Events
People
Causes and Effects
Jobs
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Stock Market Crash
This happened on October 29, 1929
100
Duke Ellington
Pianist, composer, and bandleader in the 1930s “swing era.”
100
People spent money they didn’t have and went into debt
In regards to money, people did this in the 1920s.
100
CCC
Projects for this agency involved soil conservation & tree planting
100
It went down, more troops to feed.
What happened to food storage during the Great Depression?
200
Dust Bowl
The farming area in the Midwestern U.S. that suffered severe drought and farming conditions
200
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President that promised “a New Deal for the American people.”
200
lost farms and had to move west
This happened to farmers as an immediate result of the dust bowl
200
WPA
This agency built public highways & buildings
200
the stocks increase
When profits increase......
300
America preparing for WWII
This led America out of The Great Depression
300
Jesse Owens
African American track star that won the Olympics in Germany in 1936
300
People became unemployed and homeless.
This happened to people after the stock market crash
300
TVA
This agency build dams & generated electricity to a 7 state region
300
profits decrease
When overproduction is happening......
400
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Election of this President in 1932 became his 1st of 4 Presidential terms
400
Herbert Hoover
Americans blamed this President for causing The Great Depression.
400
soup kitchen or bread line
People lined up here for a cup of soup and piece of bread.
400
The New Deal
The CCC, WPA, and TVA were part of this program
400
there are more jobs for women
when men enlist
500
drought
Long periods of this in the Great Plains cause severe soil erosion
500
Margaret Mitchell
Author of Gone With the Wind.
500
The New Deal
This program was put into place to help give Americans jobs and keep the economy going.
500
unemployment
This happened to many Americans during The Great Depression
500
The great plains
The region hit hardest by the dust bowl
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