- Banks makeloans thatborrowerscannot payback.Hardships facedby MexicanAmericans - faceddiscrimination;some forced toreturn to Mexico.Effects of theGreatDepression -- Manybanks fail.Hardships faced byNative Americans -faced terrible poverty;however, Congresspasses new lawsgiving them morecontrol over their ownaffairs.by 1933, 11,000 of theUnited States' 25,000banks had failed.Signaled the beginningof governmentinvolvement in theeconomy and insociety as a whole.During the Depression,schools across the Plains sentstudents home because of thedust storms. Some schooladministrators were worriedabout what might happen tothe students' health. Therehad been cases of "dustpneumonia" where dustclogged uBlack Thursday -The first day of thedepression. Theinitial day themarkets took adownturn.- Familiesbreak upand peoplesufferRoot Causes of theGreat Depression -- Factories andfarms produce moregoods than peoplecan buy.During the next threeyears stock prices inthe United Statescontinued to fall, untilby late 1932 they haddropped to onlyabout 20 percent oftheir value in 1929.Installment Buying - Asystem by which abuyer pays for a thingin regularinstallments whileenjoying the use of it.migrant worker -person whomoves from oneregion toanother insearch of work89 millionacres of landwere severelydamaged ordestroyed.Hawley-Smoot Tariff -1930 legislationunder Pres. Hooverthat raised importduties by as much as50%, worsening theworldwidedepression.It was a period ofprotests and hungermarches — andunionism spread likewildfire — but manypeople sufferedquietly, ashamed oftheir poverty.Herbert Hoover - The31st president of theUnited States (1929-1933), whose term wasnotably marked by thestock market crash of1929 and thebeginnings of theGreat DepressionBlack Tuesday -day the stockmarket crashed,signaling the startof the GreatDepressionIn 1928, the top1% earned29.94% of thenation's income(about 24.5 mil.)Dust Bowl -region in thecentral GreatPlains that washit by a severedroughtThree million people lefttheir farms on the GreatPlains during the droughtand half a million migratedto other states, almost all tothe West. The drought thathelped cause the dust bowllasted seven years, from1933 to 1940.- Manybusinessesand factoriesfail.Hardships facedby women - faceddifficulty findingjobs; men usuallyhired beforewomen.soup kitchen -place wherefood is providedto the needy atlittle or nochargeBy 1932, U.S.manufacturing output hadfallen to 54 percent of its1929 level, andunemployment had risen tobetween 12 and 15 millionworkers, or 25-30 percentof the work force.In previous depressions,farmers were usually safefrom the severe effects of adepression because theycould at least feedthemselves. Unfortunately,during the GreatDepression, the GreatPlains were hit hard withboth a drought andhorrendousSocialSecurity -Governmentsupport theelderlyNationalIndustrialRecovery Act -Develops rulesfor doingbusinessbankrupt -unable topay debtsGreat Depression - Thestock market crash ofOctober 1929 brought theeconomic prosperity of the1920s to a symbolic end.The Great Depression wasa worldwide economiccrisis that in the UnitedStates was marked bywidespread unemployment,nearHardships faced byAfrican Americans -often first to losejobs; faced continueddiscrimination; a fewleaders becameadvisers to PresidentRoosevelt.buying on margin -practice that allowspeople to buy stockwith a downpayment of aportion of the valueOkies -migratedperson fromoklahomaSummary of the DustBowl - The Dust Bowldrought of the 1930swas one of the worstenvironmentaldisasters of theTwentieth Centuryanywhere in the world.Many countries wantedto protect themselvesfrom the chaos in theeconomy, so theydecided to make morelaws restricting tradeand reinforce the onesthat were already inplace.relief program- governmentprogram tohelp theneedyReduction in PurchasingAcross the Board -With thestock market crash and thefears of further economicwoes, individuals from allclasses stoppedpurchasing items. This thenled to a reduction in thenumber of items producedand thus a reductionbank holiday -closing ofbanks four daysduring theGreatDepression- After the stockmarket crash, manybusinesses cannotfind people who willinvest in theirgrowth.Many factors led to the DustBowl. The increased demandfor wheat during World War I,the development of newmechanized farm machineryalong with falling wheat pricesin the 1920s, led to millions ofacres of native grasslandbeing replaced by heaDust storms were not newto the region in the 1930s,but a number ofdemographic and culturalfactors were new. Firstthere were a lot morepeople living in the regionin the 1930s than there hadbeen in the 1880s.Hardships faced byAsian Americans -faced discrimination;competition over jobsleads to calls thatthey leave thecountry.Federal DepositInsuranceCorporation - Insuressavings accounts inbanks approved bythe government.Hooverville - groupof shacks in whichhomeless livedduring the GreatDepression- Millions ofAmericansare out ofwork.- Many arehomelessandhungry.Free!- Banks makeloans thatborrowerscannot payback.Hardships facedby MexicanAmericans - faceddiscrimination;some forced toreturn to Mexico.Effects of theGreatDepression -- Manybanks fail.Hardships faced byNative Americans -faced terrible poverty;however, Congresspasses new lawsgiving them morecontrol over their ownaffairs.by 1933, 11,000 of theUnited States' 25,000banks had failed.Signaled the beginningof governmentinvolvement in theeconomy and insociety as a whole.During the Depression,schools across the Plains sentstudents home because of thedust storms. Some schooladministrators were worriedabout what might happen tothe students' health. Therehad been cases of "dustpneumonia" where dustclogged uBlack Thursday -The first day of thedepression. Theinitial day themarkets took adownturn.- Familiesbreak upand peoplesufferRoot Causes of theGreat Depression -- Factories andfarms produce moregoods than peoplecan buy.During the next threeyears stock prices inthe United Statescontinued to fall, untilby late 1932 they haddropped to onlyabout 20 percent oftheir value in 1929.Installment Buying - Asystem by which abuyer pays for a thingin regularinstallments whileenjoying the use of it.migrant worker -person whomoves from oneregion toanother insearch of work89 millionacres of landwere severelydamaged ordestroyed.Hawley-Smoot Tariff -1930 legislationunder Pres. Hooverthat raised importduties by as much as50%, worsening theworldwidedepression.It was a period ofprotests and hungermarches — andunionism spread likewildfire — but manypeople sufferedquietly, ashamed oftheir poverty.Herbert Hoover - The31st president of theUnited States (1929-1933), whose term wasnotably marked by thestock market crash of1929 and thebeginnings of theGreat DepressionBlack Tuesday -day the stockmarket crashed,signaling the startof the GreatDepressionIn 1928, the top1% earned29.94% of thenation's income(about 24.5 mil.)Dust Bowl -region in thecentral GreatPlains that washit by a severedroughtThree million people lefttheir farms on the GreatPlains during the droughtand half a million migratedto other states, almost all tothe West. The drought thathelped cause the dust bowllasted seven years, from1933 to 1940.- Manybusinessesand factoriesfail.Hardships facedby women - faceddifficulty findingjobs; men usuallyhired beforewomen.soup kitchen -place wherefood is providedto the needy atlittle or nochargeBy 1932, U.S.manufacturing output hadfallen to 54 percent of its1929 level, andunemployment had risen tobetween 12 and 15 millionworkers, or 25-30 percentof the work force.In previous depressions,farmers were usually safefrom the severe effects of adepression because theycould at least feedthemselves. Unfortunately,during the GreatDepression, the GreatPlains were hit hard withboth a drought andhorrendousSocialSecurity -Governmentsupport theelderlyNationalIndustrialRecovery Act -Develops rulesfor doingbusinessbankrupt -unable topay debtsGreat Depression - Thestock market crash ofOctober 1929 brought theeconomic prosperity of the1920s to a symbolic end.The Great Depression wasa worldwide economiccrisis that in the UnitedStates was marked bywidespread unemployment,nearHardships faced byAfrican Americans -often first to losejobs; faced continueddiscrimination; a fewleaders becameadvisers to PresidentRoosevelt.buying on margin -practice that allowspeople to buy stockwith a downpayment of aportion of the valueOkies -migratedperson fromoklahomaSummary of the DustBowl - The Dust Bowldrought of the 1930swas one of the worstenvironmentaldisasters of theTwentieth Centuryanywhere in the world.Many countries wantedto protect themselvesfrom the chaos in theeconomy, so theydecided to make morelaws restricting tradeand reinforce the onesthat were already inplace.relief program- governmentprogram tohelp theneedyReduction in PurchasingAcross the Board -With thestock market crash and thefears of further economicwoes, individuals from allclasses stoppedpurchasing items. This thenled to a reduction in thenumber of items producedand thus a reductionbank holiday -closing ofbanks four daysduring theGreatDepression- After the stockmarket crash, manybusinesses cannotfind people who willinvest in theirgrowth.Many factors led to the DustBowl. The increased demandfor wheat during World War I,the development of newmechanized farm machineryalong with falling wheat pricesin the 1920s, led to millions ofacres of native grasslandbeing replaced by heaDust storms were not newto the region in the 1930s,but a number ofdemographic and culturalfactors were new. Firstthere were a lot morepeople living in the regionin the 1930s than there hadbeen in the 1880s.Hardships faced byAsian Americans -faced discrimination;competition over jobsleads to calls thatthey leave thecountry.Federal DepositInsuranceCorporation - Insuressavings accounts inbanks approved bythe government.Hooverville - groupof shacks in whichhomeless livedduring the GreatDepression- Millions ofAmericansare out ofwork.- Many arehomelessandhungry.Free!

Great Depression Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. I-- Banks make loans that borrowers cannot pay back.
  2. B-Hardships faced by Mexican Americans - faced discrimination; some forced to return to Mexico.
  3. G-Effects of the Great Depression - - Many banks fail.
  4. N-Hardships faced by Native Americans - faced terrible poverty; however, Congress passes new laws giving them more control over their own affairs.
  5. N-by 1933, 11,000 of the United States' 25,000 banks had failed. Signaled the beginning of government involvement in the economy and in society as a whole.
  6. I-During the Depression, schools across the Plains sent students home because of the dust storms. Some school administrators were worried about what might happen to the students' health. There had been cases of "dust pneumonia" where dust clogged u
  7. B-Black Thursday - The first day of the depression. The initial day the markets took a downturn.
  8. G-- Families break up and people suffer
  9. B-Root Causes of the Great Depression - - Factories and farms produce more goods than people can buy.
  10. B-During the next three years stock prices in the United States continued to fall, until by late 1932 they had dropped to only about 20 percent of their value in 1929.
  11. G-Installment Buying - A system by which a buyer pays for a thing in regular installments while enjoying the use of it.
  12. B-migrant worker - person who moves from one region to another in search of work
  13. G-89 million acres of land were severely damaged or destroyed.
  14. G-Hawley-Smoot Tariff - 1930 legislation under Pres. Hoover that raised import duties by as much as 50%, worsening the worldwide depression.
  15. B-It was a period of protests and hunger marches — and unionism spread like wildfire — but many people suffered quietly, ashamed of their poverty.
  16. I-Herbert Hoover - The 31st president of the United States (1929-1933), whose term was notably marked by the stock market crash of 1929 and the beginnings of the Great Depression
  17. I-Black Tuesday - day the stock market crashed, signaling the start of the Great Depression
  18. N-In 1928, the top 1% earned 29.94% of the nation's income (about 24.5 mil.)
  19. G-Dust Bowl - region in the central Great Plains that was hit by a severe drought
  20. I-Three million people left their farms on the Great Plains during the drought and half a million migrated to other states, almost all to the West. The drought that helped cause the dust bowl lasted seven years, from 1933 to 1940.
  21. B-- Many businesses and factories fail.
  22. N-Hardships faced by women - faced difficulty finding jobs; men usually hired before women.
  23. I-soup kitchen - place where food is provided to the needy at little or no charge
  24. B-By 1932, U.S. manufacturing output had fallen to 54 percent of its 1929 level, and unemployment had risen to between 12 and 15 million workers, or 25-30 percent of the work force.
  25. N-In previous depressions, farmers were usually safe from the severe effects of a depression because they could at least feed themselves. Unfortunately, during the Great Depression, the Great Plains were hit hard with both a drought and horrendous
  26. I-Social Security - Government support the elderly
  27. B-National Industrial Recovery Act - Develops rules for doing business
  28. G-bankrupt - unable to pay debts
  29. N-Great Depression - The stock market crash of October 1929 brought the economic prosperity of the 1920s to a symbolic end. The Great Depression was a worldwide economic crisis that in the United States was marked by widespread unemployment, near
  30. G-Hardships faced by African Americans - often first to lose jobs; faced continued discrimination; a few leaders became advisers to President Roosevelt.
  31. B-buying on margin - practice that allows people to buy stock with a down payment of a portion of the value
  32. N-Okies - migrated person from oklahoma
  33. I-Summary of the Dust Bowl - The Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s was one of the worst environmental disasters of the Twentieth Century anywhere in the world.
  34. N-Many countries wanted to protect themselves from the chaos in the economy, so they decided to make more laws restricting trade and reinforce the ones that were already in place.
  35. B-relief program - government program to help the needy
  36. B-Reduction in Purchasing Across the Board -With the stock market crash and the fears of further economic woes, individuals from all classes stopped purchasing items. This then led to a reduction in the number of items produced and thus a reduction
  37. B-bank holiday - closing of banks four days during the Great Depression
  38. N-- After the stock market crash, many businesses cannot find people who will invest in their growth.
  39. G-Many factors led to the Dust Bowl. The increased demand for wheat during World War I, the development of new mechanized farm machinery along with falling wheat prices in the 1920s, led to millions of acres of native grassland being replaced by hea
  40. G-Dust storms were not new to the region in the 1930s, but a number of demographic and cultural factors were new. First there were a lot more people living in the region in the 1930s than there had been in the 1880s.
  41. I-Hardships faced by Asian Americans - faced discrimination; competition over jobs leads to calls that they leave the country.
  42. I-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Insures savings accounts in banks approved by the government.
  43. N-Hooverville - group of shacks in which homeless lived during the Great Depression
  44. I-- Millions of Americans are out of work.
  45. N-- Many are homeless and hungry.
  46. B-Free!