THE CRASH
The New York Stock Exchange market crash in this year is often taken as the start of the Great Depression
What is 1929?
In American cities, the Depression is often associated with this geometrically-named phenomenon where people waited for food
What is a BREAD LINE?
This two-word nickname refers to the extended agricultural disaster that displaced soil and farmers from Oklahoma and the Great Plains
What is the DUST BOWL?
The depression in South Africa saw huge growth in the cities, especially by this demographic who did not have to carry formal passes or paperwork
Who are WOMEN?
In contrast to Herbert Hoover's view of individual resourcefulness and fortitude, he took a much more involved (and expensive) approach to government relief programs
Who was (Franklin Delano) Roosevelt?
(or FDR)
This term means buying stocks with money you do not currently have--in theory, you'll pay it back as the stock value rises
What is MARGIN BUYING? (Or BUYING ON MARGIN?)
It's not Regina, but in 1938, provincial police responded to economic protests with "Bloody Sunday" in this major Canadian city
What is VANCOUVER?
Indebtedness and insolvency among Indian farmers (and farmers elsewhere in the empire) actually rose after the British Indian government imposed these revenue-raising taxes
What are TARIFFS?
Some governments spend money to make money; others engage in this policy of cutbacks or austerity during economic downturns
What is RETRENCHMENT?
Passing 133 new laws in 73 days boosted the ratings and image of Leon Blum's new party in France--maybe that's how they got their name!
What is the POPULAR FRONT?
After the crash, the financial squeeze on India led to higher taxes on this good, which Gandhi led a march to produce (illegally) himself
What is SALT?
Many of the materials in our Australia file originally came from meetings or articles from Melbourne; they are currently held in the National Archives, appropriately in this city
What is CANBERRA?
One solution to unemployment was to put people to work building bridges, dams, roads, and trails, collectively referred to as this word (Joe Biden's biggest bill also refers to it)
What is INFRASTRUCTURE?
The expansion of the Argentinean highway system--38000 miles!--led to much greater investments from this country's automotive industry
What is the UNITED STATES?
Many countries saw new political parties rise during the 1930s, including left-leaning parties in BOTH the UK and Australia with this name
What is LABOR / LABOUR?
As seen in a chart in the India documents, financial crashes often cause a slowdown in purchasing, leading to this problematic effect on prices
What is DEFLATION?
Despite its colonial history, this city's culture was heavily inflected by British culture: perhaps because of the Bank of England and the BCRA, perhaps because British companies built the highways
What is BUENOS AIRES?
Nigeria's economy suffered due to cash crop price collapse during the 1930s, particularly for either of these plants crucial to Nigerian export agriculture
What is CACAO or PALM?
The Rassemblement Colonial (RC) attempted to promote solidarity between the people of France's colonies and this socioeconomic group within metropolitan France
What is the WORKING CLASS?
The Depression caused many governments to raise walls and promote nationalism; in South Africa, that meant less influence from English-speakers and more from those who spoke this language
What is AFRIKAANS?
After the crash, Australia's state governments made some direct payments to cover basic needs. This name, either the long or short form, was given to that support
What is SUSSO? (or SUSTENANCE?)
Often economic setbacks cause widespread protests and potentially violence: despite promises of $7 per month in support, similar protests over employment and prices broke out in this Middle Eastern nation in 2025 and 2026
What is IRAN?
The Maritime provinces of Canada have arguably never fully recovered from the Great Depression--one that was really hard-hit in the prairies was this "Breadbasket of Canada"
What is SASKATCHEWAN?
This category's title was not actually applied to the Great Depression, but by this presidential candidate responding to a recession in 1992
Who is BILL CLINTON?
As Canadian PM during the Great Depression, he avoided economic intervention--though he created the Bank of Canada and the Canadian Wheat Board, he ultimately lost reelection for being "snobbish" and "flinty-hearted"
Who was (R B) BENNETT?