Beginning of the Depression
During the 1920s, under Presidents Harding and Coolidge, the United States economy seemed this way.
What is strong or sound?
The United States economy seemed to be booming in the 1920s, but this sector was not as strong.
What is agriculture or the farm sector?
For many Americans, the Great Depression became a test of this.
What is survival?
By 1941, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had employed more than this many people.
What is 2 million?
Critics argued that the New Deal gave the national government too much of this over the economy.
What is power?
In 1929, this president took office, the same year the country went from good times to a long and severe decline.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The supply of food became greater than this, leading to lower prices for farmers.
What is demand?
During the Depression, people cut their spending down to the most basic of these.
What are food, clothing, and shelter?
The goal of the recovery program was to do this to the economy.
What is to boost?
While many Americans believed the New Deal helped, it also cost a great deal of this, much of which came from higher taxes
What is money?
The Great Depression is described as the longest and most severe economic decline in this country's history.
What is the United States?
Farmers had taken out loans to pay for expensive new machines, but now they couldn't make enough money to do this.
What is pay back the loans?
$600: In 1933, the unemployment rate rose higher than this percentage.
What is 25 percent?
Besides controlling floods, workers for the TVA also built these structures.
What are dams and power plants?
The Great Depression was not just in the United States; it was this type of economic disaster.
What is global?
In the late 1920s, the overproduction of goods combined with this event caused a downturn in the economy
What is the stock market crash?
In the 1930s, many farmers migrated to the cities to do this.
What is to find other work?
Many people lost their homes because they could not do this.
What is pay their rent or mortgages?
This important feature of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ensures bank deposits up to a certain amount.
What is that bank deposits are insured up to a certain amount?
Besides the United States, name one other country mentioned that faced similar economic problems during the Great Depression.
What is Canada, France, or Germany?
The crash of the stock market was one of the main causes of what is known as this.
What is The Great Depression?
New technology helped farmers grow more crops, but this eventually became a problem.
What is overproduction?
Some moved in with these individuals when they lost their homes.
What are relatives?
This was formed in 1934 to protect people in the stock market.
What is the SEC?
In Germany and other nations, the Great Depression led to people being willing to give up freedoms for this and security, for example, by accepting a dictatorship.
What is stability?