US 18-Great Depression

The Depression had deep roots including overproduction, high tariffs, missteps by the Federal Reserve, and

Paying a small % of a stock's price & borrowing the rest is known as what?

Pick the best answer. Over-production of what led to the Great Depression?

1932: Hoover asks Congress to set up the _, to make loans to businesses, banks, railroads, & agricultural institutions

From 1930 to 1934: Creditors _, or take possession of nearly _ farms.

What was a cause of the Great Depression?

What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?

12/5/1932: A hunger march @ D.C. where police deny 1,200 protestors food, water, & medical treatment.-Marchers chant...

Hoover, in an attempt to ease the shortage of money, set up the _ in October 1931

As a result of the stock market crash, some banks suffered more losses than they could absorb and

Which of the following was a root cause of the Great Depression?

President Hoover hoped that increasing government funding for public works projects would

In the 1920s, people used installment plans to buy consumer goods such as....

During the Depression, charities set up _____ to give poor people meals.

During the Depression, newly homeless people put up communities of shacks they called

In 1932, President Hoover asked Congress to set up the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to allow the government to

10/29/1929: share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.

The Dust Bowl devastated what part of the U.S. during the Great Depression?

______ invested in stocks, betting that the market would continue to climb so they could make a quick profit.

During the 1930s, many American preferred movies, radio programs, and other forms of popular entertainment that

The “_” grows to 15,000 WWI Veterans who marched to Washington, D.C. to ask Congress to approve the legislation.

President Hoover's philosophy that Americans must work harder to dig out of the depression.

How did wealth disparity contribute to the onset of the Great Depression?

7/1932: Congress passed the _; to get money for public works & for loans to the states for direct relief

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression

Buying stock without knowing the risks, assuming it will just go up is known as _______.

Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election in a landslide, in part because of

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because

Drought and _ brought about the conditions that caused the Dust Bowl.

In the late 1920s, many investors engaged in speculation, or purchasing stock

Why were the people of the United States angry at President Hoover during the Great Depression?

The "must have" appliance in the 1930's

Stock prices first began to decline in late 1929 because

Why did some farmers destroy their crops?

In 1924: Congress enacted a _ bonus to be paid for WWI veterans in _.

During the 1920s, much of the debt accumulated by consumers was due to

The Democratic Party’s first Roman Catholic candidate for president was

During the Depression, many people were able to enjoy which two popular forms of entertainment?

Thousands of WWI veterans came to Washington D.C. in 1932 to lobby Congress to

People who invest money in the stock market to get rich quick are called

In search of work or a better life, many unemployed people

Hoover's image was tarnished by the rout of the Bonus Marchers as well as

What term means to buy stocks on borrowed money in the hope of selling at a higher price?

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest

In 1/1931: 500 Oklahoma City residents loot a _

Which word means a tax on foreign products?

One of the major problems with the stock market in the late 1920s was the number of people who bought stocks

President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed

Approximately what percentage of Americans were unemployed by 1933?

What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

The people who lost their homes in the Great Depression sometimes lived