The most severe economic downturn in U.S. history, it lasted from 1929 to 1941.
What is THE GREAT DEPRESSION
100
An ownership of an industry
What is A STOCK
100
Another name for the makeshift cardboard villages that will become known as "Hoovervilles".
What is SHANTYTOWNS
100
the total value of a nation's good and services
What is GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT or GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
200
Hoover represented this political party
What is Republican
200
Although it did not hit until the 1930's, this natural disaster compounded the problems of the Great Depression.
What is DROUGHT
200
Allowing people to buy stock with only a fraction of their own money down
What is MARGIN BUYING
200
Hopping trains as a method of travel earned this catchy name.
What is RIDING THE RAILS
200
This Iowa town still celebrates the life and times of hoboes.
What is BRITT
300
Hoover campaigned to keep the prosperity of the 1920's with this slogan...
What is "a chicken in every pot, car in every garage".
300
Name 3 states severely hit by the Dust Bowl.
What is OKLAHOMA, COLORADO, KANSAS, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS
300
Investing in or owning a stock priced over value, one of the major causes of the Great Depression
What is OVER-SPECULATION
300
Someone who moves from place to place like a hobo.
What is TRANSIENT
300
Although suffering from the effects of the Great Depression, many people still paid for this luxury, probably to escape their problems for a few hours.
What is MOVIES
400
Hoover believed that the people must survive the Depression on their own accord or simply stated, people must have ...
What is a RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM
400
This is a depressing tale of the Joad family attempting to escape the Dust Bowl and heading to California to find work.
What is THE GRAPES OF WRATH
400
A risky investment or stock that is bought and sold at a minimal price
What is A PENNY STOCK
400
Railroads often hired hoboes for the job of seeking out and removing other hoboes from the trains. The person that did these jobs earned the title...
What is BULL
400
Although he didn't believe that the Great Depression could be fixed, Hoover gave in to public demand and created this organization that was to get government money to business.
What is THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORTATION or RFC
500
Hoover's treatment of these World War I veterans certainly sealed his fate as a one term President.
Who was THE BONUS ARMY
500
Author of the Grapes of Wrath
Who is JOHN STEINBECK
500
Stock that is from established, top of the line companies is often referred to with this poker term
What is BLUE CHIP STOCK
500
Many hoboes and Okies gave referred to this state as the "Land of milk and honey"
What is CALIFORNIA
500
As a result of the Great Depression, this governmental agency oversees the nation's banks and sets interest rates to stimulate or to slow the economy.