DAILY LIFE
True or False...Hoover didn't set up government programs to help the homeless because he felt people would become dependent on the government.
What is True?
During the Great Depression, people would line up at ____________ to get food which were normally run by charities.
What are soup kitchens/breadlines?
This is the decade the Great Depression mostly occurred.
What are the 1930's?
Specialized skills were traded for food and services. This is called ____.
What is bartering?
This is the term used when a person turns their skills into income.
What is a “side hustle”?
This term was used for the region of the American mid-west that suffered a devastating drought full of huge dirt storms during the 1930's.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This United States president that gave "relief" to the people during the Great Depression.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Going here was a major pastime, with 60 to 80 million Americans attending weekly to escape their hardships.
What is going to the movies?
Cheap shelf-stable staples in the pantry of the Great Depression.
Beans
Cornmeal
Peanut Butter
This is the year when on October 29th the stock market crashed (known as Black Tuesday).
What is 1929?
Neighbors would intimidate outsiders from bidding and would purchase foreclosed land and equipment. Neighbors would then return the items to the original distressed owner. These were called ____?
What are “Penny Auctions”?
These frequently contributed to the household income by doing odd jobs and foraging for food.
Who are children?
The years before the Great Depression were known as the __________.
What are the Roaring Twenties?
FDR's plan to get out of the Depression is called . . .
What is the New Deal?
This is the most famous film of the Great Depression era.
What is Gone with the Wind?
Meal “stretchers” used during the Great Depression.
Oatmeal
Breadcrumbs
Vegetables
Prohibition in the US began January 17th 1920 and ended in this year.
What is 1933? (Prohibition ended when the 21st Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933.)
Between 1930 & 1933 nearly this percentage of US banking systems failed.
What is 33%?
People who were unemployed traveled all over trying to find work were also called _____________.
What is a hobo?
This major event followed the Great Depression.
What is World War II?
She was Franklin Roosevelt's wife.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This famous novel was written about the lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl during the Depression.
What is The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck?
“Hoover Stew” generally contained these ingredients.
What are macaroni, canned tomatoes, hotdogs or vegetables?
The summer of this year the Dust Bowl began.
What is 1930?
Young men were paid this amount for a day of work in the relief camps.
What is 20 cents?
At its peak in 1933, the U.S. jobless rate hit ____.
What is 25%?
List 2 causes of the Dust Bowl.
1. What is a drought
2. What is high winds
3. What is over farming
4. What is loss of prairie grasses
How many terms did FDR serve?
What is 4 terms?
This board game debuted in 1935 and became immensely popular, allowing Americans to become rich, at least in their imaginations.
What is Monopoly?
Iconic, shelf-stable snacks of the era.
What are Ritz Crackers, Spam, Fritos?
World War II officially began on September 1, 1939 but the US entered the war on this date.
What is December 8, 1941?
Fearing further collapse, many citizens hoarded this, prompting the federal government to issue the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 and the ____ Reserve Act of 1934 to recall _____ currency from private circulation.
What are gold coins?
Even though the unemployment rate peaked at 25%, the 75% who were employed saw their income plummet by this percentage due to wage decrease or work-sharing.
What is 40%?
The unemployed and poor often lived in "shanty towns" which were often referred to as.
What are Hoovervilles?
This act was passed under FDR that gives payment to the elderly and disabled.
What is the Social Security Act?