The president at the time of the Great Crash who did not believe in government regulation of business.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
100
Where the stock market was based.
What is Wall Street in NYC?
100
A novel written by Steinbeck about Dust Bowl farmers.
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
100
Using projected (future) earnings to purchase stock.
What is buying on margin?
100
A series of laws enacted to bring relief, recovery, and reform to the economy.
What is the New Deal?
200
The President who led the country during the Depression and believed in government regulation of business.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
Where poor people set up shantytowns.
What are Hoovervilles?
200
The cash crop that was over-planted and contributed to the Dust Bowl.
What is wheat?
200
An industrial situation that leads to market saturation and falling prices.
What is overproduction?
200
An act that provided retirement pensions, unemployment insurance, and financial aid for the disabled.
What is the Social Security Act?
300
The British economist who believed "deficit spending" could revive an economy.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
300
Where the Dust Bowl occurred.
What is Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, or Kansas?
300
A transaction that represents partial ownership of a company.
What is stock?
300
A term that describes how 1% of the population held more than 33% of the wealth.
What is income inequality?
300
The act that insured bank deposits of up to $5000.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
400
The military leader who battled the "Bonus Army" and later became a WWII hero as leader of the US military in Asia.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
400
A major hydroelectric construction project that was completed during the 1930s.
What is the Hoover Dam?
400
Consumer goods that were mass-manufactured and often bought on credit in 1920s.
What are automobiles?
400
John Maynard Keynes' plan for stimulating the economy.
What is deficit spending?
400
The commission that was set up to regulate Wall Street trading.
What is the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)?
500
The New Orleans senator who proposed the "Share Our Wealth" and "Every Man a King" programs, wished to run for President, and was assassinated in 1935.
What is Huey P. Long?
500
Where Gen. MacArthur used tear gas and fire to destroy the Bonus Army's makeshift camp.
What is Anacostia Flats?
500
A market index that is an important indicator of economic health.
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
500
Roosevelt's plan to have more control over the government that made him look power-hungry.
What is the court-packing scheme?
500
The Louisiana Senator who believed income inequality caused the Great Depression and was assassinated in 1936.