BASIC FACTS
CAUSES
EFFECTS
PROHIBITION
MISCELLANEOUS
100
During what time period did the Great Depression occur?
What is the 1930s.
100
Drought
A period of no rain.
100
What is the term for not having job?
Unemployed
100
What is a change to the US Constitution called?
An amendment?
100
President who took office during the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
What country or countries did the Great Depression affect?
The United States and other countries throughout the world,
200
What region of the United States did the Dust Bowl mainly affect?
The Midwestern United States
200
The term that means when people move from one area or region to another
migrate
200
Was Prohibition repealed?
Yes
200
What ended the Great Depression?
World War II
300
What was the primary reason for the Great Depression?
The stock market crashed
300
Complete the sentence: ________________ happened when people thought stocks would become worth more than their actual value.
Over Speculation
300
What was the Mid-west referred to because of the long drought in the 1930s?
Dust Bowl
300
Name one reason for prohibition
Some believed alcohol destroyed families
300
Name 1 mid-western state that the the Dust Bowl affected
Kansas Colorado Oklahoma New Mexico
400
How would you describe the Great Depression - as a period of prosperity or a period of economic crisis?
Period of economic crisis
400
This means 'an economy where trading is conducted professionally and money buys a piece of a company'. Hint: 2 words & it is located in NY
Stock Market
400
What happened to banks because people were unable to pay back loans?
Bank failured
400
A type of crime that occurred as a result of prohibition
___________-crime
400
True or False: During the 1920, before the Great Depression, the US economy was 'booming'.
True
500
Who was President of the US in the beginning of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
500
When companies make more of a product than what is needed
Overproduction
500
What was the name of poor housing called during the Great Depression?
Hoovervilles
500
What is the name of a place where you could go to drink alcohol?
Speakeasy
500
The New Deal
This 'Deal' put people back to work
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