Vocabulary
a certificate that entitles the owner a part of ownership in a company
what is stock?
the president during the start of the Great Depression who was blamed for most of the economic hardships
who is Herbert Hoover?
The person who implemented the New Deal.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
When veterans who couldn't get money asked to get money from President Hoover.
What was the Bonus Army?
FDR's wife
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
people who buy and sell stock for clients
what is a stockbroker?
the people who suffered the most throughout the Great Depression
who was the U.S. citizens?
Three important charities during the Great Depression.
What are YMCA, Red Cross, V.O.A, Community Chest, Boy Scouts of America?
A big bunch of dust storms that devastated crops in the Great Plains.
What is the Dust Bowl?
When the stock market's prices rise drastically.
What is a bull market?
a recession that leads to a decline in economic growth
what is depression?
the president who took over Herbert Hoover, and created the New Deal
who is FDR?
Many charities were called this because of their acronyms, and it has to do with food.
What is alphabet soup?
Important crashes of the stock market, contributing to the Great Depression.
What is Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?
When the stock market's prices decrease drastically.
What is a bear market?
the day when 12.9 million shares were sold because of a preceding drop in stock prices, this event marked the start of the Stock Market Crash of 1929
what is Black Thursday?
the people who were deprived of their bonuses during the Great Depression
who are veterans?
Soup kitchens and food stamps are an example of this.
What are socialist ideas?
This act implemented tariffs that froze international trade.
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?
The political leader who criticized FDR for his New Deal
Who is Huey Long?
the last day of the initial Stock Market Crash of 1929, and was characterized by 16 million shares being sold, and the last event before the Great Depression
what is Black Tuesday?
He critiqued social and political climate using his writing which helped stop the rise of fascism
who is Sinclair Lewis?
The difference between reform, relief, and recovery.
what is relief referring to immediate assistance for those in need, recovery involving measures to stimulate the economy after a downturn, and reform aiming to implement long-term changes to prevent future crises?
The name of large amounts of people going to the bank to withdraw money.
What is a bank run?
A political leader who also supported FDR, but changed his mind and criticized the New Deal because of some of the socialist reforms it was taking on.
Who is Father Charles Coughlin?