Lesson 30 Vocab
What is the worst day of plunging stock market prices during the stock market crash that helped initiate the Great Depression?
Black Tuesday
What is a set of basic ideas, beliefs, and values that form the basis of a social, economic, or political philosophy?
Ideology
What is an area of the Great Plains of the United States that suffered severely from wind erosion during the 1930s?
Dust Bowl
What is the conservative side of the political spectrum?
Right Wing
Who was the 32nd President of the USA
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is a period in which stock prices are steadily rising?
Bull Market
What is someone who cherishes and seeks to preserve traditional customs and values?
Conservative
What is a wage high enough to provide an acceptable standard of living?
Living Wage
What is the liberal side of the political spectrum
Left Wing
Who was the 31st President of the USA
Herbert Hoover
Bear Market
What is a government or private social services intended to aid disadvantaged groups?
Social Welfare
What is the legal process by which a lender takes over a property it has helped a borrower buy, usually because the buyer has failed to make payments
Foreclosure
What is a work-relief organization established in 1939, as part of the New Deal, to provide work for unemployed Americans during the Great Depression?
Works Progress Administration
What are the years of the Great Depression
1929-1939
What is a financial crisis in which a large number of customers simultaneously attempt to withdraw their money from a bank out of fear that the bank will close
Bank Runs
What is an economic policy in which the government attempts to indirectly aid the needy by promoting economic growth at the business level in the hope that it will influence prosperity at all levels
Trickle-Down Theory
What is the legal process by which a landlord removes a tenant from his or her property, usually because the tenant has failed to pay rent
Eviction
What is a work-relief program established in 1933, as part of the First Hundred Days of the New Deal, to provide work for the unemployed Americans during the Great Depression
Civilian Conservation Corps
How much did a new car cost in the 1930's
A.200 B.400 C.600 D.800 E.1000
C.600
What is a law passed by Congress to raise the tariffs on imported goods in order to protect U.S. businesses and farmers?
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
What is a domestic Program from 1933 to 1939 which aimed to bring about immediate economic relief during the Great Depression
New Deal
What are severe dust storms?
Black Blizzards
What are political leaders who gain power by appealing to people’s emotions and prejudices rather than relying on rational argument
FINAL JEOPARDY: This author wrote one of the most famous fantasy books in 1937 based off his experiences during WW1, what is the book?
The Hobbit