Major Cause
What did farmers fear in the Great Depression?
Dust bowl
What is an Installment Plan?
raised taxes on foreign imports to record highs, and global trade collapsed.
What are Hoovervilles?
homeless people were named after the president many blamed for the crisis.
What is the New Deal?
programs launched by FDR to end the Depression.
what is the name of the main character
Scout
What event caused dramatic drop in global trade?
Trade collapse
What is Buying on Margin?
paying a small portion of a stock's price up front and taking out a loan for the rest.
What are Soup Kitchens?
charitable locations to receive free meals of bread or watery broth.
What is the Social Security Act?
A national pension system for the elderly and provided unemployment insurance.
What is the main character's older brother
Jim
What issue with the banks cause the Great depression?
The stock market crash (1929)
What do you call it when money becomes worth more, but nobody has any to spend?
Deflation
What is 25%?
unemployment rate in the U.S. meaning 1 in 4 workers was out of a job.
What is "Rugged Individualism"?
believing that people should succeed through their own efforts rather than government hand-outs.
Who lives by himself and is scary to people
Boo radly
What is it called when to many items are made but not enough is bought?
Overproduction
What was the biggest problem for workers after the stock market crashed in 1929?
Mass unemployment
What is "Riding the Rails"?
thousands of young people who left home and traveled the country by jumping on trains.
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?
This agency was created to restore public confidence in the banking system by insuring individual deposits.
What were Mayella Ewell's main injuries?
Bruises on her arms and neck and a black eye.
What caused people to withdraw their saving out of banks?
Banking Panics
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
allowing people to buy expensive items like cars by paying in monthly installments.
How did women support their families?
Many women went against social norms and joined the workforce.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
This "alphabet agency" provided jobs for millions of young men to work on environmental conservation projects like planting trees.
what was the court judge's name
Judge Taylor