The Great Depression
OPEN FDR’s New Important
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People
Deal
Problems
The Great
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from FDR’s New
Deal
What did FDR believe about the federal
government and the economy?
$100 Answer from FDR’s New
Deal
FDR believed that that federal
gov’t should have more influence on
the economy and that he should take
the necessary steps to end the Great
Depression.
$200 Question from FDR’s New
Deal
What role did the First Lady, Eleanor
Roosevelt take in the New Deal?
$200 Answer from FDR’s New
Deal
Eleanor Roosevelt tried to get
Americans involved in the programs
of the New Deal. She traveled all
over to learn about the struggles of the
Great depression firsthand. She started many
Programs to help people.
$300 Question from FDR’s New
Deal
How did the New Deal help Americans
and the U.S. economy?
$300 Answer from FDR’s New
Deal
The New Deal helped give Americans
hope that better times were coming. All
the programs started by the New Deal
provided many new jobs.
$400 Question from FDR’s New
Deal
Name two programs created under the
New Deal and how they helped Americans.
$400 Answer from FDR’s New
Deal
Programs under the New Deal:
CCC-created jobs and conserved the
environment
TVA- built dams and created
hydroelectricity
WPA- hired workers and built things to
better communities
$500 Question from FDR’s New
Deal
Name two programs created under the New
Deal that are still around today.
$500 Answer from FDR’s New
Deal
Social Security, FDA insurance in banks,
and minimum wage are all still around today.
$100 Question from Important
People
Who was the famous track and field
gold medalist during the 1930’s?
$100 Answer from Important
People
Jesse Owens
$200 Question from Important
People
Who was Duke Ellington and how did
He help lift people’s spirits during the Great
Depression?
$200 Answer from Important
People
Duke Ellington was a famous
Jazz musician and was able to lift
People’s spirits through his music.
$300 Question from Important
People
Who was Margaret Mitchell?
$300 Answer from Important
People
Margaret Mitchell was a famous author
Who wrote Gone with the Wind.
$400 Question from Important
People
Who were the two presidents that served
The US during the Great Depression?
Give one word to describe each.
$400 Answer from Important
People
Herbert Hoover and Franklin
Roosevelt—describing words will vary.
$100 Question from Problems
What are shanties or shanty towns?
$100 Answer from Problems
Homeless people started building
Shanties out of cardboard boxes to
Live in. Clusters of these homes
Started springing up and they were
Called shantytowns.
$200 Question from Problems
What are soup kitchens?
$200 Answer from Problems of
the 1920s
Soup kitchens are places homeless
People or people out of work can
Go and eat for free.
$300 Question from Problems of
the 1920s
Why was President Herbert Hoover
Criticized by the American people?
$300 Answer from Problems
Americans didn’t think that Hoover
Was taking enough steps to end the
Great depression.
$400 Question from Problems
Why were farmers struggling during
The late 1920s?
$400 Answer from Problems
Farmers struggled because they were used
to producing and selling lots of crops during
WWI. When business was booming, they
took out loans to increase their land. After
WWI, demand was low for their crops and
they could not charge as much. Many lost
their farms because they could not afford to
pay back their borrowers. They were also
impacted by a great drought.
$500 Question from Problems
What were two struggles of farmers
Living in the Dust Bowl?
$500 Answer from Problems
Their crops dried up and they had nothing to
sell. The dust destroyed homes as well.
$100 Question from the Great
Depression
What was the event that triggered
the Great Depression.
$100 Answer from the Great
Depression
The stock market crash of 1929
$200 Question from the Great
Depression
What does it mean when it is
said that there was a high
unemployment rate during the
Great Depression?
$200 Answer from the Great
Depression
It means that there were a lot of
people who were out of work and looking
for employment at that time.
$300 Question from the Great
Depression
What were three effects of the stock
market crash and the Great Depression?
$300 Answer from the Great
Depression
People lost confidence in the American
economy. Americans were buying less
consumer goods, so stores were forced to order
fewer good from the factories. That forced the
factories to lay off workers and many people
became unemployed. Many businesses went
bankrupt and closed.
$400 Question from the Great
Depression
What happened when the stock market
crashed?
$400 Answer from the Great
Depression
The total value of all the stocks dropped
quickly and frantic investors sold their stocks
for what they could. Thousands of people
and businesses lost money through the crash.
$500 Question from the Great
Depression
What were two causes of the Great
Depression?
$500 Answer from the Great
Depression
The fact that many people were in debt, and
the banks were going out of business were
two big causes of the biggest depression in
U.S. history.
Final Jeopardy
FLASHBACK:
Name two of each of the following types of
changes that occurred during the 1920s.
a.) technological
b.) economical
c.) cultural
Final Jeopardy Answer
Technological changes: electricity
and electrical appliances; cars;
aviation
Economical changes: investing in
the stock market; mass production
Cultural changes: flapper style; jazz
music; sports broadcasts; radio;
movies; women’s rights