Vocab
A famous written book about the struggles of the Joad Family (Okies) as they leave their family farm in the Midwest towards the West during the Great Depression.
The Grapes of Wrath
Which event was seen by many as the "start" of the Great Depression?
AND
What was it nicknamed?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
AND
Black Tuesday
**DAILY DOUBLE**
President of the U.S., but lost favor with the American public due to the Great Depression and his ill-fated technical solutions.
Herbert Hoover
This organizations job included hiring young unmarried men to to create a state or national parks, create irrigation systems and rebuild forests.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Answer the following questions about the Dust Bowl:
1) What region of the US did it affect the most?
2) Identify ONE state that was affected.
3) Who were the people that left during the dust bowl?
4) What area did people move to in hopes for a better life.
**DAILY QUADRUPLE**
1) Midwest
2) Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico
3) Oakies
4) Westward
**DAILY QUADRUPLE**
"Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable."
Ready Player One
The buying of items in hopes to make a quick profit. It is risky but, could make you a lot of $$$$$
Speculation
Why did the banks fail at on the onstart of the Great Depression?
1)too much money was loaned out to people for risky investments.
2) bank runs aka too many people asking to take out their money at the same time and the banks did not have enough physical money to give back to their customers.
She pushed for womens rights and equality in society and economically.
Eleanor Roosevelt
This gave benefits to older, retired workers in the United States.
Social Security Act
The Hawley-Smott Tariff caused what problems for the US?
It harmed America's international trade relations
Dr. Minway Zhang:
Thought to have been extinct for over two million years.
DJ:
Wrong.
The Meg
Group of veterans who protested for early payments for fighting in WW1 in Washington D.C.
Bonus Army
Identify TWO causes of the Great Depression:
**DAILY DOUBLE**
1) overproduction of goods
2) overuse of credit
3) international trade declined
4) stock market crash
5) farmers struggled
6) bank runs
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This New Deal Program would have had the largest impact on rural electrification during the 1930s?
TVA
This New Deal Program paid farms to not grow crops in hopes that the crops prices would rise since supply was lowered.
AAA
Who did most people blame the Great Depression on?
Capitalism
We only have three rules: First– do your part. No time for any freeloaders. Second, never harm another Glader. None of this works unless we have trust. Most importantly– never go beyond those walls. Do you understand me, Greenie?
Maze Runner
shantytowns in which homeless families lived during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
What led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Stock Speculation and people when prices began to slightly drop, people rushed to sell their stocks all at the same time and it cause the market to collapse.
regulate the sale of stocks and oversee the disclosure of information on stocks being sold.
SEC
Insures deposits in national banks and certain other qualifying financial institutions up to a stated amount.
FDIC
Who had the highest unemployment during the Great Depression? Why?
African Americans, they were the "Last hired and first fired"
Something, Something Trident
Aquaman
This helped the growth of labor unions and collective bargining.
The Wagner Act
How did Roosevelt plan to address the problems of the Great Depression?
The government took on a greater role in the national economy and created programs to address the nation's unemployment problems.
New Deal
She helped document the Great Depression by taking photographs of Americans affected by it.
Dorthea Lange
A New Deal program that gave unemployed Americans jobs building roads, schools, and other public projects during the Great Depression.
Workers Progress Administration (WPA)
What helped weaken Florida's economy immediatly before the Great Depression?
The end of Florida's land boom
Labor Day Hurricane that hit the Florida Keys
Mediterreanean fruit flies eating our citrus plants
Mr. Scamander! Do you think Dumbledore will mourn for you?
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
___________________ was a place where unemployed and homeless people could get free meals during the Great Depression.
Soup Kitchens/Breadlines
Which group of people in the US saw increased employment in the fields of education, nursing, domestic service and textile industry during the 1930s?
(Hint: Gender)
Women
_________ was a New Deal program that brought electricity to rural areas and farms that did not have power during the Great Depression.
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
______________ was the term used for the initial reforms and changes made by Franklin D. Roosevelt upon become the President and starting the New Deal Programs.
(HINT: Look at your study guide)
First 100 Days
Identify ONE way Hoover positively helped during the Great Depression?
Hiring people to build and complete the Hoover Dam.
It provided jobs, control flooding and promote hydroelectricity in the Nevada area.
Was the Federal government more or less involved in the US economy with the New Deal programs? Explain.
MORE involved in the U.S. economy beacuse it created agencies, spent money to create jobs, regulated businesses and banks and provided direct help to peope during the Great Depression.