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The Great Depression & the Dirty Thirties
The Great Depression & the Dirty Thirties
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Blame Hoover! : shacks and temporary shelters where the homeless lived
Hoover Helps
Hoover Flags
Hoovervilles
Hoover Blankets
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When was the Great Depression?
1929-1931
1931-1941
1925-1945
1929-1941
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Blame Hoover! Cardboard to patch a broken shoe
Hoover Flags!
Hoover Hobos!
Hoover Rails!
Hoover Leather!
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Vocab: investing in risky stock bets for a quick profit
Buying On Margin
Hoovering
Speculation
New Dealing
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Blame Hoover! Turning your empty pocket inside out to show you are broke during the 1930s
Hoover Flags!
Hoover Leather!
Hoovervilles!
Hoover Blankets!
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New Deal Agency focused on creating job opportunities for unemployed single men between 18-26
TVA
AAA
CCC
FDIC
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Under what circumstances did the Bonus Army leave D.C.?
They were reenlisted and sent to help with war efforts
The U.S. army used tear gas and tanks to clear the camps
The President sent the local police to take their tents
They were paid their bonus early after Congress approved
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Vocab: An extended period of time when the stock market is rising
Futures Investing
Bull Market
Bear Market
Speculation
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Name used by a group of 20,000 jobless vets who marched to D.C. in 1932 to request help
The Oakie Army
The Bonus Army
The Hooverites
The Mighty Fallen
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Which of these was NOT part of the Social Security Act?
It set up a pension program for older peopl
It granted workers the legal right to strike
It provided support for children and the disabled
It established unemployment insurance
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Closing the banks in order to prevent withdrawals and using the break to reassure depositors
Bank Break
Bank Bubble
Bank Holiday
Bank Run
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FDR's 30 radio speeches, that he used to reassured, inform, and persuade the public
The Fireside Chats
Last Week Tonight, with Franklin D.
The Hundred Days
The FDR Show
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Blame Hoover! Name for newspapers covering people on people on park benches
Hoover Leather!
Hoover Blankets!
Hoover Hobos!
Hoover Flags!
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Vocab: An extended period of time when the stock market is falling
Bull Market
Speculation
Futures Market
Bear Market
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New Deal Agency that built 49 dams in seven states to harness electricity for area
CCC
FDIC
TVA
AAA
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What event marked the start of the Great Depression?
The stock market crashed
FDR was elected
Herbert Hoover was elected
10,000 the banks closed
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Vocab: When people rushed to retrieve their deposits before it was too late....
Crash & Panic
Stock Bubble
Bank Holiday
Bank Run
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What are PUBLIC WORKS programs?
Hiring Binges in private companies paid for by the gov
Unemployment payments to workers
Holding Companies for electric power that hid the assets
infrastructure projects funded by the gov for public use
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Vocab: Buying stock by paying only part of the price & borrowing the rest from the stock broker
on margin
on interest
futures investing
bond banking
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Signs of Trouble! Weak industries / workers that faced systemic problems in the 1920s included:
installers, builders, and shakers
textile workers, coal miners, and farmers
automobile industry, coal miners, and farms
automobile industry, textiles, and coal
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New Deal legislation that created pensions and unemployment insurance
Civilian Conservation Act
Social Security Act
Aged and Infirm Report
Truth-in-Security Act
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Which didn't happen during the Great Depression?
Unemployment rose to a high of 10%
Marriage and birth rates declined
Economic pressures caused some families to split up
Many people lost their homes
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Vocab: government practice of allocating or using more money than it takes in
Surplus Creation
Loan Default
Interest Rates
Deficit Spending
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Why did Hoover hesitate to intervene in the Depression in the earliest period?
He believed that government could fix it
He believed private business needed to fix the markets
He believed that government programs would cost too much
He believed that suffering builds character
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Infamous moment when the stock market declined more than $10 billion in hours
Black Friday
Black Tuesday
Black Thursday
The Crash
