Can you Spare a Dime?
Who was the President of the US at the start of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
What is Producing more goods than people can buy
Overproduction
Where were the 1932 Olympics?
Los Angeles
What were Shantytowns built by homeless people in cities across America
Hoovervilles
Who is known as the “King of Pop”?
Michael Jackson
What is A place where stocks are bought and sold
What is the stock market
Who was the 32nd President of the United States? He wanted to give Americans a "New Deal."
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Who were migrant farmers who often traveled to California
Who were the Okies
What were Environmental disaster with dust storms in the Great Plains
The Dust Bowl
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific
FDR's plan for the Government to fight the Depression
The New Deal
What percentage of Americans were out unemployed during the Great Depression
25%
Belief people should rely on themselves, not government
Rugged Individualism
Places where people received free food
Soup kitchens and breadlines
What is the smallest U.S. state?
Delaware
What is October 29,1929 known as?
Black Tuesday
Buying stocks with borrowed money
Buying on the margin
What economist created a theory for how governments should help economies
John Maynard Keynes
Large dust storms
Black Blizzards
How many players are on the field for one team in soccer?
11
What Provides retirement and financial support
Social Security
People rushing to withdraw money from banks
Bank Run
Government should spend money to boost economy
Keynesian economics
Trial of 9 African American teens accused of a crime
Scottsboro Trial
What planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
Mars