Ch. 11: The Great Depression

The ___ is the total value of all goods and services produced in a nation.

Americans knew they were in a Hooverville when they saw

"Black Tuesday" referred to the

How did dust storms make it difficult to farm in the Great Plains?

In the aftermath of the crash, industrialized nations around the world too measures to

How did America's behavior in regard to the stock market change in early 1920?

The ___ was created by private business and the federal government working together.

Sprawling neighborhoods where people lived in rickety shacks were known as ___.

___ is the term that describes the devastation of the Great Plains by drought.

What was the main purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

John Steinbeck wrote this novel about tenant farmers during the Great Depression

What did the Great Plains drought of the 1930s help to create?

"Black Tuesday" referred to the collapse of the ___.

Before the stock market crash, people who kept up with financial news

This president oversaw Americas food production during WWI & then Europe. (SecretaryofCommerce)

How did many of the unemployed feel about getting handouts during the Great Depression?

At theend of the 20s what wasthe maingoal of the FederalReserves policies with buyingon margin?

If stockprices dropped brokers could force investors to repay their loans if the investors were

The value of stock goes up when ___.

People who hopped trains to look for work were known as

The total value of all goods and services produced in a nation is called

How did the foreclosures of the 1930s change American life?

If stockprices dropped,brokers could force investors to repay their loans if the investors were

During the Great Depression, Hoover came under attack because many Americans believed that

Which of the following signaled economic weakness in the 1920s?

The construction of the Hoover Dam illustrated a creative partnership between

Why was buying on margin riskier than other ways of investing in the stock market?

The boom economy of the "Roaring Twenties" did not apply to

Why did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act backfire?

President Hoover downplayed the effects of the crash because

Loose-knit communities of rustic shacks and tents were called

The ___was created by private business and the federal government working together.