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
Which President helped create the idea of the "New Deal"
FDR
100
A woman's raincoat. 5 cents, $3.00, or $12.00
What is $3.00
100
This the agency which helped stop the flooding in the Tennessee Valley. ___ ____ A
What is the TVA
100
What Woody Guthrie folk song is written about the Great Depression
What is "This Land" or "This Land is Your Land"
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 a musician of the Harlem Renaissance
Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, etc.
200
Kid's Wagon $1 dollar, 4 dollars, 8 dollars
What is 4 dollars
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
What would you call a group of cardboard houses set up in a public park or street alley?
What is a Hooverville
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
Man's fine leather jacket 2 dollars, 4 dollars, 7 dollars
What is 7 dollars
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 were two areas in which there were struggling economies that helped lead to the Great Depression
Agriculture and Industry
400
Who was the President during the Stock Market Crash and the start of the Great Depression?
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 was the name of the drought that caused many farmers in the great plains to have terrible harvests in the 1930's?
What is the dust bowl
500
What is it called when you borrow money in order to buy more stock? How much money do you have to put down?
What is "buying on margin" and 5%
500
Who was the boxer known as the "Cinderella Man" who helped inspire many struggling through the Great Depression?
James J. Braddock
500
How Much money would the average factory worker make in a week. 15 dollars, 20 dollars, 25 dollars
What is 15 dollars
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
What does Woody Guthrie really think of America in his song "This Land is Your Land"?
What is the America is no longer made for everyone. OR It is changing for the worst as people are getting greedy.