Great Depression

Question 0

When the great depression began, what did Hoover say?

Answer 0

“Prosperity was just around the corner.”

Question 1

When was Hoover president

Answer 1

1929-1933

Question 2

What were Hoovervilles

Answer 2

Towns with make shift homes made out of boxes

Question 3

Why didn’t Hoover give more aid to people

Answer 3

He did not want Americans to be too dependent on government

Question 4

What was the Bonus Army

Answer 4

WW1 vets that marched on Washington to receive their bonus pay for fighting in the war

Question 5

When was FDR president

Answer 5

1933-1945

Question 6

What did FDR say about the Great depression

Answer 6

The only thing we have to fear is fear its self

Question 7

Who was FDR married to

Answer 7

Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 8

What was the name of the plan implemented by FDR during the depression

Answer 8

New Deal

Question 10

What was thee radio addresses that FDR delivered to the people

Answer 10

fireside chats

Question 11

What types of standard of living did most americans have during the great depression

Answer 11

very low

Question 12

FDR new deal-Federal work programs

Answer 12

civilian conservation corps (CCC) jobs for unemployed men ages 18-25

Question 13

Farm assistance program

Answer 13

agricultural adjustment administration (AAA) regulated farm production and promoted soil conservation

Question 14

public works admin

Answer 14

public works admin (PWA) awarded contracts to construction companies. ).

Question 15

What was the new deal

Answer 15

a series of government programs designed to help those in need

Question 16

Civil works admin (CWA

Answer 16

hired workers directly to build or improve various public services

Question 17

Tennessee Valley authority (TVA)

Answer 17

designed to run electricity to rural areas

Question 18

insurance for band deposits

Answer 18

federal deposit ins corp (FDIC), money deposited into banks is still insured. still used today

Question 19

3 things how the New Deal help end the Great Depression

Answer 19

1. Unemployment rate dropped
2. Number of bank closures decreased
3. Number of business failures dropped

Question 20

Labor rights

Answer 20

part 2 of new deal-national labor relations board (NLRB) It established a 40 hour work week and abolished child labor

Question 21

social security

Answer 21

part 2 of new deal. americans pay a percentage of their salary for their entire working life. It provides security in the form of a monetary befit to the elderly, disables and unemployed. Still used today

Question 22

6 causes of the Great Depression

Answer 22

1. Over speculation of land and stock
2. High tariffs on imports
3. Inaction of the Federal Reserve
4. Stock market crash 10/29/1929 (BLack Tuesday)
5. Excessive borrowing-Buying on margin-to pay part of a stocks worth and borrows the rest
6. Installmnet buying (used to buy labor saving devices)

Question 23

6 effects of the Great Depression

Answer 23

1. High unemployment
2. Homelessness
3. Hoovervilles
4. Business failures
5. Bank failures
6. Hunger

Question 24

6 points to explain a dust bowl

Answer 24

1. severe drought so farmers lost crops
2. poor farming techniques so land didn’t produce crops
3. Farmers could not pay for land and lost farms. Became migrant workers and needed the government to survive
4. Dust storms swept across the region to the east coast
5. Dust bowl hit botht he Midwest and southwest region
6. John Steinbeck wrote the Grapes of Wrath about the dust bowl