America 1930 / 40s : The great depression

Question 1

How many farmers were evicted ?

Answer 1

1 in 20

Question 2

During the depression what did farm income fall to ?

Answer 2

$13 billion to $5 billion

Question 3

What did over farmed land turn into ?

Answer 3

dustbowls

Question 4

How much did industrial and farm production fall by ?

Answer 4

40%

Question 5

How much did wages fall by ?

Answer 5

60%

Question 6

How many people were made unemployed daily ?

Answer 6

12,000

Question 7

In 1932 how many people were unemployed in the steel centre of Cleveland ?

Answer 7

50%

Question 8

How many people died of starvation in 1932?

Answer 8

45

Question 9

Why did banks go bankrupt ?

Answer 9

They had lost peoples money by buying shares

Question 10

How many banks closed in the depression ?

Answer 10

10,000

Question 11

When was the Wall Street Crash ?

Answer 11

1929

Question 12

What did Hoover’s nickname become ?

Answer 12

“the do nothing president”

Question 13

What did General MacArthur do to the veterans in the bonus march ?

Answer 13

Threw tier gas, burned marchers camps - Claimed they were communists

Question 14

Why was FDR becoming popular ?

Answer 14

confident, proven that he takes action

Question 15

What was the saying that made Hoover unpopular ?

Answer 15

“In Hoover we trusted and now we are busted!”