What was President Roosevelt's idea to help the economy?

To create new jobs, so he created the New Deal Programs.

Why were the banks in trouble?

Banks loaned too much money & people could not pay back. Banks had to close

What are soup kitchens and why they were used during the Great Depression.

Soup kitchens provided food for those who could not afford it.

Created jobs that dealt with manual labor. People built schools, libraries, and public buildings. They painted murals.

Workers Progress Administration

Created jobs by building dams on the Tennessee River to supply hydroelectricity to rural areas.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

What problems were factories and businesses having?

People in the 1930s could not afford goods. Had to lay off people.

Why did the Stock Market crash?

People trying to sell their stocks at the same time. Value went down.

What was the New Deal?

Government programs created to give jobs to people during Great Depression

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Created the New Deal to help provide citizens jobs.
Herbert Hoover
Margaret Mitchell
Warren Harding
Franklin D Roosevelt
2
President during the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s. Did not do much to help people or create jobs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Jesse Owens
Herbert Hoover
3
President during the Great Depression. Believed the government needed to step in and create jobs for people.
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt
Duke Ellington
4
What was President Roosevelt's idea to help the economy?
To create new jobs, so he created the New Deal Programs.
Give people checks from the government each month.
Rationing food so everyone could have food.
Let local charities help and encourage people to solve their own problems
5
Jazz musician famous for swing music and big bands.
Louis Armstrong
Margaret Mitchell
Duke Ellington
Herbert Hoover
6
Why were the banks in trouble?
Fierce storms that swept through the Great Plains. These storms ruined farm
Banks loaned too much money & people could not pay back. Banks had to close
Farmers could not grow crops.
Factories in the 1920s produced too many goods.
7
What are soup kitchens and why they were used during the Great Depression.
Places people could go and buy discounted soups during the depression.
They were created to give families a place to go and eat out at during the
Places people went to try new recipes for soup to eat during the depression
Soup kitchens provided food for those who could not afford it.
8
How were farmers affected during the Depression?
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Many of them could not pay their rent for the land they were borrowing.
Because dust storms crops/fields were ruined. Farmers could not grow crops
They were not able to sell crops and make money.
9
Created jobs having people clean up local parks, build hiking trails. Men worked on projects and lived in work camps.
Civilians Conservation Corp
Workers Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
10
Famous track star that won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.
Jesse Owens
Margaret Mitchell
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
11
Created jobs that dealt with manual labor. People built schools, libraries, and public buildings. They painted murals.
Civilians Conservation Corp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Workers Progress Administration
12
Created jobs by building dams on the Tennessee River to supply hydroelectricity to rural areas.
Workers Progress Administration
Civilians Conservation Corp
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
13
What problems were factories and businesses having?
People in the 1930s could not afford goods. Had to lay off people.
The value of the stocks dropped, and people lost all their money.
Many of them could not pay their rent for the land they were borrowing.
Too many people wanted to get their money out of the bank at one time.
14
Why did the Stock Market crash?
Factories were forced to lay off workers.
People trying to sell their stocks at the same time. Value went down.
Because of the dust storms crops/fields were ruined.
The banks closed and people lost their money.
15
Famous author from Atlanta. Wrote Gone With the Wind.
Margaret Mitchell
Jesse Owens
Duke Ellington
Langston Hughes
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What was the New Deal?
A new government system set up to run the country.
Government programs created to give jobs to people during Great Depression
A way to stop the farmers from losing their crops.
Allowing other countries to buy companies to keep them open.

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