FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 14 NOTES

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 14 NOTES

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Question 1: What was a hoboe?

Answer:

the name given to men and boys that rode the rails as they searched for work.

Question 2: What was the dust bowl caused by?

Answer:

drought, high winds, and over production of crops.

Question 3: What was one reason for the farming crisis of the 1920s?

Answer:

Demand for cops fell after World War 1.

Question 4: What was the overall unemployment rate during the great depression?

Answer:

25%

Question 5: As the prosperity of the 1920s ended, what gripped the nation?

Answer:

severe economic problems.Question 6: In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles", people conveyed their disgust with?

Answer:

Hoover.

Question 7: What did the great depression cause many children to have?

Answer:

a poor diet, many families became homeless, and many men became unemployed.

Question 8: Between 1928 and 1932, what did the suicide rate rise more than?

Answer:

30 percent

Question 9: Who were the candidates for president in 1932?

Answer:

Herbert Hoover and Franklin

• Roosevelt.

Question 10: World War 1 veterans and their families made up the Bonus Army that marched on?

Answer:

Washington

Question 11: What increased in the 1920s?

Answer:

Farmers debt.

Question 12: What is called "direct relief"?

Answer:

When the government gives payments of food to the poor

Question 13: What was one long-range effect of the Great Depression?

Answer:

Many people developed habits of saving and thriftiness.Question 14: After the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to help the economy?

Answer:

by asking buisnesses not to lay off employees.

Question 15: Within a few years, what led to a dramatic drop in world trade?

Answer:

The Howley Smoot Tariff Act.Question 16: What was Herbert Hoover's approach to the Great Depression based on?

Answer:

a belief in voluntary cooperation.

Question 17: What does buying a stock on margin mean?

Answer:

borrowing money to help pay for the stock.

Question 18: What was the aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act?

Answer:

To prevent farmers and homeowners from losing their property.

Question 19: What is known as a speculation?

Answer:

Buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit without considering risks.