Major Cause
What did farmers fear about 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?
Towns made by poor and homeless people that were sarcastically named after the President.
What is the New Deal?
programs launched by FDR to end the Depression.
what is the name of the main character
Scout
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?
Legislation that raised tariffs on imports to record levels, leading to global drops in trade.
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
Jem
What issue with the banks cause the Great depression?
The stock market crash (1929)
What is deflation?
When money is worth less because there is an abundance of it.
What was the unemployment rate? job.
25%, meaning 1 in 4 Americans was out of a job.
What is "Rugged Individualism"?
believing that people should succeed through their own efforts rather than government hand-outs.
Boo Radley
What is overproduction?
Making too many of something, but not selling enough.
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 is a bank run?
When panicked depositors rush to withdraw their life savings all at once, often leading to bank failure.
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