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Causes of Causes of Great Great

DepressionDepression

Final Jeopardy

Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $100

Time period when investors thought stocks would go up

forever & company profits would as well

1920s

Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $200

Psychological stress caused by the Great Depression led to this

Rise in the number of suicides

Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $300

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression:a. unchecked stock speculation

b. overproduction of goodsc. decline of farming industryd. equal distribution of wealth

d. Equal distribution of wealth

Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $400

Region in which the Dust Bowl occurred

The Great Plains

Causes of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression $500

Group that thought the U.S. should be taken off the gold standard and coin silver as

currencyPopulist Party

Life $100

Government system for giving payments or food to the poor

Direct relief

Life $200

The farming crisis of 1920, drought and famine, Grapes of

Wrath, and migrating to California – this refers to what

event

Dust Bowl

Life $300

Leader who was supportive of the arts

FDR

Life $400

This group included World War I veterans and their families

Bonus Army

Life $500

How most investors reacted to the sudden fall of stock prices in

1929

They raced to sell their stocks

Presidents- $100

Believed the best way to end the Great Depression was to ask the business sector to put in place

voluntary controls

Hoover

Presidents- $200

An unemployment rate of 25% helped to get him elected

FDR

Presidents- $300

Called in the army to force the Bonus Army protestors out of

Washington, D.C.

Hoover

Presidents- $400

Term for shantytowns that showed people’s disgust with the

president

Hoovervilles

Presidents- $500

Republican domestic policy that was carried out by Hoover

A laissez faire economic policy

New Deal - $100

This expanded as a result of the New Deal

Role of the Government

New Deal - $200

This was created to restructure the nation’s banking system

Federal Reserve

New Deal $300

FDR’s first major action as president

Closing the nation’s banks and ordering inspections

New Deal - $400

Group of Americans that still faced intense racism that the New

Deal did not address

African Americans

New Deal - $500

They attacked the New Deal for going too far in its attempts to

reform the economy

Republicans

More Programs -- $100

Program that gave minimum retirement income,

unemployment insurance, and payments to children in need and

the disabled

Social Security

More Programs -- $200

Series of programs that included more social welfare

The Second New Deal

More Programs - $300

This program put more than 6,000 artist to work

Works Progress Administration

More Programs - $400

Helped to reassure people that the banks were healthy and that it was okay to keep money in them

FDR’s “bank holiday”

More Programs - $500

Three goals of the New Deal

Relief, recovery, reform

Grab Bag - $100

Author of the novel Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

Grab Bag - $200

Person who organized the UnitedFarm Workers in California

Cesar Chavez

Grab Bag -- $300

Reason that it was difficult for the United Farm Workers to gain national recognition as a union

There was no federal protection of agricultural workers

Grab Bag -- $400

What FDR’s programs were accused of being

Socialist

Grab Bag -- $500

Buying stock with the intention of selling later when the prices go up, thinking that prices will go up

and not down

speculation

Final JeopardyOne long-range effect of the Great

Depression…

People developed habit of saving and thriftiness