1929 - "Great Depression"- 1939 - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. 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.

1. What do you call shantytowns that were built by the homeless during the Great Depression?
   Hoovervilles
2. What is it called when multiple banks experience runs on deposits, leading to widespread bank closures and a further economic contraction?
   
3. What month did the stock market crash?
   October
4. Which President was inaugurated in 1929?
   Herbert Hoover
5. What caused the stock market to crash?
   Investors made risky investments with borrowed money.
6. What business tycoon grew his business during the Great Depression?
   Walter Chrysler
7. What is the name of the program (1933-1939) whose goal was to provide relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform?
   
8. What did people use to make shoe soles?
   Cardboard and Cotton
9. What is the name of the program that employed young men to work on conservation projects during the Great Depression?
   
10. How many banks failed during the Great Depression?
    11,000
11. When did the Great Depression start?
    1929
12. When did the Great Depression end?
    1939
13. What "act" allowed the government to temporarily close banks and stabilize the financial system?.
    EBA (Emergency Banking Act of 1933)
14. What global economic crisis happen between 1929-1939?
    
15. What severe storm happened during the Great Depression from 1930-1936?
    Dust Bowl
16. What two years were the worst years during the Great Depression?
    1932 & 1933
17. What War started when the Great Depression ended?
    
18. What is the name of the program that employed millions of people to work on public works projects during the Great Depression?
    WPA
19. Who was elected President (1932) during the Great Depression?
    Franklin Roosevelt
20. What kind of riot occurred during the Great Depression?
    Food Riot
21. Where did people migrate to during the Dust Bowl?
    
22. Approximately how many people were homeless during the Great Depression?
    2 million people
23. What investor became rich during the Great Depression?
    Percy Rockefeller
24. What crashed in 1929?
    Stock Market
25. What industries survived during the Great Depression?
    Food, Entertainment, Essential goods and services industries