Causes of the Great Depression
This took place in 1929 and is considered to start up the great depression since many people lost all of their money during it.
What is the Stock Market Crash
A woman’s raincoat was: 5 cents, 3 dollars, or 12 dollars?
What is 3 dollars
What is the disease that kept FDR in a wheelchair for most his life?
What is polio
This agency helped stop flooding in the Tennessee valley.
What is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
What is overproduction?
What is when companies make more of a product than consumers are willing to buy
A child’s toy wagon was: 1 dollar, 4 dollars, or 8 dollars?
What is 4 dollars
What type of people liked FDR?
What is the poor and unemployed
This agency paid farmers not to grow crops in order to raise prices of crops. This doubled prices of crops before being declared unconstitutional in 1936.
What is the AAA (The Agricultural Adjustment Act)
What happened to the United States banks after the stock market crashed?
The banks ran out of money and gave out IOU’s.
A man’s jacket was: 2 dollars, 4 dollars, or 7 dollars?
What is 7 dollars
What type of people didn’t like FDR?
What is the rich
This act in 1935 provided and provides today money for people after their retirement.
What is Social Security
What is it called when you borrow money in order to buy more stock?
What is “buying on margin” or “doubling down”
A sewing machine costed: 12 dollars, 16 dollars, or 22 dollars?
What is 22 dollars
What is the name of the radio broadcast where FDR spoke to America like they were his friends?
What is Fireside Chats
This agency built airports, roads, sewers, schools, and spent $10.5 billion on employing 3.8 million men.
What is the WPA (The Works Progress Administration)
This President thought that doing nothing would help the economy get better because the economy goes up and down then back up.
Who is Hebert Hoover
How much would an average factory worker get paid?
What is 15 dollars
What was the name of the plan created by FDR to improve the economy?
What is “The New Deal”
This group of men aged 18 to 26 learn forestry skills helping improve our national forest and parks during the 1930s.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)