Mr. Wilson Ch 18

In July of 1932, the U.S. Army expelled the Bonus Marchers from Washington, D.C., with tear gas and fixed bayonets.

Hoover wanted state/city governments rather than the feds to provide money directly to needy families, known as

President Herbert Hoover’s response to the Depression led to his landslide victory in the 1932 presidential election.

While many immigrants chose to leave the United States as a result of the Great Depression, others

Thousands of World War I veterans came to Washington, D.C., in 1932 to lobby Congress to

Before the late 1920s, stock prices

In addition to the stock market crash in 1929, a key cause of the Great Depression was

In the 1920s, the Federal Reserve contributed to weaknesses in the stock market by

In May 1932, the Senate voted down a bill that would have

Output per person-hour rose 32 percent in the 1920s, but the average worker’s wage increased only 8 percent, which meant

The Emergency Relief and Construction Act provided

During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed,

The stock market crash of 1929 was the sole cause of the Great Depression

During the 1930s, how many Americans went to the movies each week?

What portion of the U.S. workforce was unemployed by 1933?

What percentage of American households owned stocks by 1929?

The “Dust Bowl” was located in

A long period of rising stock prices is known as a

When people could not pay their rent or mortgage but would not leave the dwelling, they were evicted by court officers.

As a result of the stock market crash, some banks suffered more losses than they could absorb and

In the 1920s, buying on margin was a method of buying stocks with mostly borrowed money.

Wiped out by the Depression and by drought, many penniless families left the Dust Bowl and headed to

early 1930s, to pay for public works projects that would create enough jobs, the government would have to raise taxes or

The stock market took its steepest dive on October 29, 1929, the day now known as

What happened when President Hoover asked the Federal Reserve Board to put more currency into circulation?

1932, the press called the World War I veterans marching to Washington, D.C, to demand early payment of promised bonuses

Stockbrokers who made loans that allowed investors to buy stocks could issue a ____________ to protect their loans.

During the Great Depression many farmers who were already under pressure from debt and falling prices were devastated by

The Depression improved steadily during President Hoover’s administration.

During the 1930s, dairy farmers in Georgia blocked highways and

The original purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to

During the stock market crash of October 1929, prices were driven down by

Which of the measures to address the Depression was enacted by Congress and signed by President Hoover only reluctantly?

During the Great Depression, many farmers were forced to turn their farms over to

President Hoover supported the provision of federal government relief, or money given directly to impoverished families.

As stock prices declined in 1929, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff led to

The National Credit Corporation tried to rescue troubled banks by allowing them to

Buyers making a fortune overnight in the stock market engaged in speculation, betting that the market would climb.

Some farmers began destroying their crops to protest against foreclosures on their land.

The jobless stood in breadlines for free food, lined up outside soup kitchens set up by private groups, or went hungry

Blaming the president for their plight, newly homeless people established shantytowns they called Hoovervilles

“Hunger marches” in Washington, D.C., and other cities were organized by

At the time of the stock market crash, the government did not insure bank deposits, so

“Okies” were usually farmers who sold their land and used the profits to travel to California and begin new lives.

Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks

The bull market of the 1920s lasted only as long as

In addition to the stock market crash of 1929, the economy was shaken by a slowdown in