Great Depression Unit Exam Review

Makeshift communities made out of whatever materials were available

The percentage of people who owned radios during the Great Depression reached 83%

Owned production companies and sold stocks to have money to buy major stocks in other companies

What was The Grapes of Wrath

Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath

What was the New Deal?

Sanctioned alliance of industries in the US. Fair competition rules were required

There was a combination of things that caused the Depression

Stock speculation does not strongly impact the price of stocks

What are farmers who worked land owned by someone else in return for a portion of crops grown?

Called for 4 day shutdown and intense inspection of financial institutions in the US

The New Deal failed to pull the US out of the Great Depression

The Dust Bowl was used to collect dirt samples to study soil for farmers

The non-regulation of businesses is:

Hoovervilles were suburban homes built during the Depression

What was Black Tuesday

Laws mainly in the South after the Civil War that segregated people by race in public places

What is a person who rents land from a landowner for growing crops?

Uneven Distribution of wealth:

What was the Dust Bowl?

The New Deal had very little impact on our nation's political climate

Original problem with farming at the onset of the Great Depression

Black Tuesday was the day the stock market crashed

Major event that led to the Depression

What was the term for a person who moved from place to place looking for work?

Term used for when teens traveled the country during the Depression looking for work

New way of buying that started prior to the Depression

Guessing what the price of stock is going to rise to so you buy with intent of selling for more

President Hoover aggressively tackled the madistribution of wealth in the US

Meant to balance supply and demand on farm commodities even offering to pay farmers to not farm

New medium used by a huge number of people to get news, information, and entertainment

This group regained the ability to control their own land

Largest and most ambitious New Deal program which employed millions to carry out work projects

Old age benefits and pensions and funds for children who lose parents, disabled and unemployed

Leader came to power because of the Great Depression

New Deal idea that provided production and economic development for the Tennessee Valley region

Using credit for purchases was popular before the Great Depression

Name of many programs created by Roosevelt to pull US out of the Great Depression

Who was Franklin Roosevelt