Life in Hooverville
Why were Hoovervilles built near rivers?
For the convenience of water.
what is the definition of unemployed?
Not having a paid job while available for work and actively seeking one.
What is a loan?
A loan is a financial arrangement where one party (the lender) advances a sum of money to another party (the borrower) with the legal agreement that the money will be paid back over time, usually with added interest or fees.
What was the WPA's remaining life was affected by?
War
When year did President Franklin D. Roosevelt take office?
1933
Fill in the blank: No two Hoovervilles were _____.
quite alike.
How long did the great depression last for?
10 years.
What is the definition of stock market crash?
A sudden and dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market.
fill in the blank: The WPA built and improved ____ from runways to administrative buildings.
airports.
How long did it take Roosevelt too launched his primary attack on unemployment?
2 years.
What is the definition of shantytowns?
A poor area in a city where the houses are made from cheap or recycled materials and are often not very safe or clean.
What is the definition of economic devastation?
A serious, widespread economic decline that often causes many people to lose their jobs.
fill in the blank: Some historians and economists believe that too many ___ before the stock market crash in 1929 fueled the economic crisis of the Great Depression.
loans
fill in the blank: WPA laborers and skilled trade workers also built thousands of public buildings, from _____ and ______ to city halls and courthouses.
1. schools
2. hospitals
fill in the blank: The highly unpopular Hoover, a Republican, was defeated in the 1932 presidential election by Democrat _______, whose New Deal recovery programs helped provide some relief from the effects of the Depression.
Franklin Roosevelt
Why is it bad to live in a hooverville?
Hoovervilles were typically grim and unsanitary.
What is generally regarded as the worst year of the Depression?
1933
How much money in loans were there in 1921?
9.5 billion dollars.
WPA did more than just construction work. What else did the WPA do for people?
Its large Women's and Professional Projects division operated thousands of sewing rooms where workers, mostly women, made clothing and bedclothes for families on relief.
fill in the blank: Roosevelt believed the economy had _______, so he decided to cut government spending.
recovered
How much could local governments or health agencies help people living in hooverville?
1. Alot they just didn't have enough money.
2: little
3: Great deal
2: little
How many people were unemployd during the 1930s?
20% of people.
How much money in loans were there in 1930?
9.5 billion.
What is one thing the WPA's arts division did not have?
1. theater
2. writing
3. dance
3. dance
fill in the blank: President Hoover's name was used derisively in other ways during the Great Depression. For example, newspapers used to shield the homeless from the cold were called "____________."
Hoover blankets