Events
The crash of the stock market was also known as what phrase?
Black Tuesday
What was it called when people didn’t really have the money they were spending?
(Hint: Borrowing Money. 80% of radios & 60% of cars were on this)
Credit/Credit System/Buying on Credit
Who is this?
Philosophy: We’ll make it!
What they did: Nothing
The poor were looking for help and no ideas on how to correct or if help was coming.
President Herbert Hoover
By the early 1930’s, approximately what percent of the nation was unemployed?
25%
When did the great depression begin and end? (Years)
Started 1929. Ended 1939.
"Runs on Banks" led to which major event in the causes of the great depression?
Banks Collapsing
The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer during TGD was a result of what?
Unequal distribution of wealth.
At first, President Hoover was against offering direct government relief.
Instead, he asked private __________, such as the _._._._., to help.
*If you make this shot your points are doubled!*
Charities;YMCA
In regard to business cycles, a recession is when there is a general decline in economic activity. Recessions generally occur when there is a widespread drop in spending.
A depression is defined when what happens?
UNEMPLOYMENT GREATER THAN 12%
What year did the dust bowl occur?
1930
The Great Dust Bowl was a result of what?
(Hint: Think about the diagram we kept referencing for 'causes of the great depression')
Agricultural Overproduction
People bought stocks on __________.
(Hint: If a stock is $100 you can pay $10 now and the rest later when the stock rose.)
Margins
Who was credited for getting the country back on track during this crisis?
*If your team can correctly tell me the name of his economic policy "___ ___ ____", you can pick one team member from each group that can NOT speak or help their team on their next question*
President FDR
Bonus = The New Deal
Homeless families build shacks out of wooden crates and scrap metal. These shacks were known as __________.
Hoovervilles
Tell me any 3 details about the dustbowl you remember learning about.
*If you can tell me 5 total you can take 200 points away from another team and keep 100 of it for your team!*
A drought in the South lead to dust storms that destroyed crops.
Crops turned to dust=No food to be sent out
Homes buried
Fields blown away
South in state of emergency
Dust Bowl the #1 weather crisis of the 20th century
TGD crisis frightened depositors who feared for their money. Millions tried to withdraw their money because they feared the banks losing it. How many banks failed in the first 3 years?
*Whoever is closest to the correct answer can swap a team member for another teams member!*
1929- 641 banks failed
1930- 1350 banks failed
1931- 1700 banks failed
Approximately 3,700 banks
WE TAXED FOREIGN IMPORTS TO PROTECT OUR PRODUCTS UNDER HOOVER WITH WHAT?
HINT (AFTER BEING PASSED THIS WAS THE HIGHEST PROTECTIVE TAX IN US. HISTORY!!! FOREIGN NATIONS TAXED IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. IN RETALIATION)
THE HAWLEY SMOOT TARIFF
Who is this?
- When he was inaugurated unemployment had increased by 7 million.
- Poor sections (like Harlem) had 50% of the population unemployed
President Franklin Roosevelt
Prior to the Great Depression the US. Government ignored the business cycles of the US economy. The Government until the president after Hoover believed that the American Economy could fix itself. What was this economic policy known as?
*If you get this correct you can take 100 points from another team*
Laissez Faire Economic Policy
Major Historical Happenings! Tell me 2 of them that happened
Jim Crow Laws
Scottsboro Trials
Recovering from the Great Depression
Racial Injustice
Poor South
After the American Civil War most states in the South passed anti-African American legislation. These became known as Jim Crow laws.
These laws included segregation in what areas/things? (tell me 3)
*For each extra segregated thing you can tell us, you get an extra shot at the trashketgoal*
Schools
Hospitals
Theaters
Water fountains
Restaurants
Hotels
Public transportation
Some states forbid inter-racial marriages
With the government today in contrast to the government prior to TGD, we can see that presidents now win or lose elections based on__________ performance! The government controls over _____ third of our $10 trillion economy!
*If you get this right you can swap one of your team mates with another member from a different team*
Economic;One
What American author grew up during the great depression and later went on to write a major award winning novel that detailed life in the south during TGD?
Harper Lee
What was the name of the book wrote during TGD by a young girl telling her story on her life growing up in Monroeville, Alabama? This book later became a movie and won multiple awards.
Hint = The character of “Dill,” Scout and Jem’s playmate in the novel was based upon the authors actual neighbor, Truman Capote.
To Kill a Mockingbird
What was this?
9 young African-American men (ages 13-20) accused of raping 2 white girls in 1931
Immediately sentenced to death
Trials went on for nearly 15 years before all the men were dismissed
*If your team gets this right you can pick another team to shoot their next shot they have with their non-dominant hand* (If their shooter is right handed, they will now have to shoot left handed)
Scottsboro Boys Trial