Boom and Bust
Vocabulary
Presidents
Great Depression
Miscellaneous
100
This new technological invention brought the world to people's living rooms

Radio 

100

An agreement with a purchaser and a company to buy a product now and pay later

Installment Plans


100

Who won the Presidential Election of 1932?

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

100

This popular board game came out during the Great Depression 

Monopoly 

100

Known as "Cinderella Man" he defeated Max Baer to win the heavy weight belt

James J. Braddock 

200

Cash payments for American's during the Great Depression 

Direct Relief 

200
_____________ measures the overall health of the stock market

Dow Jones Industrial Average 

200

Who won the Presidential Election of 1928

Herbert Hoover

200

Shanty towns that American's chose to live in during the Great Depression to save on rent money

Hoovervilles 

200

Boys who left home during the Great Depression and rode trains to find work, were known as... 

Wild Boys

300

President Roosevelt conducted radio talks known as ___________, to keep Americans informed during the Great Depression 

Fire Side Chats 

300

Made it possible to distribute power to the suburbs and rural areas

Alternating Electrical Current

300

Who won the Presidential Election of 1924?

Calvin Coolidge 

300

Which cause of the Great Depression is this? American's began to buy less because of rising prices and stagnate wages 

Underconsumption 

300

The Glass Stegall Act created what reform program?

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

400

This was the interstate that was built connecting Illinois and Los Angeles  

Route 66

400

The unplanned, unorganized movement of people from cities to surrounding suburbs  

Urban Sprawl 

400

This President believed in "rugged individualism"

President Hoover

400

They day the stock market crashed is known as...

Black Thursday

400

Correctly identify the three R's of the New Deal AND identify if they were permanent programs or temporary.  

Relief - Temporary 

Recovery - Temporary 

Reform - Permanent 

500

The belief that your wealth will last forever 

Superficial Prosperity 

500

Spending more money than the government receives in revenue. 

Deficit Spending 

500

True or False: President Hoover was a "Wet" during the prohibition. 

FALSE
500
The Hoover Dam was built during the Great Depression, however for a short time it was renamed because of the hatred toward President Hoover. What was it's temporary name before reverting back to the Hoover Dam?

Boulder Dam

500

Was a critic of the New Deal pointing out that the New Deal did not do enough to help out the elderly.

 Dr. Francis Townsend 

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