GISH - Great Depression

Hoover sends the message that "families need to take care of themselves, not to rely on Gov't.

The availability of Easy ________ caused extreme debt among Americans.

When the value of stocks crashed on Black Tuesday, people immediately ran to the ______.

President ____ tells Americans that the economy is sound in 1930.

Roosevelt is going to use a plan to get us out of the Depression called ___ (have not learned)

Women in the workplace were resented by which group of men?

Farmers believed that if they could create a ___ it would help improve the farm prices.

This bill promised soldiers returning from WWI that they would be provided a bonus for service

The number of people admitted into the mental hospitals during the Depression ____

Settlements consisting of shacks arise on the outskirts of the city (homeless)

The price of crops _______ during the 1920's.

The Dust Bowl took place to extreme ____

One major project that helped to bring electricity to states out west was the __ project.

Paying a small % of a stock's prices as a down payment and borrowing the rest.

______was the president when the Great Depression started in 1929.

The unemployment rate by 1933 was sitting at _______%

The "amount of a product" means what you have for a __________ (Economics)

"Buy on chance and hope to make a big profit"

A place to go to get a sandwich, doughnut or a bowl of soup.

Which child would many times leave the family early during the Depression?

The purpose of the _____ was to provide businesses the $ they need to grow.

Which of the following increased in the 1920's?

Who ran for President vs. Franklin D Roosevelt

Children suffered from ____ due to not having enough food.

300,000 ___ wandered the country riding on box cars.

Which did NOT cause the Great Depression

October 29, 1929 is known as __________ or the day the Stock Market crashed.

What rose 30% during the years 1928-1932?

"How bad people want a product" is known as the _______.

The supporters of the Patman Bill were known as the ___

Who were the Bonus Army?

____ focused on keeping the family together.

Employment improved for African Americans in the 1930s due to their willingness work tough jobs

Herbert Hoover belonged to the

Cardboard, crates, garbage, and scrapped materials all helped to create ____

Which European country was hit very hard by the depression due to their high War Debt to pay?

With all of the unemployment, school was the one place kids could get a meal for the day.

People would wait all day for their doughnut and coffee while standing in___

This stopped all foreign trade INTO the U.S. (It was an "import" tax)

Buys crops, keeps it off the market until the prices rise was the responsibility of the __

One of the main reasons for the Dust Bowl was due to farmers ___

The Federal Homes Loan Bank Act was responsible for ___

Which man will win the presidential election of 1932?

People struggled due to no ____ from the government which could provide food & cash to help out

Who won the 1930 Senate/Congressional elections?

Farmers were guilty of "over producing" their crops which means they created a ______

The "rich got richer and the poor got poorer" meant the distribution of income was___

Nebraska experienced the Dust Bowl

People overused ___ to purchase goods in the 1920's and that led to financial issues.

Reconstruction Finance Corporation did what to businesses in the Depression

A period of rising stock prices is called a ____________ market.

After the stock market crashed, how did Hoover try to help the U.S.?

Men lost a sense of ___ when the Great Depression hit which led many to leave their families.