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Great Depression Causes
Great Depression Effects
The New Deal
Important People
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What was "Black Tuesday"?
The day that the stock market crashed.
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People did not have a lot of money during the Depression. Because of this, they bought fewer products. When fewer products were being bought, what happened to the factories?
They either closed or cut down on production (produced less products.)
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The term "market" in economics.

What is an exchange of goods and services

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This US President was elected in 1932 on the promise of a "New Deal" for the American people that would pull them out of the Great Depression.

Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt  

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There was a surplus of crops after World War I. What does "surplus" mean, and what effect did the surplus have on American farmers?
A surplus is when there is too much of a product. Crop prices fell and farmers lost their jobs.
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When factories closed and cut back on production, what happened to people who worked at the factories?
People lost their jobs.
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This New Deal agency provided jobs for young men, gave them a place to live and food to eat, and even sent money home to their family. This agency is most famous for planting trees in public parks.
The CCC (The Civilian Conservation Corps)
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This president was blamed for the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover.
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This event marked the beginning of a period of economic crisis in which many Americans were unemployed.

What was the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

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During the Great Depression, crop prices went down even more. What happened because of this?
Farmers lost their jobs because they were not making enough money.
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This explains how consumers and producers interact in the U.S. economy.

Producers decide on what products to create based on what consumers purchase?

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This person was a famous jazz composer.
Duke Ellington.
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Over-plowing during a drought made the soil too fine, which left the fields vulnerable to wind erosion.

How did farming practices contribute to the Dust Bowl?

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This photograph illustrates life in the Great Depression.

What is people had to wait in line for food at the local soup kitchens

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Rosa buys donuts at the Donut Shop each week. A new donut store, Yummy Donuts, began selling donuts just a mile away. As a result, the Donut Shop decided to change the price of their donuts. This is what happens the price of donuts.

What is more competition in the donut market; Rosa will likely pay less for donuts.

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This Harlem Renaissance author wrote both prose and poetry, mostly about African American life.
Langston Hughes.
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This U.S. president was blamed for many of the social and economic problems of the early 1930's.

Who was Herbert Hoover?
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This is how many American citizens experienced the Great Depression.

What was lack of employment and homelessness.

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This agency provides a monthly paycheck to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed. The money is collected from employers and employees.
The SSB (Social Security Board)
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This was how Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt differed in their plans to address the Great Depression.

What was Hoover resisted using federal assistance, while Roosevelt started government funded projects?