Great Depression 1
He was the United States president that gave "relief" to the people during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
After the stock market crash, people rushed to their banks causing this.
What is Banks closing down/Bank runs?
True or False: The Great Depression was an economic downturn that occurred world-wide.
TRUE
In what decade did the Great Depression mostly occur?
What are the 1930's?
What was FDR's plan to get out of the Depression called?
What is the New Deal?
Who controlled Congress during FDR's first term?
Democrats
Which term was used for 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?
This event is often considered to be the starting point of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
The protection of money in ________ is one of the lasting effects of the Great Depression.
What are banks?
What was the most famous film of the era?
Gone with the Wind
During the Great Depression, people would line up at ____________ to get food. These were normally run by charities.
What are soup kitchens/breadlines?
What does it mean to pack the supreme court?
To try to add justices to pull the court's decisions to your side or point of view
The unemployed and poor often lived in "shanty towns." They were often referred to as.
What are Hoovervilles?
True or False: A depression is a time when industry is booming and almost all people are employed.
What is false?
October 29, 1929 is also known by this name.
What is Black Tuesday?
He was the United States president during the early years of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
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
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) did what?
•provided direct relief for the needy
The ____ _____ is where brokers and traders can buy and sell stocks.
Stock Market
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
He was the only U.S. President to serve 4 terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This major event followed the Great Depression.
What is World War II?
She was Franklin Roosevelt's wife.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Which Amendment was passed that repealed Prohibition?
the 21st amendment
This group demanded that Hoover authorize early payment of a promised military bonus.
What is the Bonus Army?
This act was passed under FDR that gives payment to the elderly and disabled.
The Social Security Act
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
This "Administration" created many new jobs and put as many people to work as possible
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
This man proposed monthly payments for the elderly.
Who is Dr. Francis Townsend?
What Act was created to raise prices of farm products?
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
What famous novel was written about the lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl during the Depression
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
This woman was appointed head of the Office of Minority Affairs under FDR.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
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
She was the 1st female cabinet member.
Who is Frances Perkins?
This senator gave the Share our Wealth speech and gained popularity.
Who is Huey Long?
Which amendment moved inaugurations up to January, but did not apply to election of 1932)
the 20th amendment