The Great Depression OPEN Category Important People The Great FDR’s New Deal Problems $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 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. More money in economy when people had jobs. Farmers helped with AAA. Young men helped with WPA/CCC.

$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, FDIC- insurance in banks, and minimum wage are all still around today.

$100 Question from Important People He was assassinated after advocating for a redistribution of wealth program

$100 Answer from Important People Huey Long

$200 Question from Important People The “eyes and ears of the president” during the 1930’s

$200 Answer from Important People Eleanor Roosevelt

$300 Question from Important People This group of farming people in the West were hit especially hard by the Great Depression… nearly 400,000 displaced

$300 Answer from Important People Mexican-Americans

$400 Question from Important People Describe Hoover and Roosevelt’s Differences, specifically mentioning at least two actions they each took in response to the Great Depression

$400 Answer from Important People Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt—descriptions will vary.

$500 Question from Important People Who’s quote is this? There has been revived in this campaign, however, a series of proposals which, if adopted, would be a long step toward the abandonment of our American system and a surrender to the destructive operation of governmental conduct of commercial business. Because the country is faced with difficulty and doubt over certain national problems—that is, prohibition, farm relief and electrical power—our opponents propose that we must thrust government a long way into the businesses which give rise to these problems. In effect, they abandon the tenets of their own party and turn to state socialism as a solution for the difficulties presented by all three. There is, therefore, submitted to the American people a question of fundamental principle. That is: shall we depart from the principles of our American political and economic system, upon which we have advanced beyond all the rest of the world, in order to adopt methods based on principles destructive of its very foundations? And I wish to emphasize the seriousness of these proposals. I wish to make my position clear; for this goes to the very roots of American life and progress.

$100 Question from Problems What are Hoovervilles and Hooverflags?

$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. Hoover flags are empty pockets

$200 Question from Problems Explain the 3 main causes of the Dust Bowl.

$200 Answer from Problems of the 1920s Overcropping, drought, high winds

$300 Question from Problems of the 1920s How did “Rugged Individualism” reflect the traditions of the U.S. gov’t? Why did this philosophy upset so many Americans?

$300 Answer from Problems Gov’t traditionally had not intervened in business or individual economic affairs. 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 problem did the Congress face regarding the New Deal and the Supreme Court?

$500 Answer from Problems FDR tried to pack the court with 5 more justices after the Congress said some of his New Deal programs were unconstitutional.

$100 Question from the Great Depression What was the event that sparked the Great Depression.

$100 Answer from the Great Depression The stock market crash of 1929 – Black Tuesday

$200 Question from the Great Depression What role did tariffs play in causing the Great Depression?

$200 Answer from the Great Depression Tariffs, like the Hawley-Smoot Tariff, were so High on US goods that European countries No longer wanted to purchase goods from the US Leading to even less consumption and more overproduction.

$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 area of the country voted for Hoover in 1932 and why would that area dislike Roosevelt?

$400 Answer from the Great Depression The Northeast Roosevelt wanted to regulate businesses and industry was strongest in the Northeast.

$500 Question from the Great Depression Name the 3 R’s and what Each aimed to help

$500 Answer from the Great Depression Relief – Individuals Recovery – Economy, Banks, Business Reform - Government

Final Jeopardy Name 3 items people named after ]Hoover in blaming him for the Great Depression

Final Jeopardy Answer Responses may vary.