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The Great Depression BeginsEconomic Troubles

The Stock Market Crash

Life During the Depression

Family and the Depression

Hoover and the Depression

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Economic Troubles: 200

• Question:• An arrangement in which consumers agreed

to buy now and pay later for purchases on an installment plan is known as this

• Answer• credit

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Economic Troubles: 400

• Question:• He became president of the United States by

winning the November 1928 presidential election

• Answer• Herbert Hoover

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Economic Troubles: 600

• Question:• He lost the 1928 Presidential election• Answer• Alfred E. Smith

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Economic Troubles: 800

• Question:• This increased for farmers during the 1920’s

which helped push farmers into bankruptcy• Answer• debt

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Economic Troubles: 1000

• Question:• The support of certain price levels at or above

market values by the government for key products is known as this

• Answer• Price supports

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The Stock Market Crash: 200

• Question:• This is when people buy stocks and bonds on

the chance that they might make a quick or a large profit, often ignoring the risks

• Answer• speculation

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The Stock Market Crash: 400

• Question:• This is when an investor pays a small

percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest to buy stock

• Answer• Buying on margin

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The Stock Market Crash: 600

• Question• October 29, 1929 is known as this• Answer• Black Tuesday

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The Stock Market Crash: 800

• Question:• The stock market crash signaled this, which

lasted from 1929 to 1941• Answer• Great Depression

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The Stock Market Crash : 1000

• Question:• Passed in 1930, this act established the

highest protective tariff in the history of the United States

• Answer• Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

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Life During the Depression: 200

• Question:• These were built out of scrap materials on the

outskirts of cities• Answer• shantytowns

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Life During the Depression: 400

• Question:• This is a place where food is offered free to

the needy• Answer• Soup kitchens

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Life During the Depression: 600

• Question:• This is where people wait to receive food

provided by charitable organizations or public agencies

• Answer• Bread lines

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Life During the Depression: 800

• Question:• African-Americans experienced this

throughout the 20’s and 30’s and 24 African-Americans died of this during 1933

• Answer• lynchings

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Life During the Depression: 1000

• Question:• This occurred in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas

that caused people to move to California• Answer• Dust Bowl

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Family and the Depression: 200

• Question:• Men road these during the depression to

wander the United States• Answer• trains

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Family and the Depression:400

• Question:• Cash payments or food provided by the

government to the poor is known as this• Answer• Direct relief

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Family and the Depression: 600

• Question:• Governments refused to hire this type of

woman, especially in the educational field• Answer• Married women

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Family and the Depression: 800

• Question:• Children during the depression experienced

this as a result of not eating regularly scheduled meals

• Answer• Malnutrition/sickness

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Family and the Depression: 1000

• Question:• During the depression, many people decided

to not go to this service, resulting in increased death due to disease

• Answer• Doctor/hospital

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Hoover and the Depression:200

• Question:• Hoover believed in this, the idea that people

should succeed through their own efforts• Answer• Rugged individualism

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Hoover and the Depression: 400

• Question:• This political party won the majority seats in

the House of Representatives in the 1930 mid-term elections

• Answer• Democrats

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Hoover and the Depression: 600

• Question:• This lowered mortgage rates for homeowners

and allowed farmers to refinance their farm loans and avoid foreclosure

• Answer• Federal Home Loan Bank Act

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Hoover and the Depression: 800

• Question:• The name given to the group of veterans that

wanted their pay at an earlier date who protested in Washington D.C.

• Answer• Bonus Army

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Hoover and the Depression: 1000

• Question:• He said, “It will purge the rottenness out of

the system”• Answer• Andrew Mellon

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts.

• Question:• The stock market crashed on October 29,

1929. Identify 3 causes that led to the crash• Answer• …• Buying on margin, speculation, decline in the

big industries, living on credit, declines in new home construction

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You Are Willing To RiskIf You get the Question write you win that money

If you get it wrong you Loss the money!