Depression and New Deal

October 29th, 1929

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

President Hoover's philosophy that Americans must work harder to dig out of the depression.

• chicken in every pot
• rugged individualism
• Square Deal
• New Deal

The Dust Bowl devastated what part of the U.S. during the Great Depression?

• West Coast
• New England
• Deep South
• Great Plains

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Hawley-Smoot Tariff
• Easy Credit
• Mistakes of the Federal Reserve
• high farm prices

Paying a small % of a stock's price & borrowing the rest is known as what?

• buying on margin
• speculation
• fiat money
• price supports

Buying stock without knowing the risks, assuming it will just go up is known as ________.

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

Who are these people?

• hoboes
• immigrants
• tourists
• carpet baggers

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The collection of markets and exchange where the issuing and trading of equities, bonds and other sorts of securities takes place.

• Margin
• New Deal
• Deficit Spending 
• Stock Market 

A time in America following the roaring 20's where America experience rising unemployment that did not end until the onset of World War II. 

• New Deal
• Roaring 20's
• Great Depression
• Cold War 

What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?

• 25%
• 35%
• 50%
• 2%