Culture of 1930s
Music helped uplift someone's spirits during the great depression. What type of music did Duke Ellington play?
Swing or swing jazz (also known as the swing era)
Who's idea was the New Deal?
FDR
What role do individual citizens play in the economy?
starting businesses that offer goods/services, buying food/clothing/things they need, working to get paid
Hundreds & thousands of people during the Great Depression couldn't afford food. Where did they turn to for help?
Soup Kitchens
Whos idea was the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Who was Duke Ellington?
A jazz musician
"I ledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American People." Who said this and why?
FDR- Because he was making his new deal programs (CCC)
What event led us to the Great Depression
The stock market crash of 1969 (black tuesday)
If I made a plan about how to save my money... what am I making?
A personal budget
Which New Deal program provided electricity to people in the south?
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Who was Jesse Owens?
A track and field star
Why did people refer to their run-down, shantytowns as Hoovervilles?
What is a role that banks do for the economy?
They allow people to borrow money (They give people credit)
What role does the government play in the economy?
build roads, schools, and hospitals with taxes
What was the purpose of FDR's New Deal?
To help the nation recover from the great depression
Who was the Georgia author that wrote 'Gone with the Wind'?
Margaret Mitchell
Who created the CCC and what was it's purpose?
FDR created the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) for his New Deal plan- Put young med to work expanding and developing national parks. Workers got free housing, food, and paid $30 a month. It mainly involved soil conservation, tree planting, and flood control
What was one problem Americans faced after the Stock Market Crash of 1929
banks closed, a drought hit the great plains causing farms to not produce food, stock market crash caused people to lose money and businesses
A farmer in Oklahoma's crops aren't doing well. The midwest and plains are experiencing severe drought. The wind is picking up the dry soil in windstorms and covering entire cars and buildings. What is this?
The Dust Bowl
A part of the new deal established in 1935 that provided jobs for workers who did not have a skill. They built roads, schools, bridges.
Works Progress Administration
Why was Hitler embarrassed that African American athletes at 1936 Olympics were successful?
He was embarrassed because he believed the German race of people were better (he believed African Americans were inferior to the Germans)
Who created the WPA and what was it's purpose?
FDR created the works progress administration (WPA) to put unemployed people to work building roads, bridges, buildings, and parks. Paid artist to painted murals and create sculptures to decorate public areas across the nation.
What was one reason that caused the great depression
1. borrowing money from banks- over speculating the stock market
2. Federal reserve failed to protect banks
3. High tariffs for other countries
4. people couldn't back back the banks after the stock market crash
Who created the TVA and what was it's purpose? How did it help the economy?
FDR created the Tennessee Valley Authority in his New Deal, because that area flooded badly for years causing farming issues. They built dams to help flooding and to create electricity for homes and farms. It boosted the economy because it attracted industries and jobs to a very poor area.
How did FDR's New Deal plan help boost the economy?
It provided jobs and security through government programs like the TVA, CCC, and WPA.