The Stock Market
What is a stock?
A stock is a share in the ownership and profits of a company.
or
Something you can buy from a company that will make you more money.
What is a Soup Kitchen?
Soup Kitchens provided people, who were out of work food, for their families. Charities ran the Soup Kitchents.
Which two presidents ran against each other during the Great Depression?
Howard Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the New Deal supposed to do for the American people?
The New Deal was supposed to help America get out of the Great Depression.
Who was Duke Ellington?
A famous musician, composer and bandleader during the "Swing Era".
What important event happened on Tuesday, October 29, 1929?
The Stock Market crashed
What was the Dust Bowl?
Severe drought in the Great Plains with prairie winds picking up dust and it covered everything.
Which president was in office during the beginning of the Great Depression but did not do much to help the American people?
Herbert Hoover
What was the W.P.A (Works Progress Administration)?
Employed more than 8 million people to build roads, schools, bridges, and parks.
Who was Margret Mitchell?
A famous writer
What type of people invested in the stock market in the 1920s?
Inexperienced people invested in the Stock Market with money they could not afford to loose.
Many people blamed Herbert Hoover for the continuing depression. Shantytowns became known as _____________.
Hoovervilles
Which president was elected in 1932 with promises to pull America out of the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
What did the T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority) do?
Built about 50 dams along rivers in the South to prevent flooding. Workers also built 13 power plants to provide electricity to many homes in the region for the first time.
Who was Jesse Owens?
A famous Olympian
What was going on in the 1920s before the Stock Market Crash in 1929?
The United States enjoyed good times in the 1920s.
Or
Roaring Twenties
What was the downturn in the U.S. economy called?
The Great Depression
What was Roosevelt's plan to help the U.S. economy called?
The New Deal
What did the C.C.C (Civilian Conservation Corps) do?
Set up work camps for more than 2 million unemployed young men between the ages of 18 and 25. The men received housing, food, and $30 per month. The CCC is best known for planting trees and maintaining national parks.
What famous novel did Margret Mitchell write?
Gone with the Wind
What happened after the Stock Market Crash?
People panicked and rushed to the banks to take their money out.
What were two of the major causes of The Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Dust Bowl (Drought in the Great Plains)
What did Franklin D. Roosevelt say in his speech?
"We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."
What three major goals did the New Deal have?
1) Relief
2) Recovery
3) Reform
What did Jesse Owens accomplish?
He was an African American athlete who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics