President's Organization on Unemployment Relief

Agriculture (farming) went downhill because

over production, going into debt over buying new equipment, machanizing farming, less buying

When people panicked, they

ran to take money out of the bank

What are shanty towns?

A town made of shacks and tents

money paid to someone to make up for being bad

How did that end the great depression

People were buying more goods, People were making more goods

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1
What's another name for shanty towns
Shackvilles
Roosevelt Ruins
Homeless Center
Hoovervilles
2
Because the banks closed
people lost jobs
credit froze
people carried more cash
people carried less cash
3
The New York relief fund went from giving $9 million in 1930 to how much in 1932?
$68 million
$58 million
$38 million
$48 million
4
Hoover created the
President's Organization on Unemployment Relief
People Own Underwater Reefs
Poor Otters Under Repair
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5
Banks were
small
government owned
none of these
large
6
Agriculture (farming) went downhill because
over production
going into debt over buying new equipment
machanizing farming
less buying
7
When people panicked, they
ran and set the bank on fire
ran to put money into the bank
ran to take money out of the bank
ran and robbed the bank
8
what does bankrupt mean
legally saying youre refusing to pay
erupting into banks
destroying banks
legally saying you can't pay
9
When the stock market first crash?
October 1929
October 1928
August 1929
August 1928
10
What ended the great depression?
The end of WWII
The beginning of WWII
The end of WWI
The beginning of WWI
11
What are shanty towns?
A nice neighborhood
A city full of nice buildings
A town made of shacks and tents
A town in the middle of Shanty, USA
12
When prices dropped
inflation increased
people bought more
Business got rich
businesses laid off people
13
By the end of 1931
22,941 banks had closed
2,294 banks had closed
229 banks had closed
22 banks had closed
14
When products piled up,
prices went up
prices dropped
people stole it
prices stayed the same
15
What are reparations
money paid to someone for being good
repairs to buildings
repairs made to roads
money paid to someone to make up for being bad
16
When people were laid off
they became farmers
they could afford more stuff
People got new jobs
they couldnt afford more stuff
17
The $78 million spent on the NY relief fund was less than
1 year's lost wages
1 week's lost wages
1 month's lost wages
1 day's lost wages
18
What did President Hoover do that made things worse?
increased taxes
what's a tax?
got rid of taxes
lowered taxes
19
what is infrastructre
roads
buildings
sidewalks
trees
20
By 1932, how many people were out of work?
5 million
2 million
1 billion
10 million
21
How did that end the great depression
people were throwinng bread at Germany
People were buying more goods
People were making more goods
people were too busy fighting to starve
22
What are bread lines?
selling bread
selling food
getting food
baking bread
23
Banks loaned more money for
commercial ventures
buying a house
buying stocks
commercial properties
24
What was a nickname for newspapers used as blankets?
newsies
Paper paradise
Hoover papers
Hoover blankets
25
What is the #1 reason for the great depression starting
America's weak banking
people being unhappy
WWII
Europe's weak banking
26
This caused
the bank to be sold to the highest bidder
the bank to burn down
the bank to close down
the bank to succeed
27
When people couldn't buy stuff
they were given it for free
prices went up
they stole it
stocks of stuff piled up

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