Stock market
buying and selling ownership shares of companies
bull market
when stock prices continue to rise
installment plan
making a down payment and paying the rest of the price in monthly installments
Shantytowns
places where newly homeless people put up shacks on unused or public lands
bonus army
WWI veterans who marched to Washington D.C.
Speculation
Investing in the stock market hoping for a quick profit
Deficit spending
when the government spends more money than it collects in taxes
overproduction
to produce in excess of need or demand "key cause of the depression
New Deals
Roosevelts policies during the Great Depression
who was the first woman cabinet member
french Perkins
who was president during the stock market crash of 1929
Herbert Hoover
Which president is given credit for helping millions of Americans during the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
who did the citizens blame for the start of the depression
Hoover
who is the author of the Grapes of wrath
John Steinbeck
who was the American commander that was forced to turn back the bonus Army
Douglas MacArthur
who had a polio when he was elected president of the united states
Franklin D. Roosevelt
what was built on the colorado river , this project was one of president Hoover's ideas to stimulate the economy
Boulder Dam
when you buy stocks on credit it is called buying on the
margin
president Roosevelt addresses tot he nation over the radio were called
Fireside Chats
what amendment repealed the 18th amendment
21st amendment
when stock prices are rising it is called
bull market
what a book documents the life of an Oklahoma family moving to California to find work
the Grapes of Wrath
empty pockets turned inside out out during the Great Depression were known as
Hoover Flags
what was designed to protect American businesses from foreign business , but it ended up hurting American Exports
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
what new deals program was designed to control flooding along the Tennessee River and provide electricity and jobs to tot he people in the Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley Authority
what group did president roosevelt established to arise him on racial issue
Black Cabinet
President Hoover helped that through this process money given to big businesses could help the common man
Trickle down effect
what day was black Tuesday
October 29,1929
what program was designed to lower crop productions in order to raise crop prices
agriculture adjustments administration
during the new deal what did the SEC stand for
securities and exchange commission
what natural occurrence during the late 1920s caused many farmers to leave the mid-west
dust bowl
what was president Roosevelt's plan to relieve the suffering of the america people during the depression known as
New Deal
During the Great Depression about what percentage of people were unemployed
25%
which program protected bank deposits up to a certain amount of money
FDIC
what were newspapers used as a blanket during the Great Depression was called
Hovver Blanket
what army marched to Washington D.C. to support a bill to pay veterans of world war I for their service
Bonus Army
What does CCC Stand for
Civilian COnservation Corps
Little towns consisting of shacks set up around cities were known as
shantytowns
whan a government spend more money than it received is known as
Deficit spending
what programs provided cheap electricity to people in isolated areas
rural electrification administration