Based on your video: What TWO things did Hoover do to try and help soften the effects of the Great Depression?

Public Works- The Hoover Dam and Raised Taxes

The Dust Bowl was caused by a combination of prolonged drought conditions and what else

Poor framing practices that led to the erosion of the topsoil in many areas

tax on goods imported from other countries

Take a Guess: (Infere) What was FDR's primary objective? What did he want to do FIRST?

Get people jobs (put people to work.)

Define- Federal Reserve

the central banking system of the USA

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1
Many panicked investors hurried to their banks to demand the withdrawal of all of their money. This is called...
Mass Withdrawal Panic Syndrome
The Savings and Loan Disaster
A Bank Run
A Bank Blowout
2
What year did the Stock Market crash? What is the nickname of the day stock plunged?
Oct. 29, 1929- Black Tuesday
Oct. 29, 1932- Black Thursday
Feb. 18, 1930: Bloody Sunday
Oct. 31, 1931: Scary Monday!
3
Based on your video: What TWO things did Hoover do to try and help soften the effects of the Great Depression?
"Ok-ed" public works programs and breadlines
Blamed Europe and Gave public "talks"
Public Works- The Hoover Dam and Raised Taxes
Created Hoovervills and provided blankets
4
Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
High tariffs
A War in Europe
Stock Market Crash
Overproduction
5
The Dust Bowl was caused by a combination of prolonged drought conditions and what else
Extreme winds that swept across the country
Poor framing practices that led to the erosion of the topsoil in many areas
The collapse of agricultural irrigation systems
Wildfires that created massive smoke and dust
6
Define Tariff
without a job, but actively looking for one
Making too much of a product or good
the central banking system of the USA
tax on goods imported from other countries
7
Define "Stock"
The belief is that the economy will keep getting better.
Government takes money out of your paycheck- gives it back at retirement
Part ownership of a company
Tax on goods imported from other countries
8
Who was the president at the start of the Great Depression
Teddy Roosevelt (1901-09)
Andrew Garfield (1881- Died in office)
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Harry Truman (1945-53)
9
Take a Guess: (Infere) What was FDR's primary objective? What did he want to do FIRST?
Clean House (get rid of all the people in Congress)
Get people jobs (put people to work.)
Raise Taxes
Go to War in Europe
10
What were the informal radio talks explaining FDRs policies to the American people called?
Fireside Chats
Facebook Fights!
Newspaper Notes
TV Talks
11
What percent of people were unemployed in 1932?
45%
25%
75%
33.3%
12
What years are considered the Great Depression?
1920-1925
1929-1939
1930-1935
1940-1945
13
What was the name of FDR's program to help the country recover from the Great Depression?
The Great Deal
Let's Make a Deal
Can-I-Get-A Deal
The New Deal
14
FDR was elected _____ times but died in office in 1945
1 time
3 times
2 times
4 times
15
Define- Federal Reserve
the central banking system of the USA
tax on goods imported from other countries
Part ownership of a company
without a job, but actively looking for one

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