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100
The president who promised the nation a "New Deal"
Who is Franklin Roosevelt
100
The term used to describe October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed.
What is Black Tuesday.
100
During the depression the homeless created these as makeshift places to live.
What are Hoovervilles.
100
This affected the pastures and wheat fields from the Dakota's to Texas.
What is the Dust Bowl.
100
The time period where the U.S. went from farm to factory work.
What is the Industrial Revolution.
200
Wife of the President and experienced social reformer
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt.
200
The president who won the election of 1932, he won by a huge margin of votes.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt
200
This was passed in 1930 to protect American businesses from foreign competition.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
200
The Dust Bowl occured because of over plowing and this.
What is drought.
200
The nickname for the time period when everything looked good on the surface but was actually corrupt underneath.
What is the Guilded Age.
300
Photographer who showed the realities of the "Depression" to the nation
Who is Dorothea Lange.
300
This caused the world economy to experience a depression.
What is the collapse of the American economy.
300
This is where stock information is recorded and shows a picture of how our economy is doing.
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
300
Hoover thought this was the best way to end the Depression.
What is voluntary aid to the poor and less government control.
300
Name given the the policy when a larger, stronger country takes over a smaller weaker country to form and empire.
What is Imperialism.
400
The group of people who suffered the most economically during the 1920's.
Who are farmers.
400
What the WWI verterans who marched on Washington in 1932 were called.
What is the Bonus Army.
400
This was ratified in 1933, this got rid of the ban on alcoholic beverages.
What is the 21st Amendment.
400
Hoover's popularity did this because of the way he handled the "Bonus Army"
What is dropped.
400
Term used during the 1920's to reflect the U.S.'s fear of Communism.
What is the "Red Scare"
500
Presidential candidate who showed America his spirit of optimism.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt.
500
This made it possible for lower and middle classes to buy stock.
What is Buying on Margin.
500
This is a period in which the economy grows, then contracts.
What is the Business Cycle.
500
This gave government credit to banks, industries, railroads, and insurance companies.
What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
500
The President of the United States during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson.