Key Figures
Who was the 31st President of the United States?
Herbert Hoover
This took place in 1929 and is considered the start of the Great Depression since many people lost all of their money in it
What is the Stock Market Crash
What was the name of the plan to improve the economy?
The New Deal
This the agency which helped stop the flooding in the Tennessee Valley. ___ ____ A
What is the TVA.
What Woody Guthrie folk song is written about the Great Depression
What is "This Land" or "This Land is Your Land"
Who was the 32nd President of the United States?
FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
This President thought that by doing nothing the economy would get better because the economy goes up then down then back up
What is Herbert Hoover
Who were the people that liked FDR as a President?
The Poor and Unemployed
This Agency paid farmers NOT to grow their crops in order to raise the price of crops. This doubled the prices of Crops before being declared unconstitutional in 1936. ___ ____ A
What is the AAA
What would you call a group of cardboard houses set up in a public park or street alley?
What is a Hooverville.
This man was the creator of the Model T. While also being able to employ millions!
Henry Ford
What happened to the United States banks after the stock market crash?
The banks ran out of money. (They gave out IOU's instead)
What is the name of the disease that kept FDR in a wheel chair?
What is Polio
This Act in 1935 provided (and still provides today) money for people after they have retired.
Name 1 way Herbert Hoover was different from FDR
MANY ANSWERS WILL WORK
What was the name of the 32nd president's wife?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What is overproduction
What is when a company makes more products (TVs, Cars, Radios, etc) than people are willing to buy.
What is the name of the radio broadcasts where he spoke to the American People?
What are Fireside Chats
This agency build public airports, sewers, roads, schools, and other buildings. It spent over 10.5 Billion dollars and employed 3.8 Million men. W ____ ____.
What is the WPA.
What was the name of the drought that caused many farmers in the great plains to have terrible harvests in the 1930's?
What is the Dust Bowl.
Who was the 32nd Presidents Vice President?
Harry S Truman
What is it called when you borrow money in order to buy more stock?
What is "buying on margin" or "Doubling Down" or On Margin
Who disliked FDR?
What is the rich.
This group of men ages 18 - 26 learned forestry skills t help improve our national forest and national parks during the 1930's. ___ ____ C.
What is the CCC.
What does Woody Guthrie really think of America in his song "This Land is Your Land"?
What is the America is no longer made for everyone. OR It is changing for the worst as people are getting greedy.