1. New Deal
   Dust Bowl
2. Welfare Act
   The Doctrine of War

The program included the creation of dozens of government agencies, including the Securities anad Exchange Commission.

1. Abraham Lincoln
   John F. Kennedy
2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
   Gerald Ford

Once in office, he made it his mission to end the depression.

1. "The Wizard of Oz"
   "How the West was Won"
2. "Lord of the Rings"
   "Harry Potter"

The movie was released in 1939 by MGM and was a box-office flop that barely broke even and wouldn’t make a profit until the 1949 re-release put it firmly in the black.

1. WWI
   WWII
2. Korea
   Cold

The economic demands of World War II finally put a lid on the hard times.

1. Births
   Marriages
2. Suicides
   Employment

The average suicide rate for the previous thirty years had been 17.8 per 100,000 people. That rate rose to 20.5 in 1931, with a total of 20,000 suicides for the year.

1. August 3, 1928
   September 3, 1929
2. September 3, 1940
   August 3, 1930

Professionals and amateurs bought shares "on-margin" meaning it was through credit and not cash.

1. October 3, 1930
   December 25, 1941
2. October 24, 1929
   October 24, 1930

This date in history is named Black Thursday, when security values lost six billion dollars.

1. A vacuum cleaner company.
   A group of people.
2. A makeshift community.
   A new business.

A community made up for shanties, shacks, and packing crates, usually set up near a dump so that residnets could pick over garbage for tehir meals.

1. Hoover
   Kennedy
2. McKinley
   Johnson

He thought aid would sap the initiative of the middle class and make them lazy.

1. One million
   Three million
2. Four million
   Five million

By winter of 1931, eight million Americans were unemployed, by the end of 1931, 13.5 million.

1. TV, cable
   Gas, electricity
2. Dishwasher, oven
   Internet, X-box

People barely had money for food. Utilities was a luxury.

1. Beans
   Ramon noodles
2. Rice
   Pizza

If a person cpuld not afford food, he or she wuld have to scrunge through the garbage.

1. Walmart
   The Salvation Army
2. Krogers
   IGA

The Salvation Army was founded in London's East End in 1865 by one-time Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine.

1. "Dance Party USA"
   "Timber"
2. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
   "Broken"

Written in 1930 by lyricist E. Y. "Yip" Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, and sung by Bing Crosby.

1. Dozen
   Thousand
2. Hundred
   Million

Rumor of impending closing frequently brought out mobs of depositors and investors who tried to pull tehir money out before the bank went under.

1. A clean piece of paper.
   A vacuum bag.
2. A newspaper.
   A set of fireworks.

Because many slept in the streets after being unemployed for months; a derogatory reference to President Herbert Hoover.

1. Celebration
   National Holiday
2. Bankers hours
   Temporary closure

The banks would close temporarily to prevent "runs" from panicky depositors.

1. Let them in for free.
   Give away popcorn.
2. Host a "bank night."
   Add in extra cartoons.

One night a week, a certain amount of money, or dishes, were given away to the lucky person or family whose name or number was drawn.

1. Heart breaking
   Bread crumbs
2. For lovers only.
   Ground beef

Broken bread crusts and bread that faied to rise that was sold cheaply by bakeries to the poor.

1. Back yard
   Cellar club
2. Dollar club
   Convenience store

The social clubs were in the cellars of tenement buildings in large cities.

1. Put the homeless to work.
   Put youths to work.
2. Put women to work.
   Put animals to work.

An organization initiated as part of the New Deal to pit 500,000 youths to work in national forests and parks.

1. Place to burn food.
   Place to dump edible food.
2. Place to bury food.
   Place to dump people.

Any open spot near a Hooverville or otehr location where free food was dumped, free for teh taking, by restaurants, organizations, and proviate citizens.

1. Was a hovering skateboard.
   A mule-pulled automobile.
2. An automobile powered by a vacuum cleaner.
   A jet-powered shopping cart.

Originated amoung North Carolina farmers who were too poor to buy gasline and spare parts.

1. Hoover flags
   Dust bunnies
2. Hollow echos
   Sad pockets

Another disparaging reference to President Herbert Hoover.

1. National Recovery Administration
   Nimrods Ran Amok
2. National Rifle Association
   New Rabbits Association

The NRA was a governnment agency thagt was part of teh New Deal to legislate prices and wages abd to administer codes of fair practice as means of countering the effects of the Depression. The Supreme Court declared the agency illegal in 1935.

1. Criminals
   Refugees
2. Football team
   Wrath of Khan

The refugees were from the Midwest dust bowl and packed up all their belongings by the thousands and headed west in search of a better life.

1. National relief
   National drugs
2. National weapons
   National wars

Only 1/4 of the people who qualified for relief actually received any help as there wasn't any funds avilable.

1. Footloose
   Dance Party USA
2. Rent parties
   Booze gatherings

The dance party was held at a person's home to collect money from neighbors to help pay the rent. Music was usually swing or jive.

1. Jon Stewart
   Stephan Colbert
2. Will Rogers
   James Corden

He had a down-home wit that cut politicans down to size and elevated teh hard-working little guy.

1. Southern Pacific Railroad
   Union Railroad
2. B & W Railroad
   Reading Railroad

The railroad was founded as a land holding company in 1865, later acquiring the Central Pacific Railroad by lease.

1. 100
   2,000
2. 200,000
   2,000,000

The Children's Bureau was a government agency formed in 1912 by activists Florence Kelley and Lillian Wald dedicated to childrens issues.

1. Seven-day
   Five-day
2. Mid-day
   Four-day

Millions of people who usually worked six days per week increasingly had Saturdays off.

1. Emigration
   Deaths
2. Marriages
   Births

Many Americans sought jobs in Russia.

1. "How the west was won."
   "Chin-up, it'll get better."
2. "Hard work will be repaid."
   "Prosperity is just around the corner."

President Herbert Hoover said this at a dinner of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States on May 1, 1930.

1. Jimmy Stewart
   Hank Allen
2. Clark Gable
   Burt Lancaster

Clark Gable solified his heart-throb status in "Gone with the Wind," the movie about a romance set during the American Civil War was released in 1939.