2. JEOPARDY 1930s

3. Categories 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 500 New Deal Gettin’ out of Debt Jobs Government Stock Market Hodge Podge

4. Final Jeopardy

5. What was The Tennessee Valley Authority? This was a program set up to help the poor by building dams, planting forests, and setting up schools and health centers in Tennessee.

6. What was the New Deal? The name of Roosevelt’s famous reform program to get American out of the Depression.

7. What were fireside chats? Conversations held by Roosevelt over the radio to reassure Americans.

8. What was the Bank Holiday? Roosevelt closed the banks to protect them from failing. The closing was called this.

9. What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)? Planned development of the Tennessee Valley Region

10. A New Deal agency that still exists today to protect bank deposits. What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

11. This group of professors created ideas for the New Deal. What was the Brain Trust?

12. The total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year What Gross National Product?

13. This New Deal Program assisted the elderly with a pension plan. What was the Social Security Act?

14. Regulates the stock market. What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?

15. This is to pay a portion of a stock’s worth and borrow the rest. What is buying on margin?

16. Buying stocks or land in hopes of making a profit when they are sold. What is speculation?

17. Daily Double “Don’t Choke!”

18. Who are the elderly, disabled, and the unemployed? These people were helped by a pension plan through the Social Security Act. Name all three groups.

19. This corporation provided insurance to bank depositors. It was designed to help prevent another depression. What is the FDIC?

20. This legislation allowed the government to be more involved in the economy. What is New Deal legislation?

21. This administration improved American life with labor saving products (washing machine, water pump, electric stoves), electric lighting, and entertainment/communications. What is Rural Electrification ?

22. This was the immediate cause of the Depression that caused millions of investors to lose money. What is the Stock Market Crash?

23. October 29, 1929 - the day when the stock market crashed. What was Black Tuesday?

24. This occurs when a government spends more than it takes in from taxes. What is deficit spending?

25. The banks closed for this reason: What is: Overspeculators could not repay their loans?

26. Daily Double “Don’t Choke!”

27. High tariffs, over speculation, inaction of the Federal Reserve, stock market crash of 1929. What were causes of the Great Depression?

28. He said “Prosperity is just around the corner.” Who was Herbert Hoover?

29. Slums and shantytowns made of cardboard were nicknamed this. What were Hoovervilles?

30. An economic and social system based on government ownership so citizens are equal is called… What is communism?

31. Go to the movies, listen to “soap operas” on the radio, read novels, go to soup kitchens. What is methods Americans used to cope with the depression?

32. A group of veterans who marched in Washington to demand their money was nicknamed this. What was the Bonus Army?

33. The Great Plains earned this nickname as the result of topsoil being blown away due to overproduction and drought. What is The Dust Bowl?

34. This is what ended the Great Depression. What is World War II?

35. Who is John Steinbeck He wrote the Dust Bowl novel The Grapes of Wrath

36. What is a tariff? This was a tax on imports, used to protect industry from foreign competition.

37. What is the Federal Reserve System? This was the U.S. Central Bank that uses monetary policy to regulate the economy.