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100
1939.
When was the end of the Great Depression?
100
The New Deal was proposed by this man to cut Unemployment rates in the United States.
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt?
100
This Car company's sales dropped over 50%.
What happenned to General Motors?
100
Some believe it was all Roosevelt's New deal, but looking back it was the enterance of World War 2 that curbed the downfall.
What ended the Great depression?
200
1929
When was the start of the Great Depression?
200
A British economist in the early twentieth century who believed that deficit spending during recessions and depressions could revive national economies.
Who is John Maynard Keyes?
200
This affected 12 to 15 million workers.
How many workers did Unemployment affect during the great Depression?
200
Years and years of overgrazing combined with the effects of a drought caused the grass to disappear. With just topsoil exposed, high winds picked up the loose dirt and whirled it for miles. The dust storms destroyed everything in their paths, leaving farmers without their crops.
What is the Dust bowl?
300
October 29, 1929.
When was the crash of Black Tuesday?
300
The lack of confidence in the economy, and the overall misery that the German depression produced, meant that the German reaction to the Great Depression that arrived six years later was much more extreme. They needed new leadership.
What is reason for the election of Adolf Hitler?
300
This was the day that the massive crash of the U.S. stock market took place. The crash occurred after American investors dumped more than 16 million shares in one day.
What is Black Tuesday?
400
This president served from 1928-1932, and many economists cite his lax monetary and fiscal policies as a cause of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
400
This was created by Congress in 1933 to put millions of young men to work on conservation projects throughout the United States. These workers reforested timberlands, fought forest fires, built public roads, and maintained public parks.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
500
This man was able through repeated borrowing in rapidly depleting marks to amass an industrial empire that controlled 20% of Germany’s industry during the German Great Depression.
Who is Hugo Stinnes?
500
3% to 25%
How much did unemployment go up between 1929 - 1933?
500
This plan was set up by President Coolidge to help provide relief funds for the awful German Economy.
What is the Dawes Plan?
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