The Great Depression

The 1920s were good times for farmers and organized labor 

Careless agricultural practices contributed to the creation of the Dust Bowl

Unemployment and poverty caused _________________ that later affected farm prices to sink.

Why did the Smoot-Hawley tariff act backfire

After the stock market crashed, consumers spent money only on essentials

Singer-songwriter who wrote about the Dust Bowl

Insulting name given to workers from Dust Bowl seeking jobs on farms and in orchards

Voluntary partnership between business associations and the government

Which of the following most clearly signaled economic weakness in the 1920s

Sprawling neighborhoods where people who lived in rickety shacks were known as 

After the stock market crash industrialized nations around the world took measures to

Term for the Great Plains area that was hardest hit by 1930s drought

Hoovers belief in "rugged individualism" meant people needed help from the government to live

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

Foreclosures occur when lenders take property from owners who fail to make payments.

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

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

What was the main purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

In 1932 most families who lost jobs

  President hoover downplayed the effects of the stock market crash

"Program" created to provide government aid to banks

What was the main goal of the Federal Reserve's policies with regard to buying on margin?

Central bank of the United States?

Organization owned by its members, who work together for a common goal

World War I veterans whose protests in Washington, D.C., was violently disrupted

People who hopped trains to look for work