Causes
This was the term for shantytowns made of cardboard boxes which housed many of the people affected by the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
The person who said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
FDR
What were FDR's 3 R's plan for getting the United States out of a depression?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
a series of evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944.
Fireside Chats
What did Andrews room used to be?
Carriage House/Horse Stables!
High winds and drought hit the country's farm belt - this was known as:
Dust Bowl
The President at the start of the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
This group of people thought the New Deal went too far
Conservatives
WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get a promised payment
Bonus Army
Where was the original Gifford School located?
Central Square, Cambridge
Oct. 29, 1929
Black Tuesday - the day the stock market crashed
The person who came up with the "Share The Wealth" plan
Huey Long
This agency gave young adults employment to work on various conservation projects
Civilian Conservation Corps
Name three movies that came out in the 1930s
Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Frankenstein, Dracula, Robin Hood, King Kong
Besides being a History teacher in the High school, in what other roles/programs has Andrew worked?
Assistant Teacher in the HS, MS, LS and in the Studio!
Name 3 reasons that led to the Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in US history.
Risky Financial Behavior, Stock Market Crash of 1929, Overproduction and Under Consumption of Farming and Industrial Goods, Bank Failures, Drought Conditions
The person who came up with a plan to give all citizens over 60 $200 a month.
Francis Townsend
This agency paid farmers NOT to farm some of their land
the AAA. (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
The general name for Dust Bowl rufugees
Okies
What year relocate to its present Weston campus?
1971
High protective tariffs that produced retaliatory tariffs in other countries, strangling world trade were a cause of The Great Depression. Name one such tariff
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
A Catholic priest from Detroit, MI who had his own radio show where he blasted bankers, capitalism, and Jews.
Charles Coughlin
Roosevelt's attempt to add justices to the Supreme Court
Court Packing
Victor Fleming, a movie director, is best remembered for directing these two iconic movies in the same year (1939)
Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind
How many Executive Directors at the Gifford School (including the current one) have there been?
7 !
Margaret Gifford, Gus Krantz, Larry Hardison, Edward Boyd, Michael J. Bassichis, Robert J. McArdle, Wil Fredian