The Great Depression

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President blamed for not helping Americans during the Great Depression

• Margaret Mitchell

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Jesse Owens

athlete known for defeating Hitler’s athletes during the Great Depression

• Margaret Mitchell

• Jesse Owens

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D Roosevelt

Atlanta author and journalist who write Gone with the Wind

• Margaret Mitchell

• Jesse Owens

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

President who created the New Deal that led to electricity, jobs, and the end of the Great Depression

• Margaret Mitchell

• Jesse Owens

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

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Soup Kitchen

• a place where food is offered to hungry people for a low cost or free

• nickname given to FDR’s New Deal

• a period of severe drought and high wind storms

• Someone who puts money or time into something to get something in return

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New Deal

• a place where food is offered to hungry people for a low cost or free

• nickname given to FDR’s New Deal

• a government plan created to help the US recover from the Great Depression

• Someone who puts money or time into something to get something in return

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Alphabet Soup

• a place where food is offered to hungry people for a low cost or free

• nickname given to FDR’s New Deal

• a government plan created to help the US recover from the Great Depression

• Someone who puts money or time into something to get something in return

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Dust Bowl

• a period of severe drought and high wind storms

• nickname given to FDR’s New Deal

• a government plan created to help the US recover from the Great Depression

• Someone who puts money or time into something to get something in return

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Investor

• a period of severe drought and high wind storms

• nickname given to FDR’s New Deal

• a government plan created to help the US recover from the Great Depression

• Someone who puts money or time into something to get something in return

List Two Causes Of The Great Deppresion