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5th grade Social Studies GCRCT Review #8
The Great Depression
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Social Studies
5th Grade
04/04/2013

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Term
The Roaring 20's came to a quick end when the _____________________ crashed in October __________.
Definition
Stock Market
1929
Term
When the Stock Market crashed in 1929 the period that followed was called the ______________________ and it lasted from 1929 to __________.
Definition
Great Depression
1940
Term
What were the lines that formed for free bread and other food called during the Great Depression?
Definition
Soup Kitchen lines
Term
Many lost their jobs during the Great Depression. The very poor people often lived in places made out of cardboard boxes called _______________.
Definition
Shantytowns
Term
The _______________ on the Great Planes made things much worse durning the Great Depression and left many peole without food and a place to live.
Definition
Dust Bowl
Term
What things caused the Dust Bowl?
Definition
Clearing of sod to plant wheat
Severe drought
Strong prairie winds
Term
Who did the people blame for the Great Depression? Why?
Definition
President Herbert Hoover, he did not think that the government should get involved to help the people. He thought the ecomomy would fix itself.
Term
What happened to the banks and how did it affect the people?
Definition
The banks shut down and people lost everything.
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