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Chapter 22
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History
11th Grade
12/03/2009

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What was the American belief about the economy throughout most of the 1920's?
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Businesses would continue to prosper
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One sign of a weakening economy in the 1920s?
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National wealth was not evenly distributed
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What did people do when the Dow Jones Average dropped in 1929
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People raced to get their money out of the stock market
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How were European companies hurt during the depression?
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US companies stopped investing in Germany
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The Dust Bowl
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A major environmental crisis of the 1930s
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Who were the people most likely to loose their job during the depression
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African Americans; Hispanics; Asian Americans
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What was stopped by the 21st amendment?
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Prohibition
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How did the 1932 election change the views of Americans?
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It changed how Americans viewed the responsibilities of the government
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What was the economy like in the 1920s?
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Stock prices rose and the economy was healthy
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Which group of Americans faced the most problems during the 1920?
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Farmers
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Name a sign that the 1920s economy was really unsound
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More goods were being produced then the consumers could buy
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Name one effect of the of the wage cuts and unemployment of the 1930s
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Hoovervilles sprang up in the nations cities
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The strategy that President Hoover thought would end the depression.
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He encouraged voluntary controls in the business sector
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Biggest disagreement of the presidential election of the 1932 election
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Should the federal government try to fix people’s problems
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After Black Tuesday, who was affected by the stock market crash beside the investors?
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Millions of Americans who had never owned stock
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What did the stock market crash lead to?
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Unemployment for millions of Americans
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Why did many banks close after the crash?
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The banks were unable to return the depositors’ money
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What was the cause of world wide depression
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The crash of the American economic system
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Name an underlying cause of the Great Depression?
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An unstable economy
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Who was eventually affected by the wage cuts and unemployment of the Great Depression?
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All levels of society/ everyone
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People hit hardest by the depression were the…
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Low paid laborers
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What was the main cause of homelessness during the depression?
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Jobless workers lost their homes
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What caused many farms to be auctioned off during the depression?
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Farmers could not pay their mortgages
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Dorothea Lang
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Her photos of migrant workers helped win aid for the workers
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What caused the decline of people’s physical and mental health?
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Poor diet and anxiety
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Why were some men upset with women during the depression?
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Because they though that the women were tailing jobs away from the men
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Who replaced many minority workers during the depression?
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Whites
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The “Depression Generation” did not do the following…
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Buy expensive items on credit
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What did some people agree to do when farms were auctioned (in order to help the farmers?)
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They agreed to keep the bids low
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What political party gained supporters due to the poor conditions of the depression?
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The Socialist Party
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Why did radical and reform movements work together?
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They tried to seek social justice
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How was humor helpful during the depression?
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It helped people fight off feelings of despair
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What was one major goal of repealing prohibition?
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To stop gangsters
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The Empire State Building
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A dramatic symbol of hope
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Henry Ford
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This business became labor’s prime enemy in the 1930’s
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The Hawley Scott Tariff
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The 1930’s import tax which was the highest in history. It slowed international trade.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Aimed to provide government credit to banks
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How did General MacArthur get the “Bonus Army” marchers to leave the capital?
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He used force
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What did people like about Franklin Roosevelt?
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His spirit of optimism
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What made Roosevelt easily win the 1932 presidential election?
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His “New Deal” program
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The role of government in American society changed as a result of…
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The election of 1932
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Black Tuesday
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29-Oct-29
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Business cycle
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Periods where the economy grows and then contracts
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Dow Jones industrial Average
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information about the stock prices
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Wife of the President and experienced social reformer
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Why did the Great Depression in the US affect the economies worldwide?
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End of WW1; War reparations; Economic crisis in Europe already underway; high war tariffs;
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