Dust Bowl
Name one cause of the dust bowl
What is Poor farming methods, over-used land, and droughts
What year was Hoover elected president?
What is 1929
What is a cause of the Great Depression? (Starts what a T)
Tariffs
Lower class lost their ______ and instead had to LIVE in ___
HOUSES, BOXES
The New Deal was a series of U.S. federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by FDR
What were the dust clouds called?
What is Black Blizzards
Why did Hoover not do anything about the Great depression?
What is he believed Great Depression would not last
What is a big reason for the depression? (People would say it was a big crash)
The ____ was closed and know one could pay the ____
____ Failures
BANK Failures
What 2 ways was Roosevelt different from Hoover?
New Deal, and Relief, Recovery, Reform
Finish the sentence
Many farmers lost their farms and headed out...
What is West
What was Hoovers belief about the federal relief or aid to poor?
He believed it wouldn't last long and wasn't relevant
People got this to save their money...
Got Credit and Loans
Farmers lost money
Decline in ____ ______
Decline in FARM INCOME
List the 3 things that Roosevelt did to boost public confidence.
Fireside chats, National bank holiday, federal work programs (TVA, PWA, SSA)
Where was a famous, or well known spot for migrant farmers?
What is California
What were Hoover flags?
What is Newspaper
What is another Depression for FARMERS
What is the Farmers Depression
Well over 25% of Americans lost their jobs.
High ____________
High UNEMPLOYMENT
He is the only U.S. President to be elected to this many terms, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945...
What is 4
What book written by John Steinbeck told the story's of hard times faced by migrant farmers?
What is The Grapes Of Wrath
What were Hoovervilles?
What are Shanty Towns
What is another cause of the Great depression where the bank was not fair with the DISTRIBUTION of money?
What is Uneven distribution of wealth
Businesses that borrowed money could not pay it back. ________ Failures
BUSINESS Faliures
In his first inaugural address, he famously told Americans, "The only thing we have to fear is"...
"fear itself."