The Great Depression
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This happened on October 29, 1929
Stock Market Crash
Long periods of this in the Great Plains cause
severe soil erosion
drought
The farming area in the Midwestern U.S. that
suffered severe drought and farming conditions
Dust Bowl
Election of this President in 1932 became his 1st of
4 Presidential terms
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This led America out of The Great Depression
America preparing for WWII
Pianist, composer, and bandleader in the 1930s
“swing era.”
Duke Ellington
African American track star that won the
Olympics in Germany in 1936
Jesse Owens
President that promised “a New Deal for the American people.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Americans blamed this President for causing The
Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
Author of Gone With the Wind.
Margaret Mitchell
In regards to money, people did this in
the 1920s.People spent money they
didn’t have and went into debt.
This happened to farmers as an immediate result of
the dust bowl
lost farms and had to move west
This happened to people after the stock market crash
People became unemployed and homeless.
People lined up here for a cup of soup and piece of
bread.
soup kitchen or bread line
This program was put into place to help give Americans jobs and keep the economy
going.
The New Deal
Projects for this agency involved soil
conservation & tree planting
CCC
This agency built public highways & buildings
WPA
This agency build dams & generated electricity to a
7 state region
TVA
The CCC, WPA, and TVA were part of this program
The New Deal
What does the acronym WPA stand for?
Works Progress Administration
This happened to 1in 4 Americans during The
Great Depression
unemployment
The New Deal did this for the people
gave them jobs
This happens when people spend money
The economy becomes stable.
This invention allowed FDR to talk to the
American people in his “Fireside Chats.”
radio
The government established this plan so that Americans would begin to trust banks
& deposit money there once again.
FDIC