ORGANIZATION OF FARM COOPERATIVES
INTENDED TO RAISE CROP PRICES BUY HELPING MEMBERS BUY CROPS AND KEEP THEM OFF THE MARKET TEMPORARILY
WHAT WAS THE FEDERAL FARM BOARD AND WHAT WAS ITS PURPOSE?
100
PRESIDENT THAT TRIED TO REASSURE NATION THAT ECONOMY WAS SAFE
AMERICANS NEEDED TO BE OPTIMISTIC AND GO ABOUT THEIR REGULAR BUSINESS
WAS A HUMANITARIAN
GREAT FAITH IN REASON
OPPOSED ANY FORM OF FINANCIAL AID OR DIRECT RELIEF TO NEEDY
WHO WAS HERBERT HOOVER AND WHAT DID HE BELIEVE?
100
ANOTHER NAME 4 SHANTYTOWNS
WHAT ARE HOOVERVILLES?
100
LINES OF PEOPLE WAITING TO RECEIVE FOOD PROVIDED BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS OR PUBLIC AGENCIES
WHAT WERE BREAD LINES?
200
LOWERED MORTGAGE RATES FOR HOMEOWNERS AND ALLOWED FARMERS TO REFINANCE THEIR FARM LOANS TO AVOID FORECLOSURE
WHAT IS THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ACT?
200
MOST WIDELY USED BAROMETER OF STOCK MARKET'S HEALTH
THE DOW IS A MEASURE BASED ON THE STOCK PRICES OF 30 REPRESENTATIVE LARGE FIRMS TRADING ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
WHAT WAS THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE?
200
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE @ ELECTION OF 1928 GAINST HOOVER
CAREER POLITICIAN, SERVED 4 TERMS AS NY GOVERNOR
PRO-BOOZE
CATHOLIC
WHO WAS ALFRED E. SMITH?
200
PERIOD OF RISING STOCK PRICES
WHAT DOES THE TERM "BULL MARKET" REFER TO?
200
GOVT. WOULD BUY SURPLUS GOODS AT GUARANTEED PRICES AND SELL THEM ON THE WORLD MARKET
WHAT WERE PRICE SUPPORTS?
300
CONGRESS ESTABLISHED HIGHEST PROTECTIVE TARIFF IN U.S. HISTORY
DESIGNED TO PROTECT AMERICAN FARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS FROM FOREIGN COMPETITION
BY REDUCING FLOW OF GOODS INTO U.S. THIS TARIFF PREVENTED OTHER NATIONS FROM EARNING U.S. CURRENCY TO BUY U.S. GOODS
MADE UNEMPLOYMENT WORSE IN INDUSTRIES THAT COULD NO LONGER EXPORT GOODS TO EUROPE
MANY COUNTRIES RAISED OWN TARIFFS
WORLD TRADE FELL MORE THAN 40%
WHAT IS THE HAWLEY-SMOOT TARIFF ACT AND WHAT DID IT DO TO THE ECONOMY?
300
ORGANIZATION THAT LOANED $ 2 SMALLER BANKS WHICH HELPED THEM STAVE OFF BANKRUPTCY
WHAT WAS THE NATIONAL CREDIT CORPORATION?
300
UNEMPLOYED CANNERY WORKER FROM OREGON
LED BONUS ARMY
WHO WAS WALTER WATERS?
300
RICH GET RICHER, POOR GET POORER
70% OF FAMILIES EARNED LESS THAN $2,500 YEARLY
COULD NOT NOT AFFORD HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS
MOST AMERICANS COULD NOT FULLY PARTICIPATE IN ECONOMIC ADVANCES IN 1920S
WHAT DID THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME LEAD TO?
300
ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH CONSUMERS AGREED TO BUY NOW AND PAY LATER 4 PURCHASES
WHAT IS CREDIT?
400
CALLED 4 FEDERAL PRICE SUPPORTS 4 KEY PRODUCTS SUCH AS WHEAT, CORN, COTTON, TOBACCO
TRIED 2 HELP OUT FARMERS
WHAT IS THE McNARY-HAUGEN BILL?
400
ECONOMIC MEASURE THAT AUTHORIZED UP TO $2 BILLION FOR EMERGENCY FINANCING FOR BANKS, LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES, RAILROADS, AND OTHER LARGE BUSINESSES
WHAT WAS THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION?
400
WANDERED COUNTRY HITCHING RIDES ON BOXCARS AND SLEEPING UNDER BRIDGES
TURNED UP AT HOMELESS SHELTERS
WHO WERE "HOBOES?"
400
EMPTY POCKETS TURNED INSIDE OUT
THIS IS WHAT HOMELESS CALLED THE NEWSPAPERS THEY USED TO WRAP AROUND THEMSELVES
WHAT DO THE TERMS "HOOVER FLAGS" AND "HOOVER BLANKETS" DESCRIBE?
400
BUYING STOCKS AND BONDS ON THE CHANCE OF MAKING A QUICK PROFIT, WHILE IGNORING RISKS
WHAT WAS SPECULATION?
500
AUTHORIZED GOVT. TO PAY A BONUS TO WW1 VETERANS WHO HAD NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED FOR THEIR WARTIME SERVICE
WHAT WAS THE PATMAN BILL?
500
WORLD'S TALLEST DAME AND 2ND LARGEST
PROVIDED ELECTRICITY AND FLOOD CONTROL AND PROVIDED REGULAR WATER SUPPLY
A.K.A. HOOVER DAM
WHAT WAS THE BOULDER DAM AND WHAT DID IT DO?
500
WROTE IN SINCE YESTERDAY
ABOUT MEN'S FINANCIAL CONDITIONS DURING LONG PERIODS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
WHO WAS FREDERICK LEWIS ALLEN?
500
FEDERAL TERMS IN WHICH CASH PAYMENTS OR FOOD IS PROVIDED TO POOR BY GOVT.
WHAT IS DIRECT RELIEF?
500
PAYING A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF A STOCK'S PRICE AS A DOWN PAYMENT AND BORROWING THE REST