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Causes of Causes of Great Great
DepressionDepression
Final Jeopardy
Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $100
Time period when investors thought stocks would go up
forever & company profits would as well
1920s
Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $200
Psychological stress caused by the Great Depression led to this
Rise in the number of suicides
Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $300
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression:a. unchecked stock speculation
b. overproduction of goodsc. decline of farming industryd. equal distribution of wealth
d. Equal distribution of wealth
Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $400
Region in which the Dust Bowl occurred
The Great Plains
Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $500
Group that thought the U.S. should be taken off the gold standard and coin silver as
currencyPopulist Party
Life $100
Government system for giving payments or food to the poor
Direct relief
Life $200
The farming crisis of 1920, drought and famine, Grapes of
Wrath, and migrating to California – this refers to what
event
Dust Bowl
Life $300
Leader who was supportive of the arts
FDR
Life $400
This group included World War I veterans and their families
Bonus Army
Life $500
How most investors reacted to the sudden fall of stock prices in
1929
They raced to sell their stocks
Presidents- $100
Believed the best way to end the Great Depression was to ask the business sector to put in place
voluntary controls
Hoover
Presidents- $200
An unemployment rate of 25% helped to get him elected
FDR
Presidents- $300
Called in the army to force the Bonus Army protestors out of
Washington, D.C.
Hoover
Presidents- $400
Term for shantytowns that showed people’s disgust with the
president
Hoovervilles
Presidents- $500
Republican domestic policy that was carried out by Hoover
A laissez faire economic policy
New Deal - $100
This expanded as a result of the New Deal
Role of the Government
New Deal - $200
This was created to restructure the nation’s banking system
Federal Reserve
New Deal $300
FDR’s first major action as president
Closing the nation’s banks and ordering inspections
New Deal - $400
Group of Americans that still faced intense racism that the New
Deal did not address
African Americans
New Deal - $500
They attacked the New Deal for going too far in its attempts to
reform the economy
Republicans
More Programs -- $100
Program that gave minimum retirement income,
unemployment insurance, and payments to children in need and
the disabled
Social Security
More Programs -- $200
Series of programs that included more social welfare
The Second New Deal
More Programs - $300
This program put more than 6,000 artist to work
Works Progress Administration
More Programs - $400
Helped to reassure people that the banks were healthy and that it was okay to keep money in them
FDR’s “bank holiday”
More Programs - $500
Three goals of the New Deal
Relief, recovery, reform
Grab Bag - $100
Author of the novel Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
Grab Bag - $200
Person who organized the UnitedFarm Workers in California
Cesar Chavez
Grab Bag -- $300
Reason that it was difficult for the United Farm Workers to gain national recognition as a union
There was no federal protection of agricultural workers
Grab Bag -- $400
What FDR’s programs were accused of being
Socialist
Grab Bag -- $500
Buying stock with the intention of selling later when the prices go up, thinking that prices will go up
and not down
speculation
Final JeopardyOne long-range effect of the Great
Depression…
People developed habit of saving and thriftiness