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100
The debt faced by many nations as a result of ____ meant nations could not buy American made goods.
What is The Great War?
100
The one project that Hoover funded, that gave some jobs and relief at the onset of the Depression.
What is Boulder a.k.a Hoover Dam?
100
A market that sees a continual increase in stock prices.
What is a bull market?
100
FDR was governor of _____ before he became President.
What is New York?
100
One cause of the Dust Bowl.
What is overproduction of crops, severe drought, etc.
200
Even before the stock market crash, an economic crisis had already begun to affect _________.
What is farmers/farming?
200
The nickname for empty pockets.
What are Hoover Flags?
200
The need to borrow money in order to purchase a stock.
What is buying on margin?
200
After this event, winning the presidency for FDR was pretty much inevitable.
What is the Bonus Army March?
200
Most people leaving the Dust Bowl moved the California on this famous road.
What is Route 66?
300
Because of the easy availability of credit, businesses and individuals found themselves building up large amounts of ____.
What is debt?
300
Hoover believed that ____ would destroy the moral fiber of Americans.
What is direct relief?
300
The most widely used measure of the stock market's health.
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
300
After contracting ________, FDR could no longer walk.
What is polio?
300
During the Depression, unemployment was at about ___%.
What is 25%?
400
Almost all agree that a cause of the crash was the fact that the stock market was largely __________, or that they had no rules.
What is regulated?
400
The idea that people will help themselves and pull themselves up from their bootstraps.
What is rugged individualism?
400
The day the stock market crashed is called
What is Black Tuesday?
400
Besides President, name 2 positions that FDR held that were the same as TR.
What are Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Governor of New York?
400
Name given to the men and boys who rode the rails and searched for work.
What are hoboes?
500
This tariff, meant to help American manufacturing instead caused a decline in world-wide trade.
What is Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
500
Hoover's approach to the Depression was based on a belief that businesses and charities would help out, rather than government. This was known as ___.
What is voluntary cooperation?
500
Buying stock on the hopes of making a quick profit without considering risks is known as ______/
What is speculation?
500
Describe how FDR's actions as Governor of New York was different from how Hoover was handling the economic crisis.
What is he hired people for public works projects, he provided direct relief, etc.
500
Name two of the state affected by the Dust Bowl.
What are Oklahoma, Kansas, northern Texas, southeastern Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota