Key Figures
Economic Impact
Cultural Effects
New Deal Programs
Causes of the Great Depression
100

Who was the president during the Great Depression 

FDR

100

How many people were unemployed after the Great Depression 

12,830,000

100

What famous board game was created during the great depression 

Monopoly

100

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

attempted to reduce farming surplus by paying farmers to kill excess livestock and to not plant portions of their land.

100

What started the Great Depression 

The stock market crash 

200

Former engineer who became president 

Herbert Hoover 

200

Wage income fell how much between 1929-1933

42.5%

200

How many minor league teams were cut during the great depression 

14


200

Civil Works Administration (CWA)

attempted to create thousands of jobs. They were very temporary, and were only available for hard labor during the winter.

200

What happened to banks after the stock market crash 

Banks ran out of money 

300

 A conservative from Massachusetts who became the thirtieth U.S. president

Calvin Coolidge 

300

How far did Consumer prices fell? 

25%

300

What did movies rely on during the great depression 

Dialogue and allusions 

300

Civil Conservation Corps (CCC)

skilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands.

300

What was Herbert Hoover's plan 

He believed that doing nothing the economy goes up then down then back up 


400

Calvin Coolidge was elected president in his own right, but in 1928 he declined an offer to run again. Like both his predecessor, Harding, and his successor

Warren Harding 

400

How far did GDP fell?

29%

400

What type of music became popular during the great depression 

Jazz 

400

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

provided deposit insurance to bank customers, securing people's incomes in banks. Also known as Glass- Steagall Act, which established it.

400

What is overproduction 

When companies make more supply than people want 
500

Wife of FDR; social reformer, writer, and diplomat; supported equal rights for women and African Americans; served as the first US ambassador to the United Nations

Eleanor Roosevelt 

500

How many banks failed between 1930-33?

7,000

500

who championed social protest in the early 1960s at the head of the folk music revival.

Bob Dylan 

500

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

Eliminated "cut- throat competition" by bringing industry, labor and government together to create set prices. This was intended to reduce destructive competition and to help workers by setting minimum wages, minimum prices for products and weekly hours.

500

What is it called when you borrow money in order to buy stock 

buying a margin