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One reason for the stock market crash was that people…
panicked and tried to sell their stocks before prices fell even further.
Which situation was a basic cause of the Great Depression?
Overproduction of consumer goods.
Which economic factor was a major cause of the Great Depression?
Purchase of stocks and goods on credit.
Many investors could not repay loans because the stocks were purchased…
on margin.
At the time of the stock market crash, the government did not insure bank deposits, so…
customers lost their savings if a bank collapsed.
During the Great Depression, expressions such as Hoovervilles and Hoover Flags showed that President Hoover…
was blamed for the suffering of the poor.
President Hoover reacted to the Great Depression with…
caution.
What were two basic causes of the Dust Bowl during the early 1930s?
Overfarming and severe drought.
President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression was often criticized because it…
failed to provide direct relief for the neediest person.
Many Americans responded to photographs such as this [showing Bonus Army shacks burning on Anacostia flats, Washington, D.C., after being attacked by the military] by…
criticizing the government for its treatment of World War I veterans.
Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock
Buying on Margin
The most devastating stock market crash in the history
Black Tuesday
Shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America.
Hoovervilles
Prolonged period in the stock market when investment prices are rising faster than average
Bull Market
Caused by severe drought, high winds and over farming of the land across the American Prairies.
Dust Bowl
In the 1920s, people used Installment Plans/Credit to buy consumer goods such as ----------------
household appliances
Which statement best summarizes President Herbert Hoover's approach to the Great Depression?
Unemployed workers should be patient because prosperity will eventually trickle down to them.
Putting a small amount of cash down and borrowing the rest to buy shares of stock is known as …
Buying on margin
"Hoovervilles" during the Great Depression consisted of
groups of makeshift homes in shantytowns
What practice in large part caused the stock market crash, sparking the Great Depression of the 1930's?
People overspeculating on stocks, using borrowed money that they couldn't repay.
Was this statement made by President Hoover or President Roosevelt:
President Roosevelt
Was this statement made by President Hoover or President Roosevelt:
President Hoover
Using the primary sources and your content knowledge, determine a cause and an effect of the Bonus Army march:
Which combination of factors contributed most to the start of the Great Depression of the 1930s?
Overproduction and the excessive use of credit
The New Deal tried to solve many problems that arose during the Great Depression by…
providing federal aid to various sectors of the American economy.
What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?
High unemployment
To try to correct the problem shown in the cartoon [Supreme Ct declaring his acts unconstitutional], President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed…
to have Congress pass a bill that placed more Justices on the Supreme Court.
Which of the following contributed most to the situation described in this excerpt?
High unemployment and widespread home foreclosures
What does Franklin D. Roosevelt mean when he told the American people "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"?
He hoped to calm the panic and hopelessness of the American people because of the Great Depression
While President, FDR use the radio to communicate with the American people. What did he call his radio addresses?
Fireside chats
"…I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us allhere assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence andof courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people. —Franklin D. Roosevelt, Acceptance Speech, Democratic National Convention, 1932"
provide government assistance to combat the Great Depression.
Was the following Attributable to the New Deal or Not part of the New Deal?
Not part of the New Deal
Was the following Attributable to the New Deal or Not part of the New Deal?
Attributable to the New Deal
Was the following Attributable to the New Deal or Not part of the New Deal?
Not part of the New Deal
Was the following Attributable to the New Deal or Not part of the New Deal?
Attributable to the New Deal
The Securities and Exchange Commission, formed in 1934 during the First New Deal, still operates today by…
regulating the stock market and restricting margin buying.
Which statement describes a significant cause of the circumstances shown in this photograph [Empty farms with no crops]?
Farmers in the Great Plains used mechanized equipment to remove native grasses from their fields.
The New Deal changed American political thinking because it was based on the principle that the…
federal government should attempt to solve social and economic problems.
The political cartoon describes the struggles of many people during the Great Depression. Which New Deal administration would have prevented the man in the cartoon from losing his savings?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
How did TVA investment in the dam most likely benefit residents of Kentucky?
By facilitating economic development
A common theme among painters and photographers in the 1930s was…
hard times of the present.
One difference that distinguished the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt from former U.S. Presidents was that Roosevelt was…
willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems.
Which of these New Deal programs provides money to the elderly, disabled and retirees?
The Social Security Administration
Americans who opposed New Deal measures introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt criticized them because they thought these measures…
expanded the role and size of the federal government