U.S. History II Unit 9: Great Depression

When more goods are being produced than people can afford to buy, it is considered:

A natural disaster that hit the Northeast region of the U.S.

Why was there a run on the banks?

This act raised taxes on imported goods in attempt to help American businesses:

What is the term for a steady decrease in stock prices over a long time?

Believe that the G.D. was a part of the business cycle work & would work itself out

When the stock market is steadily rising it is called a:

During the depression women and African-Americans

This ideology favors sweeping social, political, or economic changes in society

Unemployed veterans who gathered to protest the lack of gov't help in the economic crisis

Which president believed the "trickle down" theory?

A nickname was given to Midwesterners who moved to California in search of jobs

This group was first to experience underconsumption:

A natural disaster that hit the Midwest region of the U.S. causing families to move West

Government or private programs that provided aid to people in need

What effect did high tariffs have on international trade?

All of the following were "Sick" Industries EXCEPT:

What happened to many banks as a result of the Stock Market Crash?

What are the three parts to the New Deal?

This ideology favors some government involvement to improve the economy

FDR's domestic program during the Great Depression

When investors borrow money to buy a stock it is called:

shantytowns homeless Americans built & lived in during the Depression

Controlled the nation’s money supply. They are often blamed for further weakening the economy

Which organization was created to give loans to banks, railroads, businesses, and farmers?

The name given to the stock market crash on October 29, 1929 was

The early part of FDR's presidency which Congress passed a record number of laws

Which of the following is true? During the 1920s...

What ended the Great Depression?

During the worst time of the Great Depression in 1933, unemployment rose to: