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What vocabulary word means "a period of economic ruin"?
bust
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What is a period of severe economic hardship with high unemployment?
a depression
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Who was responsible for The New Deal?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
What vocabulary word means "a rapid increase in economic growth"?
boom
100
What are German designed boats that travel underwater called?
U-boats
200
As automobiles became cheaper, many people began to ______________to Florida.
travel
200
What were two improvements in transportation in the early 1900s?
invention of the automobile, airplanes offering passenger flights
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What were the years of WWI?
1914-1918
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What vocabulary word means "help sometimes in the form of financial aid"?
relief
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What name was WWI known as?
The Great War
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What is a stock?
a share of ownership in a company
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What was the nickname for the 1920s characterized by economic growth, technology advancements and social change?
The Roaring Twenties
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What is the definition of mass production?
making a large number of products quickly
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Many people traveled to Florida to enjoy what?
warm weather and climate
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One reason for the land bust was people began selling what type of land?
poor quality
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____________weather conditions in 1926-1927 also contributed to the land bust.
Extreme
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How many countries were involved in WWI?
23
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Many people chose to move to Florida, causing a land ________.
boom
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The ____________________ damaged citrus crops in the 1920s causing many farmers to lose their crops.
Mediterranean fruit fly
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The Stock Market Crash caused widespread ______________ after many businesses _________.
unemployment, closed
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Two devastating ___________hit Florida causing great damage in the 1920s.
hurricanes
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The Stock Market Crash and Great Depression often resulted in families losing their ____________ and having to turn to the ______________ for help.
homes, government
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Name TWO of the jobs offered as a result of The New Deal.
building government buildings, planting trees, building dams, repairing & building roads
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The Stock Market Crash occurred in what year?
1929
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Alfred DuPont helped Florida by buying __________ and beginning a _________industry.
banks, paper
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