Causes of the Crash
Life During The Great Depression
Presidents & Government
The New Deal
Other
100

When many people tried to sell their stocks at the same time, it led to this event in 1929.

The Stock Market Crash

100

People stood in these long lines during the Great Depression to receive free food.

Breadlines

100

This person became president after Hoover

FDR

100

These three goals guided the New Deal programs.

Relief, Recovery, Reform

100

This group of World War I veterans marched on Washington, D.C. demanding early payment of bonuses.

The Bonus Army

200

This environmental disaster of the 1930s caused massive dust storms and ruined farmland in the Great Plains.

The Dust Bowl

200

People faced very high rates of this during The Great Depression.

Unemployment

200

These radio talks helped FDR explain his plans and reassure Americans.

Fireside Chats

200

Democrats sometimes criticized The New Deal for this reason.

The government didn't do enough

200

This global conflict helped pull the United States out of the Great Depression by creating jobs and boosting industry.

WWII

300

This is what happened when banks ran out of money and closed, causing people to lose their savings.

Bank Failures

300

These makeshift shantytowns were named after President Hoover.

Hoovervilles

300

President Hoover believed in this economic system.

Trickle Down Economics

300

This Louisiana politician proposed sharing wealth to help the poor and criticized FDR.

Huey Long

400

This cause of The Depression stemmed from a small percentage of people in the U.S. owning 40% of the nations wealth.

Unequal wealth distribution

400

Shantytowns were made from these materials.

Scraps, recycled products

400

President Hoover did not want to provide direct aid to American families due to the fear of them becoming this on the government.

Dependent

400

Some Americans criticized the New Deal because they believed it gave the federal government this.

Too much power

500

When people rushed to withdraw money from their banks it was given this name.

Bank runs

500

Many people turned to these political ideas because they were desperate for solutions during the Depression.

Socialism, Communism, Labor Unions, Populist Movements

500

Unlike Hoover, Roosevelt believed the government should provide this kind of relief to fix the economy.

Direct Relief

500

This New Deal program gave young men jobs working on environmental projects like planting trees.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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