The Great Depression Begins: Chapter 11

October 29, 1929, when the stock market took its steepest dive

The officer who led the troops that dispersed the Bonus Army was

communities where newly homeless people put up shacks on unused or public lands

In the Depression most people were still able to enjoy the entertainment of movies and

In 1929, the top 5 percent of American households earned 30 percent of national imcome

May, 1932, the Senate voted down a bill that would have

buying something in the hope of a quick windfall

The purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to

The Federal Reserve contributed to the Depression by

The Emergency Relief and Construction Act provided

a period of rising stocks

Farmers who traveled to California after losing their farms

Daytime dramas like the Guiding Light were often sponsored by

Tool used by stockbrokers to protect loans to investors who bought stocks on margin

What happened when banks suffered more losses than they could absorb?

Artist and writers of the 1930s, in an attempt to portray life around them, used

Hoover did not want the government to create many new jobs because it would mean increased

To pay for public works, the government would have to raise taxes or

a KEY cause of the Great Depression

What led to the loss of American jobs and export sales to foreign countries?