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The Great Depression
The Great Depression
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A brief review of some key terms and people from the #Great Depression.
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Invests in stocks, property, etc. in hopes of turning a quick profit
Investor
Speculator
Consultant
Stockbroker
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Taking possession of a property the owner fails to pay for
Foreclosure
Speculate
Bankruptcy
On Margin
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WWI vets who marched on D.C. to get checks, attacked by gov’t
Bonus Army
Hoover's Army
Anacostia Army
Okie Army
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The largest equities-based exchange; focal point for crash of 1929
New York Stock Exchange
Standard and Poor's 500
Chicago Stock Exchange
NASDAQ Stock Market
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Promise of a New Deal, lower tariffs led to FDR landslide victory
Election of 1936
Election of 1928
Election of 1930
Election of 1932
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Day share prices on the NYSE bottomed out, costing billions
Black Friday
Black Monday
Black Thursday
Black Tuesday
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Area in KS, OK, TX with severe erosion, forcing many to move
Hooverville
Great Plains
Dust Bowl
Anacostia Flats
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Poor, migrant farmer in the 1930s; intended as an insult
Reaper
Flapper
Okie
Hoover
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Raised rates on foreign goods causing a massive decline in trade
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Hoover Tariff
Black Tuesday
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Gov’t funded projects building roads, schools, reservoirs, etc.
Social Security
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Public Works
Socialism
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Individuals, charities, churches should aid those in need, not Fed.
Rugged Individualism
Philanthropy
Volunteerism
Progressivism
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Shantytown near D.C. that was burned down by the army
Harlem Flats
Dust Bowl
Hooverville
Anacostia Flats
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Purchase of assets by borrowing from broker; weakened market
On Margin
Loan
Installment Investment
Speculate
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Depositors pulled funds en masse, leading to loss of savings
Black Tuesday
Speculators
Foreclosure
Bank Runs
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Popular name given to shanty towns across the nation
Hoovervilles
Okie Camps
Anacostia Flats
Hoovertowns
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Buys and sells securities on a stock exchange for clients
Stockholder
Stockbroker
Stockloaner
Stockowner
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Federal organization that made loans to local governments and businesses
Hawley-Smoot Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Relief Agency
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President who was blamed for depression because he did little
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
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Individuals can succeed on their own, Federal gov’t gets in the way
Conservatism
Rugged Individualism
Libertarianism
Volunteerism
