Vocab
The Grapes of Wrath
Which event was seen by many as the "start" of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
President of the U.S., but lost favor with the American public due to the Great Depression and his ill-fated technical solutions.
Herbert Hoover
This organizations job included hiring young unmarried men to to create a state or national parks, create irrigation systems and rebuild forests.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Answer the following questions about the Dust Bowl:
1) What region of the US did it affect the most?
2) Identify ONE state that was affected.
3) Who were the people that left during the dust bowl?
4) What area did people move to in hopes for a better life.
**DAILY QUADRUPLE**
1) Midwest
2) Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico
3) Oakies
4) Westward
**DAILY QUADRUPLE**
"Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable."
Ready Player One
The buying of items in hopes to make a quick profit. It is risky but, could make you a lot of $$$$$
Speculation
Why did the banks fail at on the onstart of the Great Depression?
1)too much money was loaned out to people for risky investments.
2) bank runs aka too many people asking to take out their money at the same time and the banks did not have enough physical money to give back to their customers.
She pushed for womens rights and equality in society and economically.
Eleanor Roosevelt
This gave benefits to older, retired workers in the United States.
Social Security Act
The Hawley-Smott Tarff caused what problems for the US?
It harmed America's international trade relations
Dr. Minway Zhang:
Thought to have been extinct for over two million years.
DJ:
Wrong.
The Meg
Group of veterans who protested for early payments for fighting in WW1 in Washington D.C.
Bonus Army
Identify TWO causes of the Great Depression:
**DAILY DOUBLE**
1) overproduction of goods
2) overuse of credit
3) war debts
4) stock market crash
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This New Deal Program would have had the largest impact on rural electrification during the 1930s?
TVA
This New Deal Program paid farms to not grow crops in hopes that the crops prices would rise since supply was lowered.
AAA
Who did most people blame the Great Depression on?
Capitalism
We only have three rules: First– do your part. No time for any freeloaders. Second, never harm another Glader. None of this works unless we have trust. Most importantly– never go beyond those walls. Do you understand me, Greenie?
Maze Runner
shantytowns in which homeless families lived during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
What led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Stock Speculation
regulate the sale of stocks and oversee the disclosure of information on stocks being sold.
SEC
Insures deposits in national banks and certain other qualifying financial institutions up to a stated amount.
FDIC
Who had the highest unemployment during the Great Depression? Why?
African Americans, they were the "Last hired and first fired"
Something, Something Trident
Aquaman
This helped the growth of labor unions and collective bargining.
The Wagner Act
How did Roosevelt plan to address the problems of the Great Depression?
The government took on a greater role in the national economy and created programs to address the nation's unemployment problems.
New Deal
She helped document the Great Depression by taking photographs of Americans affected by it.
Dorthea Lange
This New Deal Program supervised fair trade codes (Ex. minimum wage) and guaranteed laborers a right to collective bargaining.
National Recovery Act
What helped weaken Florida's economy immediatly before the Great Depression?
The end of Florida's land boom
Mr. Scamander! Do you think Dumbledore will mourn for you?
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald