Great Depression 1
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100
He was the United States president that gave "relief" to the people during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
After the stock market crash, people rushed to their banks causing this.
What is Banks closing down/Bank runs?
100
True or False: The Great Depression was an economic downturn that occurred world-wide.
TRUE
100
In what decade did the Great Depression mostly occur?
What are the 1930's?
100
Describe a Hoover Flag
what is an empty, turned out pocket
200
Which term was used to the region of the American mid-west that suffered a devastating drought full of huge dirt storms during the 1930's.
What is the Dust Bowl?
200
This event is often considered to be the starting point of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
200
Who Am I ?
FDR
200
True or False. When the stock market crashed, many people couldn't pay back the money they had borrowed.
What is true?
200
Homeless people blamed this person for the unfortunate, difficult situation
Who is Hoover
300
The unemployed and poor often lived in "shanty towns." They were often referred to as.
What are Hoovervilles?
300
True or False: A depression is a time when industry is booming and almost all people are employed.
What is false?
300
October 29, 1929 is also known by this name.
What is Black Tuesday?
300
He was the United States president during the early years of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
300
True or False...Hoover didn't set up government programs to help the homeless because he felt people would become dependent on the government.
True
400
The ____ _____ is where brokers and traders can buy and sell stocks.
Stock Market
400
Companies were under the assumption that they were making a lot of money because they were selling a lot of products. However, this wasn't true because most people got their products using ______ ______ and did not make their payments.
installment plans / buying on credit
400
He was the only U.S. President to serve 4 terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
400
True or False: The Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance were important events during the Great Depression.
What is false?
400
Why did city dwellers resent Hoovervilles?
What is the risk of disease and crime
500
This group demanded that Hoover authorize early payment of a promised military bonus.
What is the Bonus Army?
500
During the Great Depression many people struggled to afford:
A) Housing
B) Food
C) Luxury Items
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
500
As a result of the failure of their farms due to the Dust Bowl, many people moved to _____ to find farming work.
The West / California
500
This major event followed the Great Depression.
What is World War II?
500
The Hoover Blanket was this
what is outdated newspapers the homeless used to keep warm
600
The protection of money in ________ is one of the lasting effects of the Great Depression.
What are banks?
600
During the Great Depression, people would line up at ____________ to get food. These were normally run by charities.
What are soup kitchens/breadlines?
600
List 3 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
600
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Who is Herbert Hoover?
600
The homeless used these items to build their homes in shantytowns
Tin, piled up garbage, cardboard, newspapers, old car parts