Politicians
Who was the president elected prior to the great depressions?
Herbert Hoover
what were the three major components for the new deal
1. Relief for the Needy
2. Economic Recovery
3. Financial Reform
What is The Dow Jones Industrial Average?
30 largest firms trading on the N.Y. Stock Exchange
Which super hero did Chris Evans play BEFORE his role as captain America
The Human Torch - Fantastic 4
What was Hoovers position prior to being the president of the U.S.
Secretary of commerce
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
What is Speculation?
Buying stocks and quickly selling on the change of a quick profit
in 1977 what was the first film to make over 500Million world wide
Star Wars
Who was the president elected in the 1932 election
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
What were the two responsibilities of the FDIC
2. Required banks to act more cautiously with their customers money
What is buying on a margin
Paying a percentage of the stock price and borrowing the rest
Who is the greatest athlete to ever live
Tom Brady
What was FDRs plan for fixing the economy called
The New Deal
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?
a program that had men ages 18-25 work for the government doing several different jobs
What was Black Tuesday?
One of the largest major crashes in the stock market history
Who is the Author of Lord of the Lord of the rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
Hoovers political party
Republican
What was the most major problem the new deal caused
Government Deficit Spending
What is "The Great Depression"?
a period of time in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed - Almost 50% of the banks in the U.S. Failed, millions of people lost their life savings, almost 100K businesses went bankrupt
What was the first Pixar Movie
Toy Story