The Presidents
The New Deal
Stock Market
Great Depression
Potpourri
100
He was the United States president that gave "relief" to the people during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
What is the name of the relief/recovery/reform programs introduce by FDR during the Great Depression?
What is New Deal?
100
This event is often considered to be the starting point of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
100
What was the Great Depression?
What was an economic downturn that occured in The United States?
100
What are the M.A.I.N. causes of World War I?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
200
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Who is Herbert Hoover?
200
Which New Deal Program aimed to help the old, retired, unemployed, and injured?
What is Social Security Act?
200
After the stock market crash, people rushed to their banks causing this.
Bank closures
200
This woman changed the duties of the First Lady, quietly running the country while her husband was sick.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
Which term was used to the region of the American mid-west that suffered a devastating drought full of huge dirt storms during the 1930's.
What is the Dust Bowl?
300
Who Am I ?
FDR
300
Which New Deal Program helped farmers?
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
300
October 29, 1929 is also known as this.
What is Black Tuesday?
300
During the Great Depression, people would line up at ____________ to get food. These were normally run by charities.
What are soup kitchens/breadlines?
300
This is what the three R's of the New Deal stand for.
Relief, Recovery, Reform
400
Who was President of the USA during WWI?
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
400
Which New Deal agency gave short term jobs to men that required cleaning parks, cutting down trees, etc?
What is CCC Civilian Conservation Corps
400
Consumers bought _______ __ _______, regardless of if they could pay it back.
On a Margin
400
The unemployed and poor often lived in "shanty towns." They were often referred to as.
What are Hoovervilles?
400
Which major war did future President Theodore Roosevelt fight in?
What is the Spanish American War?