The Nation’s Sick Economy Hoover Struggles With the Depression VOCAB Hardship and Suffering People

The name of the most widely used measure of the stock market’s health. Back to main screen. 1/1

October 29, the name of the day that the bottom fell out of the stock market. Back to main screen. 1/2

Highest protective tariff in U.S. History. Back to main screen. 1/3

Name two causes of the Great Depression and Explain. Back to main screen. 1/4

Define speculation and buying on margins and explain how they contributed to consumer spending. Back to main screen. 1/5

The name of little towns consisting of shacks that sprang up in the city. Back to main screen. 2/1

The term that describes cash payments or food provided by the government to the poor. Back to main screen. 2/2

Back to main screen. 2/3 The name of the region that was hardest hit by the dust bowl.

What was one advantage that rural areas had over city life during the Depression? Back to main screen. 2/4

Back to main screen. 2/5 List three hardships that were suffered by men and women during the Depression that affected their social and psychological state of mind.

Back to main screen. 3/1 The name given to shantytowns to place the blame of the Depression on Hoover.

Act that lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to refinance their farm loans to avoid foreclosure. Back to main screen. 3/2

Corporation that authorized up to $2 billion for emergency financing. Back to main screen. 3/3

Hoover authorized the construction of this major project to show initiative in Depression reflief. Back to main screen. 3/4

What incident damaged Hoover’s image and public morale in the spring of 1932? Explain. Back to main screen. 3/5

A term that describes an arrangement when consumers buy now and pay later. Back to main screen. 4/1

A term that describes when government buys a surplus of goods to sell on the world market. Back to main screen. 4/2

Term that describes when people waited in lines of people to receive food from charitable organizations. Back to main screen. 4/3

Name two states that the Dust Bowl hit. Back to main screen. 4/4

Bill that authorized the government to pay a bonus to WWI vets who had not been compensated adequately. Back to main screen. 4/5

Back to main screen. 5/1 Republican who won the presidential election of 1928.

The name of people who wandered from one place to another in search of work. Back to main screen. 5/2

Future democratic President who won the 1932 election. Back to main screen. 5/3

Name one of the generals who commanded the national guard in the gassing of the bonus army. Back to main screen. 5/4

Person who wrote a diary account about her time living during the Dust Bowl. Back to main screen. 5/5

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