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