Hoover
The one building project during the Great Depression attributed to Hoover
What is the Hoover Dam
The general name given to veterans who came to DC to protest
What is Bonus Army
This was used by many Americans in the 1920s to buy luxury goods
What is Credit or Installment Plans (buying on time)
A derogatory name for the people who tried to escape the Dust Bowl by moving from the midwest to the west coast
Who are Okies or Arkies
This board game was started as a form of amusement during the Great Depression
What is Monopoly
Ran against Hoover in 1928
What is Alfred Smith
The full name of what the protesters who came to DC were called
What is Bonus Expeditionary Force
The date of Black Tuesday
What is Oct. 29, 1929
Groups of shacks sprang up due to evictions. Give both names for these shacks.
What is Shantytowns, Hoovervilles
This road took the people fleeing the Dust Bowl away from the area
What is Route 66
Hoover believed in this philosophy which said that people should succeed through their own efforts.
What is rugged individualism
The name of the bill that the protesters were hoping would pass Congress
What is Patman Bill
Buying on margin and ______________ were two stock market practices that increased the devastating effects of the stock market crash.
What is Speculation
Many people left _____ ________ (it's a region) and traveled to _________ due to the Dust Bowl.
What is Great Plains, California
Two causes of the Dust Bowl
What is Drought, Overuse of the land
The name for inside out empty pockets
What is Hoover flags
What is WWI
The name of a 1930 tax on foreign manufactured and agricultural products
What is Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Many people who did not have enough to eat looked for food at these two places.
What is soup kitchens and bread lines
1. Author of The Grapes of Wrath
What is John Steinbeck
Hoover's attempt to keep large companies like banks and insurance companies afloat
What is Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The general in charge of disbanding the protesters
What is MacArthur
Along with tariffs, these war debts prevented US goods from being sold overseas.
What is reparations
The McNary-Haugen bill tried to create these to help the farmers get higher payments for their goods
What is price supports
These teenagers were forced to leave home to look for work to support their families
What is Hoover Tourists