history chapter 14 test

The Patman Bill was intended to pump new life into the economy by providing emergency financing to various types of _________ businesses.
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small

Hoover's image suffered when he ordered the forced removal of 2, 000 members of the Bonus Army-_______ who had built a shantytown within sight of the Capitol building.

veteran

now called Hoover Dam became the world's tallest and second largest dam, providing the region with electricity, flood control, and a regular water supply.
True

shasta dam

This reduced the flow of goods into the United States and prevented other countries from earning American currency to buy American exports.

hawley smoot tariff act

This Democrat lost the presidential election of 1928.

Alfred E. Smith

This Republican won the presidential election of 1928.

Herbert Hoover

This term specifically refers to the stock market crash of October 29, 1929.

black tuesday

This term is the name of the most widely used measure of the stock market's health.

Dowe jones infusrtial act

In an effort to curb the financial loss farmers were suffering, Congress tried to pass the McNary-Haugen bill, which would have mandated this on key crops

price support

This term refers to paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest.

buying on margin

This term refers to making extremely risky business transactions on the chance of making quick or considerable profits.

speculation

This is an arrangement in which consumers agree to buy now and pay later for purchases, often on an installment plan that includes interest charges.

credit

election of 1932

FDR

This is the period from 1924 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed

great depression

Congress passed the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to _____________ for home owners and allow farmers to refinance their loans

lower mortgage rates

factors that contributed to superficial prosperity of , buying on margin, credit, speculation, what happened to the farming sector industry s

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when do we show economic troubles

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lives for average men, women, children, shantytowns

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fwhat was the federal home loan act

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soup kitchens

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bread lines

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what is the farm crisis

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hoover policy

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what did hoover do

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bonus army

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psychological stress caused by depression

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examples of the stress

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hoboes what are they

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what causes superficial prosperity

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what happened on black tuesday

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how did federal government handle great depression

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reconsctruction finance coorporation

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dust bowl

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