Causes of the Great Depression
This economic measure rose by 30% during the 1920s, giving a false sense of security.
Gross National Product (GNP)
October 29th, 1929 is known for the day the Stock Market Crash occurred.
Black Tuesday
These makeshift shantytowns were named after a U.S. president.
Hoovervilles
FDR’s economic programs to address the Great Depression were collectively known as this.
New Deal
This movie, released in 1939, is considered a classic about a girl traveling in a magical land.
Wizard of Oz
The term for buying stocks using borrowed money.
Buying on margin
The practice of buying stocks, hoping to sell them later at a profit.
Speculation
The nickname for jobless wanderers who jumped trains looking for work.
Hobos
This agency provided outdoor work to young unemployed men and sent most of their pay to their families.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
This novel by John Steinbeck portrays the hardships of a family during the Dust Bowl.
The Grapes of Wrath
This central bank tried to regulate the economy but failed to prevent the crash.
Federal Reserve
The amount of U.S. banks that collapsed by 1933. (I'll accept the closest answers).
11,000
A massive drought in the Great Plains created this environmental disaster.
Dust Bowl
This act insured savings in banks to prevent future bank runs.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
This musician wrote songs about the Dust Bowl, including “This Land is Your Land.”
Woody Guthrie
The unequal distribution of this contributed to economic instability in the 1920s.
Wealth
This term describes the mass withdrawal of money by panicked bank customers.
Bank run
By 1933, the U.S. unemployment rate reached this percentage (I'll accept the closest answer).
25%
FDR’s plan to expand the Supreme Court was called this.
Court-Packing
This radio show caused nationwide panic, thinking aliens had invaded.
The War of the Worlds
Name one economic weakness hidden by the stock market boom
Reliance on credit or low workers' wage growth?
By 1929, the number of shares traded in the stock market grew to this staggering amount.
1 billion
The name given to migrants fleeing the Dust Bowl, often heading to California.
Okies
This act established old-age pensions and unemployment insurance.
Social Security Act
This boxer, nicknamed “Cinderella Man,” became a symbol of hope during the Great Depression.
Jim Braddock