People of Great Depression
He was the United States president that instituted the New Deal
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Another name for a Dust Storm
What is a Black Blizzard?
The program FDR set up in part of his New Deal, to give retired people their money.
What is Social Security?
What was a not cause of The Great Depression.
a) increased wages
b) overproduction of consumer goods
c) Stock market crash
d) over farming of land
a) what is increased wages?
Triple Double
In what decade did the Great Depression mostly occur? (1910's, 1920's 1930's 1940's 1950's choose one)
What are the 1930's?
He was the United States president during the early years of the great depression and was criticized for not doing enough to help.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Which term was used to the region or area of the American mid-west that suffered a devastating drought during the 1930's.
What is the Dust Bowl?
Triple Double
The Program of the New Deal that insured American's deposits in the bank. The letters of the program can be seen on the front door of most banks.
FDIC
Daily Double
President Hoover believed in Laissez Faire government. What do you think Laissez Faire means?
A) The government should intervene in the economy.
B) The government should never intervene (get involved) in the economy.
C) The Great Depression was caused by labor union strikes.
D) None of the Above
B) The government should never intervene in the economy.
The unemployed often lived in "shanty towns."They were often referred to as.
What are Hoovervilles?
Famous author during the Depression. Wrote, The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men.
John Steinbeck
October 29, 1929 is also known as this.
What is the Stock Market crash or Black Tuesday?
What caused the US to get out of the Great Depression?
What is WW2
FDR gave encouraging radio speeches weekly to the American people?
A) State of the Union Addresses
B) Fireside Chats
C) Civilian Conservation Corps
D) Federal Emergency Relief Act
B) Fireside Chats
What was FDRs cabinet called that put together his domestic policy?
The Brain Trust
Famous child actress during the Depression. She sang, "The Good Ship Lollipop."
Shirley Temple
FDR instituted a series of programs and government aide designed at ending or lessening the effects of the Great Depression, called
What is the New Deal?
Give 3 causes of the Great Depression.
1. Over farming?
2. The stock market crash?
3. Over production of goods?
4. Banks shutdown
5. Layoffs
Area of the country affected by drought and dust storms
A) Dust Storm
B) Black Blizzard
C) Dust Bowl
D) None of the above
C) What is the Dust Bowl?
Give 3 facts about the Bonus Army
1. WW1 vets
2. Wanted early payment of military bonus
3. Were run out of DC
4. Did not get their money
The Dust Bowl
Daily Double
Borrowing money to purchase stock is called...
What is buying on margin?
List 2 Causes of the Dust Bowl
1. What is a drought
2. What is high winds
3. What is over farming
4. What is loss of prairie grasses
Which one did FDR try to do?
a. get people to move into smaller homes
b. pack the Supreme Court
c. move more people into the dust bowl area in the 30s
d. create overseas jobs for the unemployed
b. pack the SCOTUS
In FDR's first inauguration speech he said the famous line...
"We have nothing to fear, but fear itself"