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designed to put electric in homes in rural areas
HOLC
Glass-Stegall Act
REA
CCC
2
what hid economic problems during the 20s
wages increased
Americans buying goods on credit
no confidence in stock market
farmers were paying off debts
3
NOT a cause of the Great Depression
crisis in the farm sector
growing number of homeless
tariffs on foreign goods
availability of easy credit
4
Buying stock by putting down a down payment but borrowing the rest
speculation
buying on margin
the crash
buying on crsh
5
Created the FDIC
REA
Emergency Bank Relief Act
TVA
Glass-Stegall Act
6
unemployment among African Americans was
none of the above
lower than national rate
higher than national rate
the same as national rate
7
What day was Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929
November 28, 1928
October 20, 1919
September 1, 1987
8
When people lose their jobs and cannot pay back their loans what happened to the bank?
build more banks
bank succeeds
really?
bank fails
9
Unemployment Rate of G.D.
50%
25%
40%
20%
10
Hoover's big success was
Hoover Dam
helping people with direct relief
fixing the Great Depression
giving people hope
11
During the Dust Bowl, many stayed the course, but about 1/3 of the people moved....
West
South
North
East
12
Which G.D. President was in office on Black Tuesday?
Hoover
Teddy Roosevelt
Harding
FDR
13
Nickname for people fleeing the Dust Bowl
Bonus Marchers
exodusters
Hoboes
Okies
14
Why did so many banks fail during the Great Depression
too many people tired to withdraw their money at once
too many people opened new accts
too much money was in circulation
the stock market crashed
15
long term effect of GD many people
developed habits of saving and thriftiness
became risk takers
believed in small govt
grew to like Hoover
16
which group suffered financial problems before the G.D. in the 1920s
industrial workers
stock market investors
bank owners
farmers
17
People in rural areas had an advantage because they
had more money
could grow their own food
life was easier
the Dust Bowl
18
President Hoover felt that people should be able to take care of themselves - this is called...
rugged individualism
voluntarism
direct relief
assistance
19
name of men who rode the trains looking for work
Okies
hoboes
Bonus Marchers
speculators
20
Day the Stock Market Crashed
Black Week
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
Blue Tuesday
21
government system of giving money to the poor
price support
Bonus Army
direct relief
rugged individualism
22
Hungry people visited soup kitchens and stood in ____________________ to get food.
recess line
soup lines
water lines
bread lines
23
most families had a ______________ so they could use it for news and entertainment
radio
cd player
tv
books
24
Hoover tried to help economy by
direct relief
closing banks
funding handouts of food and clothes
asking businesses not to lay off employees
25
group of shacks where many people lived during Great Depression
mansion
hoover flag
hoover blanket
shantytown
26
The group of WWI veterans marched on Washington to get their bonuses early
Bonus Army
Bonus Marines
Bonus Protest
Bonus group
27
High winds, extreme drought, overplowing, and no plants to hold in soil caused the
Dust Farm
Apocalypse
Farming Bowl
Dust Bowl
