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Important People
The New Deal
Great Depression (Mixed)
Great Depression (Mixed)
Great Depression (Mixed)
100

Who was the president when the Stock Market Crashed/the beginning of the Great Depression that many people blamed the state of the country on?

Herbert Hoover

100

Which New Deal program gave men ages 18-25 work (jobs including building new parks/roads, planting trees and fixing community places) and housing?

The Civilian Conservation Corps

100

What was the event that led to the start of the Great Depression?

The Stock Market Crash

100

Due to people losing their money, they were not able to pay their ______ payment and lost their _______.

Mortgage, Homes

100

What organization started the idea of soup kitchens?

Churches

200
Who was the president who helped America recover from the Great Depression with his New Deal programs?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

200

Which New Deal Program created million of jobs employing men to build roads, schools, bridges, parks and airports?

What is Works Progress Administration (WPA)
200

What year did the Stock Market Crash?

1929

200

Where could unemployed people go to get at least one meal a day from? 

The Soup Kitchens

200

What caused the Dust Bowl?

Overplanting and a severe drought

300
Who was the track and field star who was in the 1936 Olympics in Germany and won 4 gold medals?

Jesse Owens

300

Which New Deal program focused on building dams used to generate electricity? 

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

300

What do they call the day that the Stock Market crashed?

Black Tuesday
300

Due to people losing their homes, people built these type of homes.

Shanties

300
Where did people move to in the U.S. in search of a better life due to the Dust Bowl?

California

400

Who was the jazz pianist and bandleader who made records and toured Europe?

Duke Ellington

400

Which New Deal program protected the money people kept in their bank accounts?

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)


400

The Stock Market caused the _____ to close. This led to people losing most/all of their money. 

Banks
400
What were the neighborhood of shanties called? What were shanties built out of?

Hoovervilles, any materials they could find

400

How many terms did FDR serve as President?

Four
500

Who was the Atlanta author who wrote 'Gone With the Wind'?

Margaret Mitchell

500

What were the three goals that FDR wanted to accomplish when creating the New Deal?

Relief, Recover and Reform
500

By 1933, how many people in America were unemployed?

15 million

500

Why were the neighborhood of shanty homes called Hoovervilles?

People blamed Herbert Hoover for their living conditions because he believed it was not the governments job to help people during the Great Depression.

500

Name one state that was affected by the Dust Bowl

Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Nebraska, South/North Dakota