Chapter 22

Repeal of prohibition (18th Amendment)

A time of utter economic disaster; started in the United States in 1929.

American general of the United States Army that got rid of Bonus Army in 1932

What is the Empire State Building, New York?

60% tariff on foreign goods. Passed under President Hoover.

Overproduction, Unemployment, Stock Market Crash, Bank Closings, Debt by Credit

What term means a cause of the stock market crash in 1929; buying stocks with borrowed money?

American photographer,whose photos humanized the consequences of the Great Depression

Helping to control & store water this structure has turbines that generate hydroelectric power

Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, beat the Republican, Herbert Hoover.

Agency established to provide emergency relief to large businesses, insurance companies & banks

Are you going to study for this test?

Jobless WW1 veterans who came to Washington demanding Congress for immediate payment of money

Farm auctions during the Great Depression at which neighbors saved property by bidding low

Little "towns" (cheap housing) consisting of makeshift shacks made out of scrap material

Elected in 1929, at the beginning of the Great Depression. He offered no government support.

Reforms enacted by Franklin Roosevelt with the goal of ending the Great Depresiion

Who was the president during most of the GreatDepression and most of WWII?

Lines of people waiting for food during the Great Depression.

Dirt picked up from unused farms created dust storms that spread throughout the Midwest

Stock market fell, investors ordered brokers to sell, no buyers found. Stock prices dropped

What is a total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol?