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when did the stock market crash
october 29th, 1929
How did the federal government change during the great depression?
Unemployed people, spent lots of money of new jobs/training programs
People who had zero income, banks tried to offer some relief payments
what is Pogey
What is fundamentalism?
Christian reliefs were bastion
Beat the Great depression
who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
what happened to birth rates?
went down
what key products was Canada dependent on?
Fish, Wheat, Paper, and minerals
what did thee federal government do for unemployed men?
Paid very little, building projects, and men had to stay in camps to get paid
what is spekeasies
illegal bars where alcohol was sold
provides a passion or nontenured regultion
what is social security
small down payment and a quick profit when prices rose.
what is buying on a margin
why did countries begin to place tariffs on imported goods?
Because the economy was slow
red army
what is bolshevicks
government payroll
what is subsidy
sell-offs in the early days
what is black tuesday
what are three major causes of the great depression?
bank failure, drought, and overproduction
Define "riding the rods"
after the great depression, 25% of the workforce was unemployed, they had to ride trains (on top and under the rods)
sold more than 15 million model T's
who is henry ford
what is deflict
when government uses money they dont have
borrowing money from banks and have to pay back
what is credit
New York, Toronto and Montreal
which major stock markets crashed?
what hit Canada hard during the great depression?
no food, no jobs, and people became homeless
where did the dust bowl, hit the hardest
Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Texas
Franklin D Roosevelt
governor at the start of the great depression
Hooverviles