Great Depression Scavenger Hunt

The Stock Market click on the title to answer the questions below:
1. What and when was "Black Tuesday"? _________________________________________
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2. Over the next two days, how much value did the stock market lose?
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3. How long did it take for the stock market to recover?
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Life During the Great Depression click on the title to answer the questions below:
4. What was the unemployment rate in 1933? _____________________________________
5. How many people were unemployed in 1933? ____________________________________
6. What were shantytowns? __________________________________________________
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7. Why were shantytowns also called Hoovervilles? _______________________________
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The Dust Bowl click on the title to answer the questions below:
8. What conditions led to the Dust Bowl? ________________________________________
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9. What was Black Sunday and when did it occur? __________________________________
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10. What did many of the farmers do during the Dust Bowl? ___________________________
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Modified from: http:/mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/kathy_boyle/site/Important%20Documents/1/Roaring%20Twenties%20and%20Great%20Depression%20Scavenger%20Hunt.pdf

The New Deal click on the title to answer the questions below:
11. What was FDRs First Hundred Days? _______________________________________
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12. Name three goals of the New Deal.

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13. What ended the Great Depression and how? ____________________________________

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Depression Facts & Dates click on the title to answer the questions below:
14. Why was Herbert Hoover blamed for the Great Depression? _______________________
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15. What is the FDIC and what is its purpose? _____________________________________
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Modified from: http:/mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/kathy_boyle/site/Important%20Documents/1/Roaring%20Twenties%20and%20Great%20Depression%20Scavenger%20Hunt.pdf