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President when the Stock Market Crashed
Who is Herbert Hoover
100
1929-1941, when the U.S. economy faltered
What is the Great Depression
100
October 29, 1929
What is Black Tuesday
100
the belief that all should work for the common good
What is Volunteerism
100
First year the Cincinnati Reds were a Professional Baseball Team( 4 years after end of Civil War)
What is 1869
200
Person responsible for removing the "Bonus Army"
Who is General MacArthur
200
Term used to describe the makeshift "Shanty towns" during the depression
What is Hooverville
200
People waiting for food handouts from charities
What is a Bread Line
200
this brought much needed employment to the southwest
What is Hoover Dam project
200
Mr. Stricker's middle name (PRS)
What is Robert
300
Dust Bowl Refugees
What are Okies
300
Term used to describe the Central and Southern Plains during the 1930's
What is the Dust Bowl
300
a system of renting land for cash payments
What is a Tenant Farmer
300
Most working people did not have the money to buy the new consumer rgoods
What is Unequal distribution of wealth
300
Date- D-Day
What is June 6th 1944
400
People who were hard hit during the depression because of food overproduction
Who are the Farmers
400
Better to starve with pride then take money from the government
What is Rugged Individualism
400
a periodic growth and contraction of the economy
What is Business Cycle
400
If this happens then something else will happen (If one falls they all fall)
What is Domino Effect
400
President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is JFK
500
Group who saw a 50% unemployment rate during the depression
What are Urban Black's
500
The theory that money invested in big business will also reach and help the workers
What is Trickle Down Economics
500
Made loans to Railroads and Banks to help stimulate the economy
What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
500
Helped to make the depression worse by bring to a halt international trade
What is Hawley Smoot Tariff
500
The year the Titanic sank
What is 1912