Causes of the Great Depression
What was the starting point of the Great Depression?
The stock Market Crash.
Who was the president of the United States at the beginning the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
What European country was most effected by the Great Depression?
Germany
How long did the Great Depression last?
Ten years
What famous board game was introduced in 1935?
Monopoly
What new form of payment contributed to the Great Depression?
Credit (buy now pay later)
Who was the president of the United States at the end of the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What deal did President Hoover make with Germany during the Great Depression?
War debt payments were suspended for one year.
What was the unemployment rate after the 1932 election?
Nearly 25%
What group served as the face of the prohibition movement?
The Women's Christian Temperance Union
What agricultural problems was America having?
Overproduction and increased competition from European countries.
What was F.D.R.'s slogan during the 1932 election?
"New Deal"
What country did Hoover's deal enrage and why?
What is the crash of the stock market referred to?
Black Thursday
What depression-era musician created the sound we associate with "American" music today?
Aaron Copland
How did tariffs affect the Great Depression?
When did prohibition end?
1933
What are two countries that had their moderate governments lose to extremist groups?
Germany and Japan
How much did a loaf of bread cost during the Great Depression.
Eight cents.
What genre of movie was most popular during the Great Depression?
Musicals
What was the gold standard?
The government severly increased interest rates in order to protect the value of a dollar leading to overwhelming debt for businesses, which mostly closed.
How did prohibition end?
The 21st ammendment was added to the constitution, appealing the 18th amendment, which was the prohibition law.
How did Roosevelt and Hoover choose to deal with potentially dangerous international conflict?
They stayed out of foreign conflicts in order to focus on domestic policy.
What is the Great Depression known as in history.
The longest, most severe world-wide economic downturn of the modern world.
Why did crime rates go up?
Unemployed men often resorted to petty theft to feed their families; desperate women resorted to prostitution as any way to make money.