Causes of the Great Depression
Effects of the Great Depression
terms (vocabulary)
the New Deal
misc.
100
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?
100
The unemployed and poor often lived in "shanty towns." They were often referred to as.
What are Hoovervilles?
100
True or False: The Great Depression was an economic downturn that occurred world-wide.
TRUE
100
The name of the ALL the relief programs introduce by FDR during the Great Depression.
What is New Deal?
100
In what decade did the Great Depression mostly occur?
What are the 1930's?
200
A big factor leading to the failure of banks was people taking out a loans to buy stock. This is called
What is buying on margin.
200
During the Great Depression many people struggled to afford ____
Housing
Food
Utilities
200
The ____ _____ is where brokers and traders can buy and sell stocks.
Stock Market
200
this man was the president after Hoover and introduced programs to provide relief during the Great Depression:
Who is FDR?
200
This major event followed the Great Depression is what ACTUALLY ended the Great Depression in the US.
What is World War II?
300
This event is often considered to be the starting point of the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
300
This is an example of a ______
What were Bread Lines
300
a severe, long-lasting downturn in economic activity, characterized by a significant drop in GDP (often or more), widespread unemployment, bank failures, and reduced global trade
what is a depression?
300
The program FDR set up in part of his New Deal, to give retired people their money.
What is Social Security?
300
The name of the encouraging weekly radio speeches to the American people from FDR
What are Fireside Chats?
400
He was the United States president during the early years of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
400
After the stock market crash, people rushed to their banks causing this.
What is bank runs or bank failures?
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
Some critics who thought the New Deal went too far, believed that it gave the president too much __________.
What is power or authority?
400
the three R's explained by President Roosevelt as part of the New Deal measures
What were Relief, Recovery, Reform?
500
List 3 Causes of the Dust Bowl
1. What is a drought
2. What is high winds
3. What is over farming
500
This iconic image is associated with ___ 
What was the Dust Bowl (will also take a description of farmers who were penniless and had to move)
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.
B) The government should step in and help in the economy.
500
This controversial 1937 proposal by President Franklin D. Roosevelt would have allowed him to add up to six new justices to the Supreme Court after the Court struck down several New Deal laws.
What was the Court‑Packing Scheme?
600
President Hoover believed in the government should never intervene in the economy. What is this type of policy called?
What is Laissez Faire?
600
A series of government-sponsored deportations during the 1930s that forced Mexicans and Mexican Americans out of the United States
What was the Mexican Repatriation act?
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
The Program of the New Deal that insured American's deposits in the bank.
What is FDIC?
600
The primary purpose of this was to provide jobs to young men and support their families
What was the CCC, the Civilian Conservation Corps?