The Great Depression
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION Pt s. People Places Words & Phrases Economics Boom & Bust 5 10 15 20 25
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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?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE GREAT DEPRESSIONPts.
People PlacesWords
& Phrases
EconomicsBoom
& Bust
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5 POINTS 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.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHO WAS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT?
5 POINTS WHERE THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IS LOCATED AND WHERE THE “CRASH” OF 1929 AND 2001 TOOK PLACE.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS WALL STREET?
5 POINTS SHANTY TOWNS WHERE THE UNEMPLOYED AND HOMELESS LIVED IN THE 1930’S.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT ARE HOOVERVILLES OR WHAT IS SAUKVILLE?
5 POINTS ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF GOODS AND THE MEANS OF PRODUCING IN A FREE MARKET.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS CAPITALISM?
Know your isms link!
5 POINTS Nickname for the boom times that followed World War I and preceded the Great Depression.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT WHERE THE “ROARING TWENTIES”?
10 POINTS THIS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT RECEIVED THE BLAME FOR THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND LOST HIS BID FOR REELECTION IN 1932.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHO WAS HERBERT HOOVER?
10 POINTS A PERIOD OF DRAUGHT
HERE MADE FARMING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN
THIS AREA.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS “THE DUST BOWL”?
10 POINTS
CALLED FICA TODAY, IT WAS CREATED AS PART OF THE NEW DEAL TO GIVE OLD AGE PENSIONS TO AMERICANS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS SOCIAL SECURITY?
10 POINTS
12,000,000 WORKERS OR 25% OF THE WORK FORCE SUFFERED FROM THIS PROBLEM BY 1933.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS A UNEMPLOYMENT?
10 POINTS AFTER RUNS CAUSED MORE THAN 6000 TO FAIL, FDR DECLARES A “HOLIDAY” AND ALLOWS ONLY STRONG ONES TO REOPEN.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT ARE BANKS?
15 POINTS 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!
THAT’S RIGHT!
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
15 POINTS THE FINANCIAL CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE
TIME OF THE CRASH IN 1929 AND ON 9/11/2002.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS NEW YORK CITY OR WHAT IS WALL STREET?
15 POINTS TERM FOR THE MUSIC THAT DEVELOPED IN THE 1920’S AND 1930’S FEATURING IMPROVISATION AND MUSICIANS LIKE LOUIS ARMSTRONG.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS JAZZ?
15 POINTS
LOSING YOUR HOME.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS FORECLOSURE?
15 POINTS IT HIRED YOUNG MEN AND BOYS TO WORK IN LAND RECLAMATION AND TREE PLANTING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE USA.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS THE CCC OR WHAT IS THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORP?
20 POINTS 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.”
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHO WAS WILL ROGERS
20 POINTS IT WAS HOME TO SCARE FACE AND WAS THE CITY WHERE BUGS
MORAN’S GANG WAS GUNNED DOWN ON
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS CHICAGO?
20 POINTS 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!
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS ISOLATIONISM?
Know your isms link!
20 POINTS THE JOURNEY OF THE “OAKES” TO THIS STATE WAS FEATURED IN STEINBECK’S FAMOUS BOOK THE GRAPES OF WRATH.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS CALIFORNIA?
20 POINTS
NEW DEAL PROGRAM THAT GAVE HELP TO
AMERICA’S FARMERS.
THAT’S RIGHT! WHAT IS THE AAA OR
THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT?
25 POINTS GREAT AFRICAN AMERICAN
TRACK ATHLETE WHO DOMINATED THE 1936
OLYMPICS IN BERLIN AND WHOSE HAND HITLER REFUSED TO SHAKE.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHO WAS JESSE OWNES?
25 POINTS BABE RUTH PLAYED BALL
HERE AND HIT MANY OF HIS THEN RECORD 60
HOMERUNS IN THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS YANKEE
STADIUM?
25 POINTS
A HOOVER BLANKET.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT ARE NEWSPAPERS?
25 POINTS
REGIONALLY PLANNED PROJECT THAT BUILT DAMS TO PREVENT
FLOODING AND PRODUCE ELECTRICAL
POWER.
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OR TVA?
25 POINTSTHE WPA & PWA
GOALS WERE THE SAME!
THAT’S RIGHT!
WHAT IS JOB CREATION?
FINAL JEOPARDY
THE FINAL FIVE ANSWERS ARE:
1. HE LED THE NEW DEAL.
2. HARDING, COOLIDGE, AND HOOVER.
3. STAYING OUT OF EUROPE’S TROUBLES.
4. A PLAN TO ADD SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.
5. A PERSON THAT STARTS THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
THE ANSWERS:1. WHO WAS FDR?2. WHAT ARE
REPUBLICANS?3. WHAT IS
ISOLATIONISM?4. WHAT IS COURT
PACKING?5. WHAT IS AN
ENTREPRENEUR?
“ISMS” Capitalism Socialism Communism Imperialism Nationalism Fascism Nazism
CAPITALIST SYSTEMS - USA Limited role of
government Private ownership of
the means of production
Markets determine price and allocate resources
Entrepreneurs start and profit from opening their own businesses!
SOCIALIST SYSTEMS An expanded role
of government Government &
Private ownership of the means of production
Government & Markets determine price and allocate resources
In most European countries& in Canada health care isPROVIDED by the Government.Governments own and run airlines and railroads in some countries too!
COMMUNIST SYSTEMS Government
controls the economy
Government determines: What to produce Who will produce
it How it will be
produced For whom it will be
produced
MIXED ECONOMIC SYSTEMS Most national
economies today have some government regulation
Capitalism dominates with varying degrees of government regulation and manipulation
IMPERIALISM V. NATIONALISM Nationalism is
waving the flag and being patriotic!
Imperialism is planting the flag in another country and claiming it for political or economic gain!
DICTATORSHIPS Mussolini’s
Fascism Control
government Control the
economy Allow some
freedoms Hitler’s Nazism
Total control of a person’s life
Total control of the nation
BACK TO THE GAME!
