Definitions
Hobos
Dust Bowl
Great Depression
New Deal Programs
100
Roosevelt declared this when he closed the banks for a number of days at the start of his presidency...
Bank Holiday
100
What was a hobo jungle?
A camp of hobos near train tracks and/or a river. Many would live here safely
100
The Dust Bowl took place in...
The southern states (texas, oklahoma, etc.) and the great plains
100
When did Great Depression take place?
1929-1939
100
Gave insurance through taking money from peoples paychecks for when they are old or become disabled
Social Security Administration; Reform
200
Implement permanent changes to the financial system to prevent another collapse
Reform
200
What were railroad bulls?
Police for the trains; would make sure only paying customers rode trains.
200
Consequences of the Dust Bowl
Death of people, animals, and crops
200
Presidents during the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
Employed many young men across the country, improving public lands, planting trees, etc.
Civilian Conservation Corps; Relief
300
Stimulate the economy, boost production, and get people back to work
Recovery
300
What is this man doing?
Riding rails
300
Cause of the Dust Bowl
Droughts and soil being to loose
300
After the stock market crash...
People stopped buying products and workers were getting fired/laid off
300
Paid farmers to NOT grow crops so land could heal and prices would become normal again
Agricultural Adjustment Association; Recovery
400
Provide direct, immediate help to the suffering, unemployed, and poor
Relief
400
Hoovervilles/Shanty towns
Places where people lived outside the city - shack villages built up.
400
Why was the soil too loose?
Farmers working the land to much
400
Trigger of the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
400
Inspected banks and gave deposit insurance on checking and savings accounts in the case of bank failure
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Reform
500
What made someone a hobo?
A person who traveled illegally by train to look for work during the Depression.
500
Where did Hoovervilles/shanty towns get their names?
From President Hoover, who did not do much to help with the depression.
500
The Dust Bowl caused...
Farmers to leave farms and move west.
500
FDR's plan that helped end the Great Depression...
The New Deal
500
Provided jobs to young men building schools, hospitals, and other public works
Works Progress Administration; Relief