The Depression

Question 1

How much money would the Wagner-Garner Relief Act have provided?

Answer 1

$2.1 billion for jobs

Question 2

How many people died of starvation during the depression?

Answer 2

45

Question 3

What was the Lowa Farmers’ slogan?

Answer 3

‘In Hoover we trusted and now we are busted’

Question 4

What percentage of people in Toledo were unemployed?

Answer 4

80%

Question 5

What were beggars nicknamed?

Answer 5

Panhandlers

Question 6

What percentage of people were unemployed in Cleveland?

Answer 6

50%

Question 7

What were ‘Hoover blankets’?

Answer 7

Newspapers

Question 8

What were shanty towns nicknamed?

Answer 8

Hoovervilles

Question 9

How many votes did Roosevelt win by in the 1932 election?

Answer 9

7 million

Question 10

How many apple sellers were there in New York City?

Answer 10

6,000

Question 11

How many people committed suicide each year during the depression?

Answer 11

23,000

Question 12

What was Hoover’s nickname?

Answer 12

The ‘do-nothing president’

Question 13

What did Hoover block in 1932?

Answer 13

The Wagner-Garner Relief Act

Question 14

How many people were unemployed by 1933?

Answer 14

14 million

Question 15

What fraction of farmers were evicted from their land?

Answer 15

1/20

Question 16

How many people were made unemployed each day?

Answer 16

12,000

Question 17

How far did FDR travel by train during the election campaign?

Answer 17

20,800km

Question 18

How many major speeches did FDR make during his campaign?

Answer 18

16

Question 19

How much money did FDR give to relief programmes to help the poor when he was the governor of New York?

Answer 19

$20 million

Question 20

When was the bonus March?

Answer 20

June 1932

Question 21

Who did Hoover put in charge of handling the Bonus March?

Answer 21

General MacArthur

Question 22

What tariff did Hoover set up in an attempt to boost the American economy?

Answer 22

Smooth-Hawley Tariff