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The Great Depression

The Great Depression. Famous for his fireside chats that kept the American people informed about his policies to end the Great Depression and later win World War II. 5 Points. That’s right!. WHO WAS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT?.

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The Great Depression

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  1. The Great Depression

  2. Famous for his fireside chats that kept the American people informed about his policies to end the Great Depression and later win World War II. 5 Points

  3. That’s right! • WHO WAS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT?

  4. WHERE THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IS LOCATED AND WHERE THE “CRASH” OF 1929 AND 2001 TOOK PLACE. 5 Points

  5. That’s right! • WHAT IS WALL STREET?

  6. SHANTY TOWNS WHERE THE UNEMPLOYED AND HOMELESS LIVED IN THE 1930’S. 5 Points

  7. That’s right! • WHAT ARE HOOVERVILLES OR WHAT IS SAUKVILLE?

  8. ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF GOODS AND THE MEANS OF PRODUCING IN A FREE MARKET. 5 Points

  9. That’s right! • WHAT IS CAPITALISM? Know your isms link!

  10. Nickname for the boom times that followed World War I and preceded the Great Depression. 5 Points

  11. That’s right! • WHAT WHERE THE “ROARING TWENTIES”?

  12. THIS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT RECEIVED THE BLAME FOR THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND LOST HIS BID FOR REELECTION IN 1932. 10 Points

  13. That’s right! • WHO WAS HERBERT HOOVER?

  14. A PERIOD OF DRAUGHT HERE MADE FARMING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. 10 Points

  15. That’s right! • WHAT IS “THE DUST BOWL”?

  16. CALLED FICA TODAY, IT WAS CREATED AS PART OF THE NEW DEAL TO GIVE OLD AGE PENSIONS TO AMERICANS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 10 Points

  17. That’s right! • WHAT IS SOCIAL SECURITY?

  18. 12,000,000 WORKERS OR 25% OF THE WORK FORCE SUFFERED FROM THIS PROBLEM BY 1933. 10 Points

  19. That’s right! • WHAT IS A UNEMPLOYMENT?

  20. AFTER RUNS CAUSED MORE THAN 6000 TO FAIL, FDR DECLARES A “HOLIDAY” AND ALLOWS ONLY STRONG ONES TO REOPEN. 10 Points

  21. That’s right! • WHAT ARE BANKS?

  22. SHE WAS FDR’S EYES, EARS, AND LEGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN THE 1930’S AND 1940’S. SHE ALSO BECAME OUR FIRST AMBASSADOR THE UNITED NATIONS! 15 Points

  23. That’s right! • Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?

  24. THE FINANCIAL CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH IN 1929 AND ON 9/11/2002. 15 Points

  25. That’s right! • WHAT IS NEW YORK CITY OR WHAT IS WALL STREET?

  26. TERM FOR THE MUSIC THAT DEVELOPED IN THE 1920’S AND 1930’S FEATURING IMPROVISATION AND MUSICIANS LIKE LOUIS ARMSTRONG. 15 Points

  27. That’s right! • WHAT IS JAZZ?

  28. LOSING YOUR HOME. 15 Points

  29. That’s right! • WHAT IS FORECLOSURE?

  30. IT HIRED YOUNG MEN AND BOYS TO WORK IN LAND RECLAMATION AND TREE PLANTING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE USA. 15 Points

  31. That’s right! • WHAT IS THE CCC OR WHAT IS THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORP?

  32. THE DEPRESSION ERA COMEDIAN WHO “NEVER MET A MAN I DIDN’T LIKE.” AND SAID “ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS.” 20 Points

  33. That’s right! • WHO WAS WILL ROGERS

  34. IT WAS HOME TO SCARE FACE AND WAS THE CITY WHERE BUGS MORAN’S GANG WAS GUNNED DOWN ON ST. VALENTINE’S DAY. 20 Points

  35. That’s right! • WHAT IS CHICAGO?

  36. HANDS OFF POLICY OF THE US DURING THE 1930’S. THIS POLICY KEPT US FROM SIGNING THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND PLAYS A ROLE IN THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II! 20 Points

  37. That’s right! • WHAT IS ISOLATIONISM? Know your isms link!

  38. THE JOURNEY OF THE “OAKES” TO THIS STATE WAS FEATURED IN STEINBECK’S FAMOUS BOOK THE GRAPES OF WRATH. 20 Points

  39. That’s right! • WHAT IS CALIFORNIA?

  40. NEW DEAL PROGRAM THAT GAVE HELP TO AMERICA’S FARMERS. 20 Points

  41. That’s right! • WHAT IS THE AAA OR THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT?

  42. GREAT AFRICAN AMERICAN TRACK ATHLETE WHO DOMINATED THE 1936 OLYMPICS IN BERLIN AND WHOSE HAND HITLER REFUSED TO SHAKE. 25 Points

  43. That’s right! • WHO WAS JESSE OWNES?

  44. BABE RUTH PLAYED BALL HERE AND HIT MANY OF HIS THEN RECORD 60 HOMERUNS IN THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT. 25 Points

  45. That’s right! • WHAT IS YANKEE STADIUM?

  46. A HOOVER BLANKET. 25 Points

  47. That’s right! • WHAT ARE NEWSPAPERS?

  48. REGIONALLY PLANNED PROJECT THAT BUILT DAMS TO PREVENT FLOODING AND PRODUCE ELECTRICAL POWER. 25 Points

  49. That’s right! • WHAT IS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OR TVA?

  50. THE WPA & PWA GOALS WERE THE SAME! 25 Points

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