Great Depression

Great Depression

Great Depression: Black Thursday, Facts & Effects - HISTORY

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What year did the Great Depression start

• 1929

• 1930

• 1905

• 1928

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Explain the Stock Market Crash.

• People purchased stocks with credit, got scared and sold their stocks. There was no money to pay people their money

• People purchased stock

• People threw their money away

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What were the 3 causes of the Great Depression?

• FDR, The New Deal, The Second New Deal

• Herbert Hoover, Hobos, Riding the Rails

• Credit, Stock Market Crash, Corruption

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What were the 3 causes of the Great Depression?

• FDR, The New Deal, The Second New Deal

• Herbert Hoover, Hobos, Riding the Rails

• Credit, Stock Market Crash, Corruption

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Explain the Stock Market Crash.

• People purchased stocks with credit, got scared and sold their stocks. There was no money to pay people their money
• People purchased stock
• People threw their money away

​More about The Great Depression

15 Many people where affected or should we say everybody in the US

• ​At some points in time the Great Depression does come back to us in this 2000 world

• ​Many people could no longer have jobs during 1929 to 1939 by 1939 The Great Depression was at it lowest point of 15 million still had no job

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 Define The Great Depression

• Loan given to help you buy items you normally cannot buy on your own.
• homeless person who travels looking for work.
• The time in American history when the U.S. was at it's lowest point.

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Define Black Tuesday

• Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
• October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
• Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.

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Which of the following would MOST contribute to people living beyond their means?

• Credit
• Rich People
• Goverment
• The Stock Market

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What caused millions to lose their family wealth during The Depression?

• Bank closures
• Foreclosures on their farms and homes
• Stockmarket
• All of the above

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Ownership in shares of a company or corporation

• CEO
• Insurance
• Stocks

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Songs such as "Brother, Can you spare a dime" which tell an important story are called 

• Sad and depressing
• Oral History
• Boring
• Old fashion

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Which of the following European country faced the greatest economic challenges after WW I? 

• Austria
• Great Britian
• France
• Germany

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Although Europe had severe economic problems the United States was experiencing which of the following directly after WW I?

• Inflation
• High Unemployment
• Economic success
• A depression