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The Great Depression

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