Life in the 1930s
Political Causes and Consequences
Social-Economic Causes and Consequences
Acts and Organizations
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100
A group of cardboard box homes, usually set up in a street or alley.
What is a hooverville?
100
This president lead the US through the Great Depression.
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
Took place in 1929 and was one of the main causes of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash of 1929.
100
Pay farmers to not farm their land.
What is the AAA?
100
This was as high as 30% during the 1930s.
What is Unemployment?
200
$2.50 could buy you it.
How much would an average piece of clothing cost?
300
This president was mostly blamed for the Great Depression.
What is Herbert Hoover?
300
A ten year drought which affected the South Western US.
What is the dust bowl?
300
Gave young adults employment to work on different conservation projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
300
Group of people was most greatly affected by the dust bowl?
What is farmers?
400
Famous counter measure put in place to prevent another Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
400
Greatly increasing the supply of a product with limited demand.
What is overproduction?
400
Established a minimum wage and maximum working hours.
What is National Recovery Act?
400
This was enacted in 1935 and still provides monetary assistance to inadequate income families.
What is Social Security?
500
Poor and lower class citizens favoured this President.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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