Causes of the Depression
These limited foreign trade and foreign investment. It also made it difficult for foreign countries to export goods to the US and pay back debts.
What are tariffs on world trade?
Hoover believed in this kind of economy.
What is laissez faire?
These 2 future WWII heroes were sent to deal with the 15,000 WWI veterans who arrived in Washington DC in 1932.
Who are Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur?
This is a HOBO's living situation.
What is homeless?
This is the region that the Dust Bowl affected.
What is the Great Plains region?
This happened when investors would buy shares of stock in a company for the sole purpose of selling them once they increase in value. This led to falsely high stock prices.
What is stock speculation?
Hoover said "any lack of confidence in America's economic future" is this.
What is foolish, stupid, dumb?
Hoover called the WWI veterans who marched on Washington this.
What are communists and criminals?
This is what HOBO's use for transportation.
Name 2 states the Dust Bowl affected.
What is Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado?
By 1933 roughly 50% of these had closed.
What are banks?
Hoover believed that people should take care of themselves, not depend on these.
What are government handouts, assistance, welfare?
WWI vets were scheduled to receive their money for fighting in this year.
What is 1945?
This is how HOBO's communicated with each other.
What are markings?
Name 1 reason the Dust Bowl was created.
What is poor farming techniques, overplanting, not rotating crops depleting topsoil?
What is the FED (federal reserve)?
Hoover belonged to this political party.
What is republican?
WWI vets who marched on Washington DC in 1932 wanted this bill passed.
What is the Putnam Bill?
Bread lines and soup kitchens formed because of this.
What is a food shortage?
This is the percentage of families who left the dust bowl region for a new start.
What is 60%?
This happened when people bought stock gambling that the price would rise.
What is "buying on the margin"?
The idea that people should succeed on their own.
What is rugged individualism?
The approximately 15,000 WWI veterans who marched on Washington DC in the spring of 1932 were referred to as this.
What is Bonus Army?
This is who opened the first soup kitchen.
Who is Al Capone?
This is the name of the book that told the plight of the Okies.
What is the "Grapes of Wrath"?