Statistics
What percent of people were rich during the Great Depression?
0.1-1%. This was because they held their cash and invested in industries that thrived. These were aviation and tobacco industries. People also were betting against the stock market before it crashed.
The classic book by John Steinbeck written about and during the Great Depression
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
The president at the beginning of the great depression
Who is Herbert Hoover
When was the stock market crash that set off the Great Depression?
1929
How many banks went out of business during the Great Depression? How many Businesses?
around 50% and 86,000. With these bank failures, around $7 billion dollars in depositer assets was lost. Also, a third of all farmers lost their land due to this. This was know as the Dust Bowl.
What major film company was thriving throughout the Great Depression?
Warner Bros.
Who was the first lady to Roosevelt?
Eleanor Roosevelt
The date in which the works projects administration was made
What is 1935
How much of the American population was unemployed during the Great Depression?
Approximately 25% or 12.8-15 million. Even people that somehow held their jobs were given reduced hours and very reduced pay.
Which classic musical fantasy movie was created right near the end of the Great Depression, also known for its use of both color and black and white film?
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The president at the end of the Great Depression
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
What year was considered to be “the end” of the Great Depression?
1939