Great Depression Unit Exam Review

What are farmers who worked land owned by someone else in return for a portion of crops grown?

Laws mainly in the South after the Civil War that segregated people by race in public places

Uneven Distribution of wealth:

Name of many programs created by Roosevelt to pull US out of the Great Depression

The non-regulation of businesses is:

The Dust Bowl was used to collect dirt samples to study soil for farmers

Largest and most ambitious New Deal program which employed millions to carry out work projects

The New Deal had very little impact on our nation's political climate

The percentage of people who owned radios during the Great Depression reached 83%

What was the New Deal?

Leader came to power because of the Great Depression

Makeshift communities made out of whatever materials were available

Stock speculation does not strongly impact the price of stocks

Black Tuesday was the day the stock market crashed

Using credit for purchases was popular before the Great Depression

What was The Grapes of Wrath

President Hoover aggressively tackled the madistribution of wealth in the US

Old age benefits and pensions and funds for children who lose parents, disabled and unemployed

Original problem with farming at the onset of the Great Depression

Called for 4 day shutdown and intense inspection of financial institutions in the US

Major event that led to the Depression

There was a combination of things that caused the Depression

New Deal idea that provided production and economic development for the Tennessee Valley region

Hoovervilles were suburban homes built during the Depression

Meant to balance supply and demand on farm commodities even offering to pay farmers to not farm

Owned production companies and sold stocks to have money to buy major stocks in other companies

What was the term for a person who moved from place to place looking for work?

Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath

New way of buying that started prior to the Depression

The New Deal failed to pull the US out of the Great Depression

Term used for when teens traveled the country during the Depression looking for work

What was the Dust Bowl?

Who was Franklin Roosevelt

Guessing what the price of stock is going to rise to so you buy with intent of selling for more

Sanctioned alliance of industries in the US. Fair competition rules were required

What is a person who rents land from a landowner for growing crops?

This group regained the ability to control their own land

New medium used by a huge number of people to get news, information, and entertainment

What was Black Tuesday