Causes of the Great Depression
People of the Great Depression
Great Depression
New Deal
Final Jeopardy
100

The event that is referred to as "Black Tuesday"

Stock market Crash of 1929

100

What group of people had the highest unemployment rates during the Great Depression

African Americans

100

President of the US at the start of the Great Depression

Herbert Hoover

100

Man who promised a "New Deal" in government if he was elected

Franklin D. Roosevelt

200

A period of draught and bad farming practices led to this event

Dust Bowl

200

what group of people worked as migrant workers and got deported

Mexican Americans

200

Sites where unemployed people camped together during the GD (both names)

Hoovervilles/Shantytowns

200

The 3 parts of the New Deal (3 Rs)

Relief, Reform, Recovery

300

what was causing more Americans to buy American-made goods instead of European-made goods, and in-turn cutting off foreign trade

Tariffs–Specifically the Hawley-Smoot Tariff

300

What group of people typically did not stand in breadlines or unemployment lines

Women--they were discouraged & ashamed

300

The term for Hoover and the government's "hands-off" approach

Laissez-faire

300

New Deal project that gave jobs to young men who helped plant forests

Civilian Conservation Corps

400

The 2 terms used to describe the stock market when it is doing well and when it is doing poorly

Bull Market = good

Bear Market = Bad

400

What region of the United States did people migrate away from, and where did they migrate to?

Away from the Great Plains (middle of the US--Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, etc) To California (or West Coast)

400

How did the Hoover Dam help the economy during the Great Depression

Harnessed power from the river and convert it into electricity, provided regular water supply for California agriculture, and provided many jobs through construction

400

The name of FDR's radio speeches that aimed to pump up and reassure “Depressed” Americans

Fireside Chats

500

Cause of the Great Depression that is represented by the first "E" in the "S.C.R.E.W.E.D." acronym, and added to the stock market crash

Easily Available Credit

500

What were the unemployment rates (percentages) during the Great Depression (must say both we discussed)

25% overall, 

50% for people of color

500

The aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

The emergency funding would "trickle down" to the average citizen through job growth and higher wages

500

What is the main aim of the Social Security Act

Financial Protection for people against possible future depressions

500

What was the biggest/most influential impact of the Great Depression and FDR's New deal programs?

Increased role of government

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