Great Depression
1929-1939
Time in US when people could not find work and banks and businesses failed.
Great Depression
Not able to find a job.
unemployed
When a company makes more money than it owes or spends.
Economic recovery
Things made by business(like tires) and things business can do (like fix a car)
goods and services
When did the Gold Rush occur?
A. 1848-1855
B. 1900-1925
C. 2000-2018
A. 1848-1855
Place where people can invest money by buying and selling parts of a company.
Stock Market
Long period of time with little or no rain.
drought
Business and thing all people use to live and travel.
Public works
making a large group of people(like a country) feel happy a positive a about the future.
Civic uplift
The first gold was discovered by
A. Lincoln
B. Eli Whitney
C. James Marshall
C. Jame Marshall
October 29, 1929
The biggest one-day loss in the stock market.
Black Tuesday
Shantytown built by homeless people during the Great Depression.
Hooverville
When you owe someone money.
debt
War between major countries that the US entered into in 1941.
World War ll
The progressive Era took place
A. 1890-1920
B. 1750-1800
C. 1980-2000
A. 1890-1920
President when the Great Depression started. Did not believe the government should step in and help.
Herbert Hoover
Treat someone unfairly because they are different than you are. Based on the color of their skin, where they were born, or gender.
discrimination
Someone who use his/her own money to help build a business.
investor
What do you think we learned from the Great Depression?
Save money
Muckrakers exposed poor working conditions through their:
A. Books
B. Movies
C. Comics
A. books
Became president after Hoover and signed a New Deal that helped end the Great Depression.
Franklin Roosevelt
Group of people meant to protect the right of workers to make sure they are treated and paid fairly.
union
Plan made by Roosevelt to help the country recover from the Great Depression. Focused on making more jobs and building roads and bridges.
New Deal
What helped the Great Depression?
World War ll
Germany started the war after Ferdinand Was:
Assassinated