Causes of the Great Depression
This catastrophic financial event in October 1929 triggered the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
These makeshift communities of homeless people were named after the president blamed for the Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
This program provided jobs for young men in conservation and reforestation projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
This Louisiana politician promoted the "Share the Wealth" program to redistribute wealth.
Who is Huey Long?
This 1933 amendment repealed Prohibition.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This tariff, passed in 1930, worsened the Depression by reducing international trade.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?
This group of farmers fled the Dust Bowl and moved westward in search of work, often facing discrimination
Who are the Exodusters or Dust Bowl migrants?
This New Deal agency built dams and hydroelectric plants in the Southeast to provide jobs and electricity.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
This critic of the New Deal proposed giving every elderly person $200 a month to stimulate the economy.
Who is Francis Townsend?
This act was passed to protect bank deposits, creating the FDIC.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
This natural disaster devastated farms in the Great Plains, forcing many to migrate.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This famous photographer captured images of struggling Americans, including "Migrant Mother."
Who is Dorothea Lange?
This program funded large-scale public infrastructure projects, including roads, bridges, and buildings.
What is the Public Works Administration (PWA)?
This author wrote The Grapes of Wrath, a novel about Dust Bowl migrants.
Who is John Steinbeck?
This act established rules for trading stocks and bonds to prevent another market crash.
What is the Securities Act of 1933?
Fear and panic led to this financial crisis, where people rushed to withdraw their money from financial institutions.
What is a run on the bank?
This book by John Steinbeck tells the story of an Oklahoma family’s struggles during the Dust Bowl.
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
This program was established in 1935 to provide pensions for the elderly and support for the disabled.
What is the Social Security Administration (SSA)?
This classic 1939 movie about Dorothy's journey to Oz became an escape for audiences during hard times.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This economic recovery plan was designed to fund large-scale public projects and create jobs.
What is the Public Works Administration (PWA)?
This government agency, created in 1913, controls the U.S. money supply and interest rates.
What is the Federal Reserve System?
This popular 1939 movie depicted the struggles of the South during the Civil War but resonated with Depression-era audiences.
What is Gone with the Wind?
This agency was created in 1934 to regulate the stock market and prevent fraud.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
This president’s court-packing plan attempted to add more justices to the Supreme Court but faced strong opposition.
What is FDR’s court-packing plan?
This failed attempt by FDR sought to expand the Supreme Court to ensure support for New Deal programs.
What is FDR’s court-packing plan?