abeka history 11 section 24.1 & dtr

october 29, 1929

“Black Tuesday”

1933

21st Amendment repeals Prohibition

herbert hoover

1929-1933

franklin roosevelt

1933-1945

herbert hoover

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______ _______ became the president at the height of America’s financial success

charles curtis

Herbert Hoover’s VP

1. easy credits

2. installment plans

3. speculation / buying on margin

4. farmers

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list the causes of the great depression:

1. Easy credit for ______ 

2. The use of _______ ______ 

3. Risky investments such as _________ and _______ ___ ________ 

4. Financial crisis for _______

black tuesday

October 29, 1929, the Stock Market crashed

$30 billion

how much was lost on black tuesday?

1. bank runs

2. unemployment

3. government

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results of the crash:

1. banks failed after lost investments and _____ ____

2. very high _________

3. federal reserve system allowed for heavy _________ intervention

dust bowl

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a severe drought in the mid 1930s caused The ______ ______

john steinbeck

wrote The Grapes of Wrath; criticized the government’s involvement in the depression

rugged individualism

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Hoover advocated _______ ___________ to recover

hoover dam

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He initiated the _______ ____ project for hydroelectric power

smoot-hawley tariff

highest in America’s (peace-time) history

finland

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Only _______ repaid WWI debts