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Name ONE New Deal promise
economic recovery, job creation, invest in public, civic uplift
Name ONE cause of the Great Depression
too many goods produced, too much debt, banks fail, remove investments, and drought
True/False: President Hoover believed it was NOT the government's job to help people during the Great Depression
True
Who blamed President Hoover for causing the Great Depression?
Americans
True/False: The Great Depression only affected the United States
False
How much of their savings did people lose when the banks closed?
All
True/False: The wealthiest individuals stayed wealthy during the Great Depression
False
True/False: since businesses were failing people were also losing their jobs
True
During the Great Depression, was it the highest or lowest unemployment rate in history?
Highest
Other than adults, who were greatly affected by the Great Depression?
Children
Where did people move because of the drought in the Midwest?
California
Where was the drought the most severe?
Midwest
Whose money did President Roosevelt use to bring about economic recovery?
Government
What event marked the beginning of the end of the Great Depression?
World War II
What event started the Great Depression?
Black Tuesday
People during the beginning of the 1900's had a lot of what?
Money
The Great Depression was between what two wars?
World War I and World War II
How many years was the Great Depression?
10
What is the biggest one one-day loss in the stock market.
Black Tuesday
What is a time in the US when people could not find work and banks and businesses failed.
Great Depression
What is a place where people can invest money by buying and selling parts of a company
Stock Market
What do you call someone who is not able to find a job
Unemployed
What is a long period of time with little or no rain.
Drought
What is a town built by homeless people during the Great Depression Depression.
Hooverville
Who was President when the Great Depression started; did not believe the government should step in and help.
Herbert Hoover
Who became president after Hoover and signed a New Deal that helped end the Great Depression.
Franklin Roosevelt
What is a plan made by Roosevelt to help the country recover from the Great Depression; focused on making more jobs and building roads and bridges.
New Deal
What is things made by businesses (like tires) and things businesses can do (like fix a car).
Goods and Services
What is when you owe someone money.
Debt
What is someone who uses his/her own money to help build a business.
Investor
What is when you treat someone unfairly because they are different than you are; based on the color of their skin, where they were born, or gender.
Discrimination
What is when a company makes more money than it owes or spends.
Economic Recovery
What is a group of people meant to protect the right of workers to make sure they are treated and paid fairly.
Union
What is businesses and things all people use to live and travel.
Public Works
What is the war between major countries that the US entered into in 1941.
World War II
What is making a large group of people (like a country) feel happy and positive about the future.
Civic Uplift
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