Stock Market Crash
What year did the Stock Market Crash that led to the Great Depression occur?
What is 1929?
What were makeshift shantytowns built by the homeless called?
What are Hoovervilles?
Who was the President who launched the New Deal?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?
This U.S. President was widely blamed for not doing enough early in the Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
What region of the U.S. was most affected by the Dust Bowl?
What is the Great Plains?
What was the nickname for the day the stock market crashed?
What is Black Tuesday?
What percent of the American workforce was unemployed at the peak of the Depression?
What is 25%?
What was the purpose of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
What is to provide jobs in natural resource conservation for young men?
This First Lady was known for her activism and visibility during the Depression.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
What natural disaster compounded the effects of the Dust Bowl?
What is a drought?
Over-speculation and buying on what contributed to the crash?
What is margin?
What was a common way families got food during the Depression?
What are soup kitchens or breadlines?
What agency was created to insure individual bank deposits?
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?
This Catholic priest had a popular radio show criticizing FDR's policies.
Who is Father Charles Coughlin?
What nickname was given to people who fled the Dust Bowl to places like California?
What are Okies?
Which index is often used to measure the stock market and dropped significantly during the crash
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average
What term describes people who left their homes looking for work, often hopping freight trains?
What are hobos?
What program paid farmers to reduce crop production?
What is the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?
This Louisiana Senator proposed the "Share Our Wealth" program.
Who is Huey Long?
What farming practice contributed to the Dust Bowl?
What is over-plowing or lack of crop rotation?
What was the term for investors frantically selling stocks during the crash?
What is a panic?
Which group of veterans marched on Washington in 1932 to demand early payment of bonuses?
Who are the Bonus Army?
What major program built dams and provided electricity to the rural South?
What is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?
This African American educator advised FDR and helped form the "Black Cabinet
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
What famous novel by John Steinbeck told the story of a Dust Bowl family?
What is The Grapes of Wrath?