HIstory Unit 5

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When people purchase stock with only partial hard currency and the rest on loans or credit, this is called buying stock on __________.

margin

We associate the collapse of the Stock Market and onset of the Great Depression with what day?

October 29th, 1929

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In the year 1932, what was the percentage of unemployed workers in America?  

25

President Herbert Hoover said Americans should and would rely on ___________, to pull themselves out of the Depression.

rugged individualism

During which occasion was the famous quote, “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself!” said:

President Roosevelt's inaugural speech in 1933

Franklin Roosevelt was afflicted with what disease?  

polio

Which was NOT a goal of the 1st New Deal? 

improved housing programs

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The informal radio messages made by FDR during the Depression, and used to help Americans gain confidence were called:

fireside chats

This small group of intellectuals were appointed to government posts by FDR, and helped him develop the      programs to help America:  

brain trust

 

The period which describes a three month period where FDR successfully passed 15 major pieces of legislation was called the first:

100 Days

A name given for the handmade shacks that served as shelters for the homeless, that collected in remote areas in U.S. cities during the depression was:

Hoovervilles

The name of the author who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath" - a Depression Era novel, was:

John Steinbeck

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An area between Texas and the Dakotas characterized by drought and dust storms, that caused great hardship to farmers in the United States was called the:

Dust Bowl

This New Deal program employed young men to replant forests and build parks:

Civilian Conservation Corps

This New Deal program helped restore public confidence in the safety of the Nation’s banks by insuring banking deposits up to $2,500:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation