Presidents & Politics
This president was in office when the stock market crashed in 1929.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This event on October 29, 1929, is often considered the start of the Great Depression.
What is Black Tuesday?
This region experienced severe dust storms due to drought and poor farming practices.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This president introduced the New Deal to combat the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This term describes when many people rushed to withdraw their money from banks in panic.
What is a bank run?
This name was given to shantytowns built by homeless Americans during the Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution limited presidents to two terms after FDR served four.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
At its peak during the Great Depression, this reached nearly 25% in the United States.
What is unemployment?
This New Deal program gave young men jobs working on environmental conservation projects.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?