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During the Great Depression, many people were unemployed.  This means that they lost their ____________.

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jobs

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During the Great Depression, many people did lose their homes because they couldn't pay for them. They had to live in makeshift "houses" made out of cardboard or whatever supplies they could find. These were called what?

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Hoovervilles

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This was called the _______________

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Dust Bowl

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The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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An effect of the Great Depression was...

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large numbers of people were hungry and homeless.

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What did the Social Security Act of the New Deal Program do?

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It gave paychecks to elderly, retired, disabled, and people laid off from their jobs.

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Who was the President of the United States when the Stock Market crashed?

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Herbert Hoover

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How did the failure of the banking systems effect the American people during the Great Depression?

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Banks eventually ran out of money, and people's life savings were gone.

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The place where stocks and bonds are traded and sold everyday. This is ownership in a company.

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Stock Market

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Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?

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Soup Kitchens