History final exam: Great Depression (1929-late 1930s) 6/10

The Stock Market crashed in October 1929

When did the Stock Market crash?

Banks closed, people lost savings, and businesses shut down

What happened during the Stock Market Crash?

The Stock Market Crash

What triggered the Great Depression?

Millions of people lost jobs and families went hungry and homeless

What occurred during the Great Depression?

Farms failed, especially during the Dust Bowl

What happened to farms during the Great Depression?

The Dust Bowl was a series of severe dust storms in the 1930s that ruined farms

What is the Dust Bowl?

The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to help the economy recover by creating jobs and aiding programs

What was the New Deal (1933-1939)?

His programs helped rebuild the economy and gave Americans hope during these tough times

What did FDR’s programs help with?

CCC gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks

What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as a program?

WPA build roads, schools, and hired artists and writers

What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as a progam?

SSA gave money to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed

What is the Social Security Act (SSA) as a program?

FDIC protected people’s bank money

What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as a pogram?

TVA built dams to bring electricity and jobs to poor areas

What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as a program?

Hoovervilles were shantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression

What are Hoovervilles?

The Hoovervilles were named after President Herber Hoover who was blamed for not doing enough to help during the Great Depression

Who were Hoovervilles named after and why?

Hoovervilles became a symbol of poverty and frustration during the early 1930s

What did Hoovervilles become a symbol of?

The Hoovervilles showed how badly people were suffering in the early 1930s

What did the Hoovervilles show?

President Franklin D Roosevelt started the New Deal with long-term programs for safety and fairness

Which president started the New Deal?

The New Deal helped the economy by creating jobs, gave people relief like Social Security, and made the government more involved in helping during hard times

What impact did the New Deal have on the economy?

The New Deal helped stabilize banks and the stock market

What did the New Deal do for banks and the stock market?

The New Deal created millions of jobs through public works programs

What did the New Deal do for jobs?

The New Deal improved roads, schools and dams

What did the New Deal do for roads, schools and dams?

The New Deal gave relief to the unemployed, poor and elderly with Social Security and it still exists today

Who did the New Deal give relief to?

The New Deal restored hope and confidence during the Great Depression

What did the New Deal restore for Americans?

The New Deal expanded the role of the federal government in the economy

How did the New Deal expand the government?

The New Deal changed how Americans expected the government to help in crises

How did the New Deal change how Americans view the government?

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and the US entered World War II

What is the Pearl Harbor (1941)?

Millions of people got jobs in factories and the military, which led to a huge increase in jobs and production

How did people benefit from the Pearl Harbor attack with jobs?

The war created lots of jobs and this boosted economy

What resulted from these jobs WW2 created?

This massive wartime effort made by the US for WW2 finally pulled the country out of the economic crisis

What finally ended the Great Depression?

The U.S government spent a lot on weapons and supplies, which created millions of new factory jobs and helped people earn money again

How did the US help Americans benefit during WW2?