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WorksheetsThe Great Depression Vocab
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Federal Reserve
a)
FDR's plan of relief, recovery, and reform to relieve the suffering, get us out of the depression, and prevent future depressions
b)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
c)
Oct 29, 1929—the nick name for the day the stock market crashed
d)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
2.
Banking system
a)
aid in the form of goods or money to help the needy
b)
Oct 29, 1929—the nick name for the day the stock market crashed
c)
the percentage of working age people who are unemployed
d)
a network of banks that lend money to help businesses get started
3.
Black Tuesday
a)
Oct 29, 1929—the nick name for the day the stock market crashed
b)
buying something without cash, by agreeing to pay the debt in the future (on the installment plan) with interest
c)
a network of banks that lend money to help businesses get started
d)
a period of economic hard times that lasted from 1929 to 1941
4.
Credit
a)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
b)
the total production, distribution, and consumption of wealth--goods, and services of a nation
c)
buying something without cash, by agreeing to pay the debt in the future (on the installment plan) with interest
d)
Oct 29, 1929—the nick name for the day the stock market crashed
5.
Dust Bowl
a)
a mass movement of people from one place to another
b)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
c)
what the Great Plains & much of the Midwest was called when it suffered from severe drought and dust storms in the 1930's
d)
when factories make more than people will buy or when supply exceeds demand
6.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
a)
FDR's plan of relief, recovery, and reform to relieve the suffering, get us out of the depression, and prevent future depressions
b)
to buy or sell stocks or land, hoping to gain huge profits quickly
c)
the president whose New Deal program sought to bring about relief, recovery, and reform
d)
a period of economic hard times that lasted from 1929 to 1941
7.
Great Depression
a)
food, supplies, or goods in excess of what is needed; extra
b)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
c)
a period of economic hard times that lasted from 1929 to 1941
d)
FDR's plan of relief, recovery, and reform to relieve the suffering, get us out of the depression, and prevent future depressions
8.
Migration
a)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
b)
the percentage of working age people who are unemployed
c)
a mass movement of people from one place to another
d)
the total production, distribution, and consumption of wealth--goods, and services of a nation
9.
Speculation
a)
a process in which a union representative or a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract
b)
a network of banks that lend money to help businesses get started
c)
food, supplies, or goods in excess of what is needed; extra
d)
to buy or sell stocks or land, hoping to gain huge profits quickly
10.
Stocks
a)
buying something without cash, by agreeing to pay the debt in the future (on the installment plan) with interest
b)
when factories make more than people will buy or when supply exceeds demand
c)
shares of ownership in a corporation
d)
the president whose New Deal program sought to bring about relief, recovery, and reform
11.
Tariffs
a)
what the Great Plains & much of the Midwest was called when it suffered from severe drought and dust storms in the 1930's
b)
shares of ownership in a corporation
c)
taxes places on imported good—good coming into a country-- to protect domestic businesses from foreign competition
d)
when factories make more than people will buy or when supply exceeds demand
12.
Overproduction
a)
taxes places on imported good—good coming into a country-- to protect domestic businesses from foreign competition
b)
aid in the form of goods or money to help the needy
c)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
d)
when factories make more than people will buy or when supply exceeds demand
13.
Jobless rate
a)
taxes places on imported good—good coming into a country-- to protect domestic businesses from foreign competition
b)
Oct 29, 1929—the nick name for the day the stock market crashed
c)
a mass movement of people from one place to another
d)
the percentage of working age people who are unemployed
14.
New Deal
a)
what the Great Plains & much of the Midwest was called when it suffered from severe drought and dust storms in the 1930's
b)
FDR's plan of relief, recovery, and reform to relieve the suffering, get us out of the depression, and prevent future depressions
c)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
d)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
15.
Relief
a)
aid in the form of goods or money to help the needy
b)
buying something without cash, by agreeing to pay the debt in the future (on the installment plan) with interest
c)
a period of economic hard times that lasted from 1929 to 1941
d)
the percentage of working age people who are unemployed
16.
Recovery
a)
the president whose New Deal program sought to bring about relief, recovery, and reform
b)
actions, laws or procedures to help the nation get out of the depression
c)
shares of ownership in a corporation
d)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
17.
Reform
a)
aid in the form of goods or money to help the needy
b)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
c)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
d)
a mass movement of people from one place to another
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