True or False:
The Great Depression only affected America.!!!!!
answer: False- affects felt worldwide!!!!!
100
Which statement best describes the lifestyle of Americans before the Great Depression?
1. conservative spending
2. reckless luxury
3. traditional reverence
answer: 2. reckless luxury. this was the roaring 20s!
100
Which statement best describes the lifestyle of Americans after the Great Depression????!
1. conservative spending!
2. reckless luxury!
3. traditional reverence!
answer: 1. conservative spending
100
No question. Free points! TWEEETIE!!
yay!
ahahaha wheres the smilin face !!! i see it! i see it ! "i thought i saw a putty cat i did i did "!!
100
WHATS YOUR NAME !!!???
HaHA IDK!!
200
What is a tariff?
a. A tax on our exports
b. A tax on imports
c. A tax on our income
d. A tax on our property
answer: b. tariff is a tax on goods from other countries.
200
How did the Great Depression immediately affect agriculture?
1. it led to harsh times among grain farmers
2. it led to a large inventory of goods
3. it led to lower prices
4. all of the above
4. harsh times, huge inventories, and very low prices.
200
What was the purpose of the New Deal?
a. reform, recovery, relief
b. resistance, restructuring, resilience
c. recycle, reduce, reuse
d. relief, recall, replace
a. The three R's of FDR's plan are Relief, Recovery and Reform
200
Which term best describes the New Deal?
1. Stimulus
2. Resistance
3. Tradition
4. Social Darwinism
1. stimulus
200
NOTHING !!
YES!! U GET FREE POINTS!!
300
After the Great Depression, which leader was elected to power with the promise to build up their nation better than the previous leader?
1. Hitler
2. FDR
3. Both Hitler and FDR
4. No leader ran on that platform in the 1930s
3. Interestingly, both leaders had political platforms that paralleled each other
300
Which nation felt the harshest economic crisis once WWI ended?
1. Austria
2. USA
3. Germany
4. Russia
3. Germany was broke because of its role in WWI!
300
Who was president during the Great Depression?
1. Hoover
2. FDR
3. Hoover and FDR
4. None of the above
3. both. Hoover in at start, FDR replaced him
300
What is the wife of FDR's first name?
Eleanor
400
If America passed a tariff, how would it change the economy?
1. it would bring in extra money from the people that chose to buy the taxed good
2. it would give a boost to foreign factories
3. It would cause international trade activity to increase
4. all of the above
1. The other choices are just not true.
400
In which region of the US were the effects of the Dust Bowl most significantly, and negatively, felt?
1. Mid-West
2. Pacific Coast
3. Great Lakes
4. Deep South
1. this is connected to the Great Plains. The others listed are not connected to the Great Plains as strongly.
400
The New Deal laws that Congress passed affected many areas of American life, including banking, the stock market, industry, agriculture, and ______.
1. technology
2. religion
3. welfare
4. scientific inquiry
3. Welfare is the strongest answer in this instance.
400
DAILY DOUBLE: Get this right and double your points.
What is FDR's middle name?
Delano
400
FINAL JEOPARDY
IT IS THE END OF THE GAME!!
500
What was Huey Long famous for proposing as his response to FDR’s programs?
1. demand loan repayments from European nations
2. tax the wealthy even more
3. lower prices of factory goods
4. give the farmers new jobs in a factory
2. tax the rich is Long's message
500
Which industry could boast the most success during the Great Depression?
1. entertainment
2. politics
3. international trade
4. farming
1. The era of the Great Depression was a golden age of entertainment, literature, music, and art.
500
Which of the following is NOT a result of farms and factories overproducing beyond demand:
1. Businesses cut production
2. workers lost their farm and factory jobs
3. people had little to no money to spend
4. businesses increased production
4. This is the oddball. it just repeats a portion of the question.