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The Great Depression begins | HIST - American History 1 - Introduction, Quizzes of United States History

Class: HIST - American History 1 - Introduction; Subject: History; University: Oakland Community College; Term: Forever 1989;

Typology: Quizzes

2012/2013

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TERM 1
What were the causes of the Great
Depression?
DEFINITION 1
Tariffs & War debt, a crisis in the farming sector, the
availibility of eas credit unequal distribution of income
TERM 2
What is the Dust Bowl?
DEFINITION 2
a windstorm in 1934 that picked up tons of dust and covered
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, & Colorado
TERM 3
What was President Hoover's reaction to the
Stock Market Crash?
DEFINITION 3
He was optimistic. He tried to reassure Americans that the
economy was on sound footing.
TERM 4
What did people call the Shantytowns they
often lived in after they lost everything in the
Depression?
DEFINITION 4
little towns consisted of shacks- Skidrow
TERM 5
What does buying stock on a margin
mean?
DEFINITION 5
paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down
payment and borrowing the rest. (
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What were the causes of the Great

Depression?

Tariffs & War debt, a crisis in the farming sector, the availibility of eas credit unequal distribution of income TERM 2

What is the Dust Bowl?

DEFINITION 2 a windstorm in 1934 that picked up tons of dust and covered Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, & Colorado TERM 3

What was President Hoover's reaction to the

Stock Market Crash?

DEFINITION 3 He was optimistic. He tried to reassure Americans that the economy was on sound footing. TERM 4

What did people call the Shantytowns they

often lived in after they lost everything in the

Depression?

DEFINITION 4 little towns consisted of shacks- Skidrow TERM 5

What does buying stock on a margin

mean?

DEFINITION 5 paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest. (

What is rugged

individualism?

Hoover believed that human's could be independent and self- reliant.He did not believe in government interfering in people's private affairs TERM 7

What programs did Hoover introduce and try

to help the people but was too late?

DEFINITION 7 Federal Home Loan bank Act- offered homes at low ratesReconstruction Finance Corporation- $2 million in emergency financing for banks, life insurance, railroads. TERM 8

What was the bonus army? How were they

treated?

DEFINITION 8 A group of WWI veterans and their families who Marched on Washington DC to demand immediate payment of bonus they had been promised for military service.Soliders under the command of General Macarthur used force and tear gas to disband them TERM 9

What was the Patman Bill?

DEFINITION 9 A bill to authorize the government to pay bonus to WW I veterans who had not been compensated for their wartime service TERM 10

Who ran for Presidency in the 1928 & 1932

elections?

DEFINITION 10 Roosevelt

What were the advantages living in rural

America during the Great Depression?

people on farms could grow their own food TERM 17

What habits changed after living through the

Great Depression?

DEFINITION 17 People were frugal. They did not waste anything. But people were also very generous and showed kindness by sharing clothes, food.