Great Depression 1
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100
He was the United States president that gave "relief" to the people during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
After the stock market crash, people rushed to their banks causing this.
What is Banks closing down/Bank runs?
100
True or False: The Great Depression was an economic downturn that occurred world-wide.
TRUE
100
In what decade did the Great Depression mostly occur?
What are the 1930's?
200
Which term was used to the region of the American mid-west that suffered a devastating drought full of huge dirt storms during the 1930's.
What is the Dust Bowl?
200
This event is often considered to be the starting point of the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
200
Who Am I ?
FDR
200
True or False: The Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance were important events during the Great Depression.
What is false?
200
True or False. When the stock market crashed, many people couldn't pay back the money they had borrowed.
What is true?
300
__________ became very popular during the Great Depression because it was hard for parents to take care of their children.
What are orphanages?
300
True or False: A depression is a time when industry is booming and almost all people are employed.
What is false?
300
What is the name of the relief programs introduce by FDR during the Great Depression.
A) The Act of Relief
B) Relief Act
C) New Deal
D) Newton Deal
What is B) New Deal?
300
He was the United States president during the early years of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
400
The unemployed and poor often lived in "shanty towns." They were often referred to as.
What are Hoovervilles?
400
During the Great Depression, people would line up at ____________ to get food. These were normally run by charities.
What are soup kitchens/breadlines?
400
This major event followed the Great Depression and helps end the Great Depression in the US.
What is World War II?
400
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Who is Herbert Hoover?
500
During the Great Depression many people struggled to afford:
A) Housing
B) Food
C) Luxury Items
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
500
He was the only U.S. President to serve 4 terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
500
President FDR's policies during the Great Depression shows his belief that?
A) The government should never become involved in the economy.
B) The government should step in and help in the economy.
C) The Great Depression was caused by labor union strikes.
D) None of the Above
B) The government should step in and help in the economy.
500
This was created to address issues the African American community was facing.
What is the Black Cabinet?
600
The ____ _____ is where brokers and traders can buy and sell stocks.
Stock Market
600
As a result of the failure of their farms due to the Dust Bowl, many people moved to _____ to find farming work.
The West / California
600
If many people are not employed, they are not making money. If people are not making money _______.
They are not buying products / companies don't do well.
700
This is an example of a ______ line
What were Bread Lines
700
Which two events are associated with this image?
The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression
800
The program FDR set up in part of his New Deal, to give retired people their money.
What is Social Security?
800
The Program of the New Deal that insured American's deposits in the bank.
What is FDIC?
800
President Hoover believed in Laissez Faire government. Which choice best explains Laissez Faire?
A) The government should intervene in the economy.
B) The government should never intervene in the economy.
C) The Great Depression was caused by labor union strikes.
D) None of the Above
B) The government should never intervene in the economy.
800
FDR gave encouraging radio speeches weekly to the American people?
A) State of the Union Addresses
B) Fireside Chats
C) Civilian Conservation Corps
D) Federal Emergency Relief Act
B) Fireside Chats
900
List 3 Causes of the Dust Bowl
1. What is a drought
2. What is high winds
3. What is over farming
1000
Some critics who thought the New Deal went too far, believed that it gave the president too much __________.
What is power or authority?
1100
This was the First Lady during the late years of the Great Depression that spoke out for women's rights and equality for Black Americans.
Eleanore Roosevelt
1100
A big factor leading to the failure of banks was people buying on margin. This is when _______.
people take out a loan to buy stock.