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5th Grade
Great Depression
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define "stock market" | a place where "shares," or part-ownership in a company or corporation are bought and sold. an Example would be the New York Stock Exchange |
| Define "Dust Bowl" | an area in the Central Plains of the U.S. where there was a terrible drought in the 1930s. Farmers lost their crops and many left their land to move to California to try to find jobs. |
| Extra Credit question: who wrote the book "Grapes of Wrath?" | John Steinbeck |
| Who was President of the United States at the of the Great Depression? | Herbert Hoover |
| What was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife's name? | Eleanor ower |
| What was the term used to describe new government programs that were intended to make people's lives better? One example is the Social Security program. | the New Deal |
| What year did the great Stock Market occur? | 1 |
| Extra Credit question: What does it mean if you buy a stock "on margin?" | it means that you BORROW the MONEY to buy the stock. |
| How many banks failed in during the Great Depression? was it less than 50, or more than 500? | it was more than 500 banks that failed - mostly in agricultural (farm) areas |
| What year was Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected? | 32 |
| What is a nickname for Franklin Delano Roosevelt? | rdf |
| In which state did FDR visit warm springs as a treatment for his polio? | Georgia |
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