The Causes
This economic behavior involved buying stocks with borrowed money, contributing to the crash.
What is Speculation?
This region of the U.S. was hit hardest by the Dust Bowl.
What is the Great Plains?
Makeshift communities of homeless Americans were known as these.
What are Hoovervilles?
The New Deal had three goals: relief, recovery, and this:
Eleanor Roosevelt transformed the role of this position.
What is "First Lady"?
Factories produced more goods than consumers could buy, a problem known as this:
What is Overproduction?
Over-farming removed this protective layer of soil, making dust storms worse.
What is Topsoil?
This percentage of Americans were unemployed at the height of the Depression.
What is 25%?
This program hired young men to plant trees and build parks.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
She traveled the country to report on conditions for these groups:
Who are the Poor, Minorities, or Women?
This consumer behavior (people buying fewer goods) helped weaken the economy.
What is Underconsumption
Many Dust Bowl migrants moved to this state in search of farm work.
What is California?
oup kitchens and breadlines were often run by these organizations.
What are Charities or Churches?
This program built dams and provided electricity to rural areas.
What is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?
This radio program allowed FDR to speak directly to the American people.
What are Fireside Chats?
The crash of this financial institution in 1929 signaled the start of the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market
This environmental factor, combined with over-farming, caused the Dust Bowl.
What is Severe Drought?
This president was widely blamed for not doing enough to stop the Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This 1935 law created pensions for the elderly and unemployment insurance.
What is the Social Security Act?
This Louisiana senator was one of FDR’s most vocal critics.
Who is Huey Long?
Name one structural weakness in the 1920s economy that made the crash more devastating.
What is Uneven Wealth Distribution, Weak Banking Systems, or Over-Reliance on Credit?
Migrants fleeing the Dust Bowl were often called this nickname.
What are "Okies"?
Widespread unemployment led to this major political shift in the 1932 election.
What is the Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This program regulated the stock market to prevent another crash.
What is the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)?
Eleanor Roosevelt supported this New Deal program that provided jobs to artists, writers, and actors.
What is the WPA (Works Progress Administration)?