The Great Depression Review

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Define The Great Depression

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The time in American history when the U.S. was at it's lowest point.

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Define Black Tuesday

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October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression.

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Define Credit

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A loan given to help you buy items you normally cannot buy on your own.

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What is a hobo?

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A Homeless person who travels looking for work.

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Define riding the rails

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Hobos who rode on the trains to look for work.

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Who was Herbert Hoover?

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President at the start of the Great Depression. He did not believe in government assistance.

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What was a Hooverville?

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Settlements consisting of shacks and makeshift shelters that formed on the outskirts of cities.

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Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

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President that came to help Americans get out of the Great Depression.

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Explain the New Deal.

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Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.

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Explain the Second New Deal.

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Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.