Great Depression/New Deal

October 29th, 1929

• Black Monday
• Black Tuesday
• Black Wednesday
• Black Friday

Buying stock but borrowing the money to do it is called ________.

• speculation
• buying on margin
• market capitalization
• hammering the market

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes

What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?

• Hoovervilles

• Okies

• Bonus Army Bases

• Rooseveltowns

Which of these is a direct cause of the Great Depression?

• WWI war debt

• the cost of the military

• the Dust Bowl

• the Florida Land speculation collapse

Which is true of the 1920s working population?

• they had a high rate of unemployment

• they had little if any savings

• most working people owned stock

• most owned their own home

In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

• banks closed
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put it
• someone stole it

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Industry in the 1920s was over concentrated on

• clothing

• tools

• household goods

• cars

What country was affected most by the Depression?

• Germany

• France

• China

• Mexico