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Little House on the Prairie
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Stock Up
Other Causes
100
The Depression time period was commonly known by the title...
What is the Dirty Thirties
100
The Social Credit Party, led by William Aberhart, believed capitalism was wasteful and wrong. The province this party began in was
What is Alberta
100
At the height of the Depression in 1933, this percentage of Canadians were both homeless and jobless
What is 25 percent
100
When investors buy stocks with loans in the hopes that the stock value will rise and they can sell them to make a profit (involves risk)
What is speculation
100
Though it ended in 1918, loans, reparation, and recovery payments meant this international affair resulted in widespread unresolved debt
What is World War I
200
People unable to pay back their loans were another cause of the Depression. A more formal way to say you use loans to buy stocks is
What is buying on credit
200
In 1935, this act was put forth to help struggling farmers build irrigation systems, reservoirs etc.
What is the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Act.
200
Just before the Depression, this percentage of Canadian exports were to the United States alone
What is 40 percent
200
The date of the stock market crash
What is October 29, 1929
200
The name for the measure taken by the US that puts tariffs on imported goods
What is protectionism
500
Another name for the day the Depression began is... and it's significant because
What is Black Tuesday, because it's the day the New York stock market collapsed.
500
Three major causes of the Depression in the Prairie region were
What are drought, the collapse of the wheat board, and the grasshopper plague.
500
In an effort to boost economy during the Depression, Prime Minister Bennett implement his "New Deal", which included raising tariffs on imported goods to this percent...this was supposed to help because
What is 50 percent; because it encouraged Canadians to by locally and invest in local economy.
500
How the stock market works
What is companies make money by selling shares in investors who'll receive a portion of their profits.
500
Overproduction of goods during times of prosperity eventually led the Depression on. Effects of this were
What are job layoffs, poverty, and too much supply, too little demand