This document is a Jeopardy-style game about the Great Depression. It contains questions about: - Herbert Hoover, who was president during the early years of the Great Depression. - The stock market crash of 1929 and the period from 1929-1941 known as the Great Depression. - The Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 which hurt international trade. - Speculation on the stock market. - Dust Bowl conditions and migrants called "Okies" who fled the Dust Bowl. - Hoover's belief in trickle-down economics and preference for local/state solutions over federal intervention. - The Bonus Army of WWI veterans who marched on Washington D.C.

1. Great Depression Jeopardy
Causes of the
Depression
Hard Times
In America
Hoover
Fails
Random
Review
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Trivia
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2. This man was President during
the first 4 years of the Great
Depression. – 10 points
A)Harding
B)Hoover
C)Taft
D)Roosevelt

3. October 29th
, 1929 the stock
market crashed, this day is also
known as…. – 20 points

4. Period of time between 1929
and 1941 in which American
and world economies experienced
a period of high unemployment
and economic collapse.
– 30 points

5. This tax on imported goods passed
in 1930, which brought a halt to
international trade.
– 40 points

6. Gambling your money in the
stock market in hopes to make
quick profits. – 50 points
a)Gambling
b)Speculation

7. Makeshift shanty towns of
tents and shacks built on
public land or vacant lots.
– 10 points

8. Areas of the Great Plains covered
in dirt because of high winds and
poor land management in the
years before. – 20 points

9. Those who fled the Dust Bowl
were called _______, even if
they weren’t from Oklahoma.
– 30 points

10. Farmers who lost their farms
because of the Dust Bowl and
worked for larger corporate
farms are known as
_________ ________
– 40 points

11. Hoover blankets were another
name for _______________,
Hoover flags were another name
for ___________________.
– 50 points

12. Hoover’s biggest accomplishment
was built on the Colorado river, and
was used to help provide a source of
water for much of the southwest.
– 10 points

13. A belief by Hoover that if you give
money to the wealthy in society, that
money will flow from businesses to
the workers and will provide jobs. – 20 points
a)Trickle-Down Economics
b)Waterfall Economics
c)Depression Economics

14. Group of WWI veterans who
marched on Washington D.C. in
hopes to get a bonus for their
time served at war.
– 30 points

15. Army General who led the
troops to disperse the Bonus Army.
A)General Norman Swartzcopf
B)General Joseph McCarthy
C)General Douglas MacArthur
D)General Woodrow Wilson
– 40 points

16. Hoover believed that problems
of the Great Depression could
be dealt with on a state or local
level, this policy is known as…
– 50 points
A)Localism
B)Volunteerism
C)Rugged Individualism
D)Nationalism

17. Writers who wrote about the
ugly side of American living in
the 1920’s.
– 10 points

18. A movement of women thatA movement of women that
pushed for the prohibitionpushed for the prohibition
alcohol. – 20 pointsalcohol. – 20 points

19. T or F, Herbert Hoover believed in
a laissez-faire (hands-off) approach
to the economy. – 30 points

20. Which amendment to the Constitution
made alcohol illegal (aka Prohibition)
A)19th
Amendment
B)21st
Amendment
C)10th
Amendment
D)18th
Amendment
– 40 points

21. Name 2 reasons as to why the
Great Depression began.
– 50 points

22. The second President of the
United States was….– 10 points

23. Who is the current Vice
President of the United
States? – 20 points

24. What do the 13 stripes on
the American flag represent?
– 30 points

25. The largest state by population in
the United States is…– 40 points

26. The largest state by land area in
the United States is…. – 50 points