What is the nickname given to makeshift (homes) in shantytowns built on public land or vacant lots (nicknamed for the unpopular president) (18)?
100
What was the popular music of the era?
What is Swing Dancing (30)?
100
What were popularly painted on public buildings during the depression?
What is Murals (31)?
100
What disease did FDR have?
What is polio (42)?
100
What benefits did (and still does) Social Security provide?
What is pension system for retirees and insurance for the unemployed? (62)?
200
What were breadlines?
What is people stood in line for handouts (free bread and soup) (19)?
200
Who photographed the “migrant worker”?
What is Dorothea Lange (32)?
200
What was the Bonus Army protesting for?
What is WWI veterans requesting promised war bonuses early (38)?
200
What was the purpose of FDR’s fireside chats?
What is the weekly radio speeches where FDR explained the what he was doing to address people’s problems and why (45)?
200
How did the Civilian Conversation Corps (CCC) attempt to help young people?
What is it addressed unemployment for younger Americans by employing 19-22 year olds in conservation jobs (Babler State Park) (52)?
300
What were bank runs?
What is people began pulling their money from banks (10)?
300
What new form of literature that allowed for escapism became popular during the Great Depression?
What is Comics (34)?
300
What was the greatest example of a public works project started during the Hoover administration?
What is Hoover Dam (40)?
300
How did bank holidays restore confidence in the banking system?
What is A bank holiday was declared that closed down all banks. Banks could reopen only if they passed government tests and standards. This immediately increased confidence in the banking system because people knew if a bank was open it was a trustworthy bank (46)?
300
How did the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) help the rural region around Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia?
What is it was public works project to dam rivers to provide hydro-electric power to rural areas (51)?
400
What was escapism?
What is using entertainment to provide temporary relief from problems (27)?
400
Who were “hobos”?
What is many Americans (men and young men) hopped on rail road cars to travel from town to town looking for work (24)?
400
Who were “Okies”?
What is many dust bowl refugees headed to California and got the nickname “Okies” because many (not all) came from Oklahoma (23)?
400
What was the purpose of the FDIC?
What is it insured people’s bank deposits up to a certain amount ($2,500 in 1933) (47)?
400
What was created to regulate the stock market?
What is Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (48)?
500
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
What is Farming Problems, Uneven Distribution of Wealth, Too Much Personal Debt, The Great Crash (1 a-d)?
500
What caused the Dust Bowl?
What is poor farming techniques and drought conditions (22)?
500
Describe the negative economic cycle
What is lower demand which would lead to higher unemployment and so on (13)?
500
What happened to many people who still had jobs?
What is their wages and hours cut (16)?
500
What were many Mexican and Asian immigrants pressured to do?
What is they were pressured to repatriate, return to country of origin (26)?