Ch 21 & 22 Study Guide

A span in which the economy grows then contracts is called...

Veterans that wanted immediate payment of a pension bonus that had been promised for 1945.

The purpose of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929 was to...

The first day of the Crash, 16.4 million shares were sold.

The collapse of the stock market is known as...

The highest import tax in history, passed by Congress in 1930.

A program in which the nations of the world would voluntarily give up their weapons is called..

Borrowing money to pay for stocks...

All of the following Depression-era events might have caused small businesses to to fail EXCEPT

15 nations pledging not to use the threat of war in their dealings with one another was the...

An average of stock prices of major industries...

A manufacturing process in which each worker does one specialized task.

A limit on immigration is called...

A policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with other countries is called...

The most severe economic downturn in the nation's history...

Making high risk investments in the hopes of getting a huge return...

An intense fear of communism is called...

When the Great Plains in 1930s faced a period of drought and storms...

The repeal of Prohibition...

Farmers bidding small payments on land and machines sold by the banks...

The total value of goods and services a country produces is annually...

Who led the assembly line process for automobiles?

An economy that depends on a large amount of spending is called...

Shelters for homeless people named after the president...

When it came to the police strikes, President Coolidge felt that...

Employers raising wages and providing benefits like paid vacations and health plans...

A customer making partial payments is called...

A scandal during the Harding administration involving the granting of oil-drilling rights.

The government owns all land and property, there is only one party, and a lack of civil rights.

Gave government credit to a number of institutions, such as large industries and railroads.