The Great Depression/New Deal

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Which of the following were causes of the Great Depression? Weak banks & buying on credit, speculation & Stock Market Crash, Overproduction of crops & consumer goods, all of the above

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all of the above

Front

One characteristic of the Great Depression was?

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high unemployment, homelessness & poverty

Front

People who lost their life's savings and were unemployed often lived in these shantytowns?

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Hoovervilles

Front

Which event occurred because of intensive farming, drought, and wind storms on the Great Plains in 1930's?

Back

the Dust Bowl

Front

What was President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

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he did not take any direct action to help the people

Front

What was the name for the WWI Veterans who marched on Washington, D.C. demanding early payment of their $1,000 bonus checks?

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the Bonus Army

Front

What did President Hoover do when the Bonus Army refused to leave the capitol?

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he sent in army to break up the camps & remove the veterans

Front

This agency was established by Hoover in 1932 to provide emergency relief money/loans to large businesses, insurance companies, and banks.

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Front

What was the name of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to rescue the nation from the Great Depression?

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the New Deal

Front

FDR's New Deal programs focused on helping the nation in what areas: Relief, Recovery, Reform, Refund, Recovery & Reform, Return & Relief?

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Relief, Recovery, Reform