Causes of the Great Depression
Many of these failed, leaving people with no money
What are banks?
The percentage of Americans who were out of work during the Depression
What is 25%?
President that created the New Deal
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
How much did a loaf of bread cost? 0.08 cents, $1.00, or $2.50
What is 0.08 cents?
How many total Americans could not find work from 1930-1931?
Over 6 million
Over speculation of these was one cause of the Great Depression
What is Stocks and Credit?
How many years the Great Depression lasted
What is 4 years?
What year was The New Deal established?
What is 1933?
How much did a kid's wagon cost? $1, $4, or $8
What is $4.00?
How many total shares were traded on Black Tuesday?
16 million
Producing more than people can buy led to this
What is Overproduction?
The state of not being employed, which many Americans found themselves to be
What is Unemployment?
The main goal of the New Deal
What is help the U.S recover from the Depression?
How much did a leather jacket cost? $2.00, $4.00, or $7.00
What is $7.00?
How many banks failed due to the Great depression?
11,000
These high taxes discouraged international foreign trade
What are tariffs?
People lived in these poor, rundown towns during the Depression
What are Hoovervilles?
The three R's associated with The New Deal
What is Relief, Reform, and Recovery?
How much did a sewing machine cost? $12.00, $16.00, or $22.00?
What is $22.00?
Which president inspired the name "Hoovervilles"?
Herbert Hoover
This war also contributed to the start of the Great Depression
What is WW1?
What famous day did the stock market take a major crash?
What is Black Tuesday?
These radio interviews given by Franklin D. Roosevelt talked about the New Deal by the fireplace in the White House
What are Fireside Chats?
How much would the average factory worker make in a week? $15.00, $20.00, or $25.00?
What is $15.00?
How many companies went out of business due to the Great Depression?
300,000