AH - Great Depression

Herbert Hoover believed that unnecessary government threatened what he called Americans’

What happened for the first time in U.S. history during Hoover’s presidency?

What really caused the dust bowl?

The new highly orchestrated version of jazz that swept the country in the 1930s was known as

What's the term when depositors all run to the bank to withdraw their money out of fear of bank failure?

This was when workers would occupy their workplace day and night until their management dispute was resolved.

This is a term describing the Great Plains area that was hit the hardest by the 1930's drought.

These radio addresses were meant to sound as if President Roosevelt were in the listener’s living room.

What year did the Dust Bowl officially start?

What new term was given to homeless wanderers in the 1930's?

What is a subsidy?

This is the name of the day the stock market crashed, signaling the start of the Great Depression.

Which First Lady transformed the role for future First Ladies?

Who wrote the famous novel, the Grapes of Wrath in 1939?

What was one basic purpose shared by the Emergency Banking Act, the Glass-Steagal Act, and the fireside chats?

How did most Americans try to escape their worries of the Great Depression?

What act brought electricity to rural areas of the Great Plains for the first time?

Who photographed the famous Great Depression picture, Migrant Mother?

Sprawling neighborhoods developed at this time made up of rickety shacks were known as what?

This term means projects built by the government for general use.