date:
What is October 29th 1929
What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
The states where the Dust Bowl had taken place (list all 5):
What is Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
How people were able to buy new products and goods
What is installments
What happens to the economy during a depression
What is it stops growing