The Great Depression

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The Great Depression
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Important People
The Great Depression
FDRs New Deal
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Final Jeopardy
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100 Question from FDRs New Deal
What did FDR believe about the federal government
and the economy?
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100 Answer from FDRs New Deal
FDR believed that that federal govt should have
more influence on the economy and that he should
take the necessary steps to end the
Great Depression.
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200 Question from FDRs New Deal
What role did the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt
take in the New Deal?
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200 Answer from FDRs New Deal
Eleanor Roosevelt tried to get Americans
involved in the programs of the New Deal. She
traveled all over to learn about the struggles of
the Great depression firsthand. She started
many Programs to help people.
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300 Question from FDRs New Deal
How did the New Deal help Americans and the U.S.
economy?
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300 Answer from FDRs New Deal
The New Deal helped give Americans hope that
better times were coming. All the programs
started by the New Deal provided many new jobs.
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400 Question from FDRs New Deal
Name two programs created under the New Deal and
how they helped Americans.
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400 Answer from FDRs New Deal
Programs under the New Deal CCC-created jobs and
conserved the environment TVA- built dams and
created hydroelectricity WPA- hired workers and
built things to better communities
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500 Question from FDRs New Deal
Name two programs created under the New Deal that
are still around today.
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500 Answer from FDRs New Deal
Social Security, FDA insurance in banks, and
minimum wage are all still around today.
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100 Question from Important People
Who was the famous track and field gold medalist
during the 1930s?
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100 Answer from Important People
Jesse Owens
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200 Question from Important People
Who was Duke Ellington and how did He help lift
peoples spirits during the Great Depression?
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200 Answer from Important People
Duke Ellington was a famous Jazz musician and was
able to lift Peoples spirits through his music.
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300 Question from Important People
Who was Margaret Mitchell?
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300 Answer from Important People
Margaret Mitchell was a famous author Who wrote
Gone with the Wind.
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400 Question from Important People
Who were the two presidents that served The US
during the Great Depression? Give one word to
describe each.
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400 Answer from Important People
Herbert Hoover and Franklin Rooseveltdescribing
words will vary.
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100 Question from Problems
What are shanties or shanty towns?
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100 Answer from Problems
Homeless people started building Shanties out of
cardboard boxes to Live in. Clusters of these
homes Started springing up and they were Called
shantytowns.
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200 Question from Problems
What are soup kitchens?
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200 Answer from Problems of the 1920s
Soup kitchens are places homeless People or
people out of work can Go and eat for free.
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300 Question from Problems of the 1920s
Why was President Herbert Hoover Criticized by
the American people?
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300 Answer from Problems
Americans didnt think that Hoover Was taking
enough steps to end the Great depression.
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400 Question from Problems
Why were farmers struggling during The late 1920s?
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400 Answer from Problems
Farmers struggled because they were used to
producing and selling lots of crops during WWI.
When business was booming, they took out loans to
increase their land. After WWI, demand was low
for their crops and they could not charge as
much. Many lost their farms because they could
not afford to pay back their borrowers. They
were also impacted by a great drought.
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500 Question from Problems
What were two struggles of farmers Living in the
Dust Bowl?
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500 Answer from Problems
Their crops dried up and they had nothing
to sell. The dust destroyed homes as well.
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100 Question from the Great Depression
What was the event that triggered the Great
Depression.
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100 Answer from the Great Depression
The stock market crash of 1929
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200 Question from the Great Depression
What does it mean when it is said that there was
a high unemployment rate during the Great
Depression?
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200 Answer from the Great Depression
It means that there were a lot of people who were
out of work and looking for employment at that
time.
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300 Question from the Great Depression
What were three effects of the stock market crash
and the Great Depression?
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300 Answer from the Great Depression
People lost confidence in the American economy.
Americans were buying less consumer goods, so
stores were forced to order fewer good from the
factories. That forced the factories to lay off
workers and many people became unemployed. Many
businesses went bankrupt and closed.
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400 Question from the Great Depression
What happened when the stock market crashed?
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400 Answer from the Great Depression
The total value of all the stocks dropped quickly
and frantic investors sold their stocks for what
they could. Thousands of people and businesses
lost money through the crash.
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500 Question from the Great Depression
What were two causes of the Great Depression?
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500 Answer from the Great Depression
The fact that many people were in debt, and the
banks were going out of business were two big
causes of the biggest depression in U.S. history.
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Final Jeopardy
FLASHBACK Name two of each of the following
types of changes that occurred during the
1920s. a.) technological b.) economical c.)
cultural
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Final Jeopardy Answer
Technological changes electricity and electrical
appliances cars aviation Economical changes
investing in the stock market mass
production Cultural changes flapper style jazz
music sports broadcasts radio movies womens
rights