Homelessness and Hoovervilles
What were Hoovervilles?
What is a village for the homeless
Who proposed the New Deal?
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What is FDR's middle name?
Delano
What are some ways that people gave back to their community?
What are soup kitchens
What is a slow-down in economics called?
What is a Depression
Who were the Hoovervilles named after?
Who is Herbert Hoover
What are the three R words?
What is relief, recovery, and reform
When did the Depression start?
What is 1929
What did government programs do?
What is helping our economy
Why did most banks close down?
What are bank runs?
How did people eat?
What are soup kitchens
Who was FDR competing against in the election?
Herbert Hoover
How many banks failed during the depression?
What is 11,000 banks
Give an example of another charity besides soup kitchens
What is a food drive
What market caused the GD?
What is the Stock Market?
How many on average were unemployed?
What is 1 for every 4 (or 25%)
What does SSA stand for?
What is Social Security Act
What did kids do in their freetime?
What is making toys out of scraps
Are these Programs national?
What is yes
What is a shared ownership
What is stock
What was the first Hooverville?
What is The Bonus Army
What year was The New Deal proposed?
What is 1933
How much value did the stock market loose from 1929 to 1933?
What is 90%
List two programs that are still around today.
Social Security Act and Tennessee Valley Authority
What was the start of the market crash?
What is Black Thursday