The Beginning
How did the Great Depression happen?
The stock market crashed.
What is the Dust Bowl?
A time when great winds picked up the top layer of soil and blew it away.
Who created the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Who were in the Axis Powers?
Japan, Germany, and Italy.
What does Depression mean?
A time when business and prices fall.
Was currency easy to make?
Most Americans had no jobs. This made money making a million times harder than in previous times.
What caused the dust bowl?
It was caused by a drought, storms, and the overgrowing of wheat and cotton.
What was the New Deal made for.
To make laws that create jobs, relieve poverty, and improve the economy.
Who were in the Allie Powers?
The USA, Britain, Soviet Union, and France.
What does Neutral mean?
Not supporting one side or the other.
Did the Great Depression just spread into the USA?
While the Great Depression started in the USA, it spread into the world.
Was the Dust Bowl one constant storm?
No, it was strong storm after after strong storm.
What does the CCC stand for?
Civilian Conservation Corps.
What day was Pearl Harbor bombed?
December 7, 1941.
What does discrimination mean?
The unequal treatment of people.
Many people didn't have the money to buy anything. Where did they go?
Many people traveled to find work. The less fortunate started begging. A good portion even moved to Hoovervilles.
How long did the dust storm in Amarillo last?
What does the CCC do?
They give young men jobs.
Who was Doris Miller?
A Navy soldier from Texas who protected his ship on Pearl Harbor day and won the Navy Cross.
What does unemployed mean?
To have no job.
What year did the Great Depression begin?
1929.
What era did the dust bowl happen in?
The 1930's.
Why did some people worry about the New Deal?
They worried it would give the government too much power.
Who was Audie Murphy?
The most decorated soldier in World War II.