Economy
What do you think is the ideal percentage of people that are unemployed should be?
3%-8%
What do you call the people that jumped on trains looking for work?
Hobos
Who created the new deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
what was it called when lots of people protested against something they did not like?
Strike
What did Washington’s fishing and timber industries have less of that made them suffer during the great depression?
Money to spend
Which global event eventually ended the Great Depression by creating millions of jobs?
World war two. (Or the new deal jobs)
Who became president during the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What were the makeshift towns built by homeless people in Seattle and other Washington cities called?
Hoovervilles.
What massive dam project created thousands of jobs and reshaped Eastern Washington’s economy?
The Grand Coulee Dam
What major event in 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
Stock market crash and/or bank failure.
What were some Washington citizens concerns about New Deal programs expanding government involvement?
Government getting overpowered.
How did unemployed people move around to find jobs?
Trains.
What was the cycle that made the Great Depression worse?
unemployment, people not having enough money, less products being sold, less production, more unemployment.
what year did the Great Depression start?
Began in1929
This 1930s strike in the Pacific Northwest shut down major ports and highlighted workers’ demands for safer working conditions. What was this strike called?
The West Coast Waterfront Strike.
What did Washington children do to help their families survive the Depression instead of attending school?
Found part time jobs or worked at home.