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Great Depression Review
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1
What is the defintion for
"Rugged Individualism"
? Who beleived in that idea?
The government should intervene A.K.A direct relief
Hoover
FDR
Idea that people should succeed through their own efforts
2
Which group/groups were effected by the Great Depression the worse?
African Americans
Caucasian
Irish
Latino's
3
What was the negative name given to the people who left/migrated the Dust Bowl?
Carpetbaggers
Hoover Tourists
Hoboes
Okies
4
Which programs did Hoover implemenet?
Reconstruction Finance Corp. Federal
Home Loan Bank Act
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
5
When did the Stock Market Crash occur?
October 24, 1926 "Black Tuesday"
October 24, 1929 "Black Tuesday"
October 24, 1929 "Black Sunday"
October 27, 1929 "White Tuesday"
6
What were
TWO
methods farmers used to prevent the Dust Bowl from happening again?
Stop farming
Contour farming
Crop rotation
7
What was the
social
impact on Americans?
Unemployment, lost fortunes and forclosures
Family stress, famine, lost of faith, mass migration
Demand for Gov't action
8
What were the
psychological
effects of the Great Depression?
Unemployment
Suicide rates rose
Gave up on thier dreams
More admitted to mental hospital
9
What effects did
Hoover's
actions with the
Bonus Army
have on the American public?
Americans did not care what Hoover did
Americans were pleased with his decision
Americans were against him, causing him to loss the election
10
What are the causes of the Dust Bowl?
Drought/Lack of Rain
Lack of Knowledge
Overproduction
Depleted Ogalla Aquifer
11
Buying stocks and bonds on the chance of a quick profit, while ignoring the risk.
Speculation
Buying on Margin
Credit
"Bull Market"
12
______Paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest?
Credit
Buying on Margin
Speculation
Bull Market
13
__________________was especially deadly to the children and elderly during the Dust Bowl.
Dust pneumonia
Static Electricity
Animal Plague
Dust Disease
14
What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
50%
75%
25%
46%
15
What was President Hoover’s thoughts about helping the country during the Great Depression?
He blamed it on Communism
He thought government should provide direct relief
He thought the depression would fix itself
He did not want the gov. to get involved
16
What bill did the Bonus Army go to Washington D.C to support?
Patman Bill
McNary-Haugen Bill
Direct Relief Bill
Hawley-Smoot Bill
17
What was
NOT
a cause for the Great Depression?
Overproduction
Living on Credit
Uneven Disribution of Income
U.S had to pay reputation for WWI
18
Who won the 1928 election?
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Eisenhower
FDR
19
TorF:Some key industries that started to decline were: railroads, mining, lumbering and cars.
False
True
