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
Name THREE New deal programs....
Answers will vary
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
How did FDR communicate to the American people?
Radio/Fireside Chats
300
What is the date of the Stock Market Crash?
October 29th, 1929
300
He was the United States president during the early years of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
300
What are Public Works programs?
Government or state jobs created
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
What amendment was passed to officially restrict a president to TWO terms?
22nd
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
What was the nickname for the New Deal?
Alphabet Soup
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
What acts were responsible for getting the US out of WWII?
Cash and Carry and Lend Lease
500
The Hoover Blanket was this
what is outdated newspapers the homeless used to keep warm
600
What are the three "R's" of the New Deal?
Relief, recovery, reform
600
How did Hoover respond to helping people during the Great Depression?
It would work itself out...
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
Name of the woman who took photos of people struggling during the Depression....
Dorothea Lange
600
What was FDR's greatest mistake (think checks and balances)?
Trying to pack the Supreme Court