The Great Depression

Construction of this dam provided water and electricity to several south western states.

Great plain farmers last lost everything and left for better land in the west.

Bill raised tariffs on imports. Designed to help US get out of depression; made it worse.

Raised taxes on individuals and corporations. Kept people from investing in the market.

Causes for the Dust Bowl.

Putting up only a down payment on stock with the promise of paying the rest back with profits.

He defeated Hoover in the election of 1932.

The Dust Bowl effected people in these states.

This WWII and Korean War hero led the US Army against the Bonus Army in Washington DC.

Shanty towns built by the homeless and given a name that mocked the President.

Which IS NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

President at the start of the Great Depression.

Stock market crashed and burned on this day

Act of Congress froze wages and made them artificially high.

Army veterans that marched on Washington DC.