Notes 1: The Beginnings
Notes 2: The New Deal
Notes 3 Part 1: The Dustbowl
Notes 3 Part 2: The Dustbowl and the End of the Depression
Vocabulary
100
What was the average unemployment during the great depression?
What is 25%
100
Who was the president elected after Hoover in 1932?
What is FDR
100
Provide a good description on how bad the dust was during a dust storm. (DON'T JUST SAY BAD!)
What is it got in their food, their lungs, their teeth, and even tears. Many people were dying from the dust.
100
What event finally got America out of the Great Depression?
What is WWII
100
Double Jeopardy : Hooverville
What is shanty towns were homeless lived
200
What was at least 2 causes of the Great Depression?
What is the stock market crashed, banks failed
200
What does FDR pass within the first 100 days of office?
What is the New Deal
200
Why did the farmers continue to farm during the dustbowl?
What is to pay their bills because they had so many debts
200
How is Eleanor Roosevelt such an influential first lady?
What is she fought for civil rights and for the poor. She was an activist where as many first ladies before were seen and not heard.
200
Revenue
What is income
300
Double Jeopardy! What is the date the stock market crashed?
What is October 29th, 1929
300
What was the purpose of the Civil Works Administration
What is to provide jobs for people
300
Double Jeopardy Name all 5 states affected by the dust bowl.
What is TX, OK, KS, NM, CO
300
What was the most progressive New Deal Program? How did this program help America?
What is Works Progress Administration, it provided jobs, school, churches, and improved roads
300
What is deficit spending?
What is when the government spends more than it owes
400
What is the name of the photographer that shot the Migrant Mother picture that represented the depression?
What is Dorthea Lang
400
What was the purpose of the Civil Conservation Corps?
What is to preserve national parks and reforestation
400
What technology became available during the 20's that caused over production?
What is the plow
400
What factors caused the Dustbowl?
What is drought and overproduction
400
What is the national debt?
What is the total amount that a country owes on their loans
500
How did the economic situation of 2008 compare to the Great Depression?
What is the stock market crashed and unemployment went up to 11%
500
What is the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority
What is to create electricity and dams
500
What are the two major bugs and animals people had trouble with during the dustbowl
What is grasshoppers and rabbits
500
What are two negatives of the New Deal?
What is Government became bigger, spending increased, people started to rely on the government, it didn't get us out of the depression
500
What is difference between a recession and depression?
What is a recession is an economic downturn for 6 months and a depression is usually more severe and lasts longer
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