Causes of Great Depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Impact of the Great Depression
Alphabet Soup
Odds and Ends
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
What was the name of his plan he created to help improve the economy
What is the "New Deal"
100

Nickname for shantytowns

Hoovervilles

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

What was the name of the drought that caused many farmers in the great plains to have terrible harvests in the 1930's?

Dust Bowl

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

Name the 3 R's

Relief, Recovery, Reform

200

People let their pockets hang out is known as

Hoover flags

200
This Agency paid farmers NOT to grow their crops in order to raise the price of crops. This doubled the prices of Crops before being declared unconstitutional in 1936. ___ ____ A
What is AAA
200

Nickname for people who went west because of the Dust Storm

Okies

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

Why did some people criticize/ oppose the New Deal?

Gave the gov't too much power

300

Approximately what % of people were unemployed

25%

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

Name 1 way Herbert Hoover was different from FDR

MANY ANSWERS WILL WORK

400
What is overproduction
What is when a company makes more products (TVs, Cars, Radios, etc) than people are willing to buy.
400
What was the name of his radio broadcasts were he spoke to all America like they were simply his friends
What are Fireside Chats
400

Unemployment rose from ___ to ___

4% to 23%

400
This agency build public airports, sewers, roads, schools, and other buildings. It spent over 10.5 Billion dollars and employed 3.8 Million men. W ____ ____.
What is the WPA
400

What area of the country did the Dust Bowl occur

Great Plains/ Midwest

500
What is it called when you borrow money in order to buy more stock?
What is "buying on margin" or "Doubling Down" or On Margin
500

What was major difference between FDR & Hoover?

FDR was willing to use the gov't to help the economic problems

500

Why did people use the nickname "Hoovervilles" and "Hoover flags"?

They blamed Hoover for the Great Depression

500

This group of men ages 18 - 26 learned forestry skills to help improve our national forest and national parks during the 1930's. ___ ____ C.

What is the CCC

500

Name the 3 main causes for the Dust Bowl

Drought, overproduction, overuse

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