Great Depression

He was president at the beginning of the Great Depression.

Pea pickers were...

His opponent was Catholic, which gave him an advantage in the general presidential election.

Each of the following was a characteristic of the economy of the 1920s except...

He believed in “rugged individualism”

He said that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

He was president at the end of the Great Depression.

He wanted a “chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.”

Margin buying was inherently riskier than conventional stock buying because..

Advocated a series of laws and programs to inject government money into the economy (New Deal)

He was widely blamed by the public for harsh conditions during the Great Depression

Hoover first tried to combat the Great Depression by..