9-2: The Great Depression

What is a time in which the economy does not grow?

• bust

• depression

• unemployment

When did the stock market crash?

• 1933

• 1930

• 1929

What is the number of workers without jobs called?

• employment

• bankruptcy

• unemployment

What are some things that homeless people built homes from during the depression?

• tents

• cardboard boxes

• old automobiles

What were the towns of homeless people called during the Great Depression ?

• shantytowns

• bust towns

• shammyvilles

Who was the president during the Great Depression?

• Calvin Coolidge

• Warren G. Harding

• Herbert Hoover

What is it called when the government doesn't spend more money than they get in taxes?

• Smoot-Hawley Tariff

• balanced budget

• low spending

What was the effect of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1931?

• increased our foreign trade

• wiped out our foreign trade

• things didn't really change

What did the Reconstruction Finance Corporation do?

• gave loans to banks, insurance companies, and railroads

• gave money to workers directly

• gave loans homeless people in need

What states did the Dust Bowl affect?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• New Mexico

• Colorado

• Kansas