Part 1

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what amendment repealed the 18th amendment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