Farming Fails
Many American farmers overproduced after what war?
What is World War I?
The unemployment percentage in 1933, the worst year of the Depression
What is 25%?
Making predictions about making a quick profit in the stock market, without considering the risk
What is speculation?
People showed their disgust with Hoover by calling shantytowns this
What is a Hooverville?
The nickname for the New Deal programs
What is "alphabet soup"?
What are the Great Plains?
Because of America's foreign policy in the 1920's, as far as trade goes, what was a raised?
What are tariffs?
Borrowing money to buy shares of stock
What is "buying on margin"?
Hoover worked for this agency during World War I
Two of the three "R's" of the New Deal
What are relief, recovery, or reform?
Decline in this sector of the economy was the first sign that our country might be headed for economic trouble
What is the agricultural sector?
One long-range spending trend adopted by many effected by the Great Depression
What is saving money or being more frugal?
Hoover did not believe in "handouts" from the government-the term he used to describe getting a job and working for a living
What is "rugged individualism"?
The winner of the 1932 Presidential Election
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This New Deal agency reflected President Franklin Roosevelt's concern for the environment
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
The nickname for Great Plains farmers that were forced to migrate to California to find work
Who were the Okies?
This event occurred on October 29, 1929
What is the Stock Market Crash?
The Bonus Army was veterans of this war
What was World War I?
Hoover used this term to describe the return of good economic times
What is prosperity?
This New Deal agency was established to regulate the stock market
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
Name three causes of the Dust Bowl
What are lack of crop rotation, drought, and high winds?
What is World War II?
A government system for giving payments to the poor
What is "direct relief"?
Empty pockets were given this nickname
What are "Hoover flags"?
This New Deal agency has had the biggest long-term impact on society
What is Social Security?