Stock Market Crash
New Deal
People
Culture of the 30s
The Great Depression
100
This means a share in the company in return for a profit (money)
What is a stock
100
This was the name that FDR gave to battle the Great Depression; government programs to help people
What is the "New Deal"
100
He was a President when the stock market crashed; people blamed the Depression on him and said he didn't do enough to help people
Who was Hoover
100
The most popular household item/source of entertainment during the 30s was
What is the radio
100
This happened on "Black Tuesday"
What is the stock market crashed
200
This is when people take a risk in order to make a lot of money or can lose a lot (great risk or great loss)
What is speculation
200
The first hundred days of the New Deal dealt with the problem of
What is banks; needed to reopen them
200
He was the President that introduced the New Deal and gave people hope throughout the Great Depression
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
200
He was a famous folk singer of the 30s
Who was Woodie Gutherie
200
Many people moved from their farms in Oklahoma to California after this horrible weather event
What is the Dust Bowl/Dust storms
300
This means buying stocks on credit, also led to the stock market crash
What is buying on margin
300
This New Deal program helped build dams and provide electricity to poor people of Tennessee
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
300
This group of people was hit first by the depression
Who are farmers
300
He was a famous author during the Depression who wrote "the Grapes of Wrath"
Who was John Steinbeck
300
This is the term for when employment and people's purchasing power rises and falls in a cycle
What is the business cycle
400
This is the reason prices dropped in the 1920s
What is there were too many goods (overproduction) and not enough buyers
400
This New Deal program helped workers have more rights
What is the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
400
This group of people was not helped by the New Deal
Who are African Americans
400
Women made gains during this time such as_____
What is Frances Perkins being the first woman cabinet member
400
This is when there are a few rich people but many more people; the wealth is not even
What is uneven distribution of wealth
500
This was the main reason for the stock market crash
What is buying on margin and speculation
500
This was the main purpose of the New Deal
What is to give people jobs
500
This is the group of people who marched on Washington demanding their army checks
Who is the Bonus Army
500
This was a popular movie during the Depression
What is Gone with the Wind
500
During a depression, this problem of the middle class affects the entire economy
What is when their purchasing power (ability to buy goods) goes down; factories/stores close
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