Facts about the Depression
Causes of the Depression
Consequences of the Depression
200
Named after the President of The United States, these areas were where many homeless people lived during the great depression.
What are "Hoovervilles"?
200
Drastically increased the cost to bring in goods from other countries making these goods very expensive.
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
200
In this year there were over 4500 strikes and the strikers won over three quarters of them.
What is 1937?
300
The day that the New York Stock Market lost 14 billion dollars.
What is Black Tuesday?
300
Lasted 8 years and lost many farmers there jobs and source of food.
What is the Canadian Prairie Drought?
300
Besides America and Canada, this country was hit the hardest because of the depression.
What is Germany?
400
The most popular board game in the great depression.
What is Monopoly?
400
When large companies produce too much goods, but get little sales and end up losing money.
What is Overproduction?
400
This included programs such as WPA, social security, and the CCC.
What is the new deal?
500
When jobless men would hop freight trains or cling to the rods underneath the train in order to look for work.
What is "Riding the Rods"?
500
In 1929 investors sold all their stocks and many soon followed and the values of the stocks severely dropped.
What is the New York Stock Market Crash?
500
The unemployment rate in the Great Depression.
What is 25%?
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