Great Depression

Many American ________ and farmers could not sell their goods overseas. 

Factories were producing more goods than they could sell so the ______ rate began to rise. 

America's 31st president during the Great Depression was _____________. 

Shantytowns became known as _______. 

With ____ production, companies needed fewer workers.

Stock prices fell quickly, investors panicked and sold their stocks. This day was called ____.

The _________ hurt may banks because people could not pay back their loans.

Hoover asked local and state _______ to create jobs by constructing roads and public buildings.

A stock market is a place where _____ are bought and sold.

The worst single dust storm of the Dust Bowl, was called __________.

_______ groups and local governments struggled to help those in need.

Political leaders saw the crash as a ______ part of the ups and downs of the economy. 

 As crop production _______, crop prices fell and farmers had difficulty paying their debts.

The country entered the worst period of economic hardship in its history known as the ________.

The economic good times ended for many more people after the _____ of October 1929.

Many investors had bought their stocks on or borrowed money or _____. 

Despite his efforts, many people blamed President _____ for the continuing depression.

Homeless people built shelters called _______ out of cardboard or other materials.

Tariff were meant to reduce __________ for American farmers from crops from other countries.

In the presidential election of 1932 _____ was elected with the hope of ending the depression. 

As the New Deal programs were beginning to help some farmers a __________ hit the Great Plains.

Another economic problem was _____ placed on goods from other countries and sold in the US. 

One reason why the crash had caused panic among investors was that many of them had __________.

 The center of the stock market is the New York Stock Exchange on _______ in New York.