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Cause
Great Depression
Florence and Dorothea
Key Words
Facts
100
U.S. economy had to borrow ___ from ___
U.S. economy had to borrow MONEY from BANKS
100
Who ended the Great Depression?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ended the Great Depression
100
Who between Dorothea Lange and Florence Thompson would take pictures of the poor?
Dorothea Lange
100
Major Economic Setbacks, U.S. economy, Collapsing Markets, and Stock Market
What key word(s) is the cause of the Great Depression?
100
What was one of the words that we highlighted in orange?
Staggering, Calamity, Crippling effect, Burlap
200
What would the banks trade their money for?
Gold
200
What mainly caused the Great Depression?
The U.S. economy spending too much money, and then stealing from the people to spend more, causing them to become poor and homeless
200
Who between Dorothea Lange and Florence Thompson had nine children and was poor?
Florence Thompson
200
Job Losses, Hard Times, Suffering, Homeless, Starvation, and Financial Losses
What key word(s) were effects of the Great Depression?
200
What percentage of Americans didn't have a job?
25% (1 in 4 Americans)
300
What is something the U.S. economy could've done to prevent the Great Depression to have happened?
_______
300
What created bank failure?
Investors withdrawing money from banks
300
Why did Dorothea change her original last name to Lange?
Because her father left her and her mom, so she changed her last name to her mom's original last name, which was Lange
300
After people lost all their money -U.S. economy stole it- what would most likely happen?
They would become homeless, and starve a lot
300
About how much money did the U.S. economy spend in 1 month?
$50 million
400
What was something that Florence would do to earn money?
Cotton-picking, work at restaurants, etc.
400
What would people do for hours to earn a small meal, or small piece of bread?
People would wait in line for hours
500
Why did Dorothea change her original last name to Lange?
Because her father left her and her mom, so she changed her last name to her mom's original last name, which was Lange
500
About how much money did the U.S. economy spend in 1 month?
$50 million