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100
The Great Depression between 1932 and 1933.
What is "Peak of the Great Depression"?
100
The average income of the American family dropped by (blank %) from 1929 to 1932. Income fell from $2,300 to $1,500 per year.
What is 40%?
100
During the Depression, distressed farms were sometimes sold at “Blank Auctions” (forced auctions) in which farmers would assure that a distressed neighbor would be able to buy back his own farm by holding bids down to pennies, nickels, and quarters.
What were "Penny Auctions"?
100
The board game "blank", which first became available in 1935, became immensely popular perhaps because players could become rich—at least in their imagination.f
What was Monopoly?
100
The president in March 1933 and promised a “New Deal for the American people.” During his first hundred days, he attempted to create jobs by establishing federal organizations that were nicknamed “Alphabet Agencies,”
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
200
People who lost their homes often lived in what were called “Blanks ,” or shanty towns, that were named after President Herbert Hoover.
Who were the Hoovervilles?
200
During the 1930s, manufacturing employees earned about $17 per week. Doctors earned $61 per week.
What were average wages?
200
Between 1930 and 1935, nearly (blank #) farms were lost through bankruptcy or sheriff sales.
What is 750,000 farms?
200
The “Blank“—released May 27, 1933, and produced by Walt Disney—was seen as symbolic of the Great Depression, with the wolf representing the Depression and the three little pigs representing average citizens who eventually succeeded by working together.f
What was the "Three little Pigs?"
200
Economist (Blank) (1883-1946) gained popularity during and after the Great Depression for consistently arguing for government intervention in the economy and for his suspicion of laissez faire policies.k
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
300
Zippers became widely used because (blanks) became too expensive.
What were buttons?
300
The stock market didn't return to pre-depression levels until 19__.
What is 1954?
300
As businesses and farms closed during the Great Depression, an alarming number of Americans began turning to (Blank)
What is crime?
300
During the Great Depression, a record 60-80 million Americans went to the (Blank) every week. One of the biggest blockbusters was Merian C. Cooper’s 1933 King Kong. Other popular movies included The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Gone with the Wind (1939).c
What are the Movies?
300
An early form of (blank) began Aug 14, 1935, to implement social insurance for the elderly who did not have enough money to support themselves.f
What is Social Security?
400
Thousands of homeless families camped out on the Great Lawn at this park in New York City, which was an empty reservoir during the Great Depression.
What is Central Park?
400
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was one of the main causes of the Great Depression. “Black blank, Black blank and Black Blank” are all correct terms to describe the Crash because the initial crash occurred over several days, with Tuesday being the most devastating.
What is Black Monday, Black Tuesday and Black Thursday?
400
On May 9, 1934, a dust storm carried an estimated (blank) million tons of dirt 2,000 miles east ward and dumped four million tons of prairie dirt in Chicago. The drought and dust killed tens of thousands of animals.
What is 350 million tons of dirt?
400
(Blank) seemed to have first begun in 1935 as a get-rich-quick scheme. The source of the letters is unknown, but the letters became so popular that post offices around the nation had to hire extra help.f
What are Chain Letters?
400
The “Blank” (which was also called the Indian Reorganization Act) was a complex and multi-faceted legislation which reversed the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 and granted tribes more autonomy.c
What is The Indian New Deal?
500
Because the circulation of money was so low, the U.S. didn't mint (blank coin) in 1932 or 1933.
What are nickels?
500
A weak banking system, overproduction, bursting credit bubble, the fact that farmers and industrial workers had not shared in the prosperity of the 1920s, and a government-held laissez faire policy.
What are other reasons for The Great Depression?
500
Some scholars speculate that a “Great Depression” in 2009 would lead to more "Blank) as an escape, longer lines at the ER, laid-off office workers migrating to the country, and even online banking runs. Overall, it would be less visible and more isolating than the 1930s' Depression.a
What is TV watching?
500
In 1936, main economic indicators (except unemployment) regained the levels of the late 1920s...but after the federal government cut spending with the expectation that the private sector would step in, the economy took another sharp downturn until (Blank)
What is WW11?
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