Great Depression Quiz

This was set up to protect the savings of American citizens in banks

A time of drought and winds in the Great Plains

When the market is up and doing well

The Stock Market Crash marks the beginning of ______________

Those who migrated from the Great Plains to California

Wrote the book the Grapes of Wrath about American life during the Great Depression

FDR did this right after coming into office to help stabilize the banks.

The Stock Market Crash marks the end of the ________________

Someone who owns stock in a corporation

WWI veterans who marched to DC wanted money from Congress for their war efforts

The president that promised to help the farmer

How many people were unemployed by 1932

This brought US tariffs to historically high levels

He was blamed for the Great Depression

Where people were forced to live because they no longer had money to pay bills/rent.

Causes of the Dust Bowl =

When was Black Tuesday?

The buying and selling stock/shares

When the market is down, not doing well

When you buy stocks with borrowed money

The worst day in stock market history as far as money lost in one day....

Profits paid by the company to the share holder when the company is doing well.

The Vice President of the stock exchange floor in 1929

Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?