Great Depression

Dustbowl

100

Nickname for Giant Dust Storms

Black Blizzards

200

The Name of the Worst Day of Dust Storms

Black Sunday

300

Name of sickness caused by dust storms

Brown Plague

Dust Pneumonia

400

3 Reasons for the Dustbowl

Turning natural grass/soil into sod

No Crop Rotations

Drought

500

Name 5 MAIN States in the Dustbowl

Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico

Causes of the Depression

100

People invested lots of money into the stock market by

Buying on margin

200

Crop prices dropped dramatically due to

Overproduction

300

The economic terms (2) for how an item is desired and what price it will be purchased at

Supply & Demand 

400

Banks Failed because of these 2 things

Banks bloated with bad loans

Bank rushes when people lost faith and wanted their savings

500

Name the 3 disasters that caused the great depression (THE PERFECT STORM!)

Dust Bowl, Stock Market Crash, Banks Closing

Effects of the Depression

100

Homeless Camps 

Hoovervilles

200

People that travel the rails for work

Hobos

300

List 2 pieces of media that helped Americans escape the Depression

Radio Programs

Wizard of Oz

Grapes of Wrath

400

Name of the Veterans that wanted their pensions

Bonus Army

500

Name the Photographer that took the famous picture of the "Migrant Mother"

AND at least ONE hardships that describe what that mother was doing to survive 

Dorothea Lange,

Eating birds killed by her kids, eating frozen peas from the fields, sold her tires to get some cash.

New Deal 1

100

The President Responsible for the New Deal

FDR

200

What successfully ends the Great Depression?

WWII

300

List the 3 R's 

Relief

Recovery

Reform

400

What is FDR's first action to fix the Depression?

Closing the Banks

500

Who is the person that came up with a failed idea that will eventually become Social Security?

Francis Townsend

New Deal 2

100

What is the CCC

Civilian Conservation Corp

200

"The Kingfish"

Huey Long

300

Radio Priest who hated communists, unions, Jews

Father Coughlin

400

What did the NRA do?

Establish Federal Minimum Wage

500

What did the FDIC do that was so important?

Federally Insured Banks, and placed Federal requirements on how banks must operate

Bryant Facts

100

Who is Mr. Bryant's favorite student?

I hate you all equally

200

What is Mr. Bryant's favorite sport?

Sumo 

300

Bryant's Birthday

Jan 15 1992

400

Mr. Bryant's Plant's Name

Stinky Jr.

500

Ms. Lin's Birthday

Jan 14 1992