Vocabulary
The decline in market for a long period of time.
What is Depression?
What is it called when too many people try to withdraw all of their money out of a bank for fear of the bank failing?
What is Bank Runs?
What three main charities helped during the Depression?
What is Salvation Army, Red Cross, and YMCA?
The 32nd President of the United States
What is Franklin Roosevelt?
What year did the Dust Bowl end?
Between 1930s and 1940s
A person who buys and sells stock
What is Stockbroker?
What was the tariff Hoover made that froze international trade?
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?
What did charities provide during the Great Depression?
What is food and clothes?
The 31st President of the United States who passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
What is Herbert Hoover?
What States were involved in the Dust Bowl?
What is Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico?
A part of ownership with a company you buy
What is Stock?
What are shelters for homeless people during the 1930s called?
What is Hooverville?
BONUS QUESTION: What's Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle name
What is Delano?
First Lady of the United States during the 1930s
What is Eleanor Roosevelt?
What was considered "gold" during the Dust Bowl?
What is Wheat?
The first day of the Great Wall St. Crash
What is Black Thursday?
What was the gathering of veterans in 1932 who demanded money for their involvement in WW1?
What is Bonus Army?
BONUS QUESTION: What was Eleanor's relations to FDR outside of marriage?
What is fifth cousin once removed?
A radio broadcaster (who was also a priest) who talked about the economy
What is Father Charles Coughlin?
When was Black Sunday?
What is April 14th, 1935?
Last day of the Great Wall St. Crash
What is Black Tuesday?
Due to the Great Depression people started wanting a government based on ______
What is Socialism?
What main welfare programs helped during the Depression?
What is Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
The governor of Louisiana who wanted to end poverty. He was assassinated in Baton Rouge
What is Huey Long? (random fact: Walt Disney was an important figure during the Depression, Mickey Mouse being a comedic relief for people)
What was the main cause of death during the Dust Bowl?
What is Dust Pneumonia?