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Great Depression Vocab-N-Peeps
Great Depression Vocab-N-Peeps
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A quiz over vocabulary and people associated with the depression era.
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What is an investor?
Cows that make money to use money
a person that makes stocks
someone who uses money to make money
someone who buys stocks
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What is a balanced budget?
when the spending does not equal the income
economy doesn't grow
workers without a job
when the government should not spend more money than it make
3
Who was John Steinbeck?
Author who took pictures of the dust bowl era
Author who wrote about the dust bowl
Author who wrote about the Prohibition
a guy that took a bath in a dust bowl
4
What is unemployment?
the number of cows stop giving milk
The number of people without a job
employees go on strike because they work too hard
not working at McDonalds
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What is a hydroelectric dam?
uses the water it stores to make electricity
uses the water it stores to make cabusha cushions
uses water it stores to toast bread
uses the water it stores to make atom bombs
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What is the stock market?
A place to buy things to put in your cupboard
A place to buy and sell stocks
a place to buy spagetti and meatballs
Place to buy and sell cows and sheep
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What is the minimum wage?
The minimum amount a worker can be paid by law
Show me the car fax to determine my pay
The most money allowed to pay a worker by law
Money paid to non-workers by the government
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What is a pension?
payment for services
food incomes
puppy income
retirement incomes
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Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Homeless President whose aunt made a new deal
Elected President in 1933 and created the New Deal
President during WWI
President who started Prohibition
10
Who was Dorothea Lange?
author of the Superman comics
dust bowl photographer
dust bowl author who wrote Of Mice and Men
dust bowl maker
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What is a bill?
payment for services rendered
An idea for a law
an idea for balancing a budget
Charlie's pay for singing
12
What is the Depression?
is a time in which the economy grows
A time in US history when most people had good times
a time when a cowboy fell off his horse
a time when industries donot grow and people are out of work
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Who was Will Rogers?
American donut baker
American Comedain
Horse trader and maker of cabusha cushions
American artist
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Who was Herbert Hoover?
President who created the New Deal Programs
President during WWI
President at the start of the Great Depression
President who got the US out of the depression
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What are Hoovervilles?
Places I want to live when I graduate
Luxury living areas
High priced condos
shanty towns
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What is a Hoover Blanket
blankets made from homeless clothes
newspapers used as blankets
high priced warming devices
new outerwear
