The Great Depression EXAM BUNDLE

Causes of the Great Depression - ANSWER- Factories and farms produce more goods than people can buy. - Banks make loans that borrowers cannot pay back. - After the stock market crash, many businesses cannot find people who will invest in their growth. Effects of the Great Depression - ANSWER-...

Alfred E. Smith -ANSWER Democratic presidential candidate in 1928; he lost partly because he was Catholic (anti-Cath. sentiment was still common) and partly because Americans were happy with Republicans and then-prospering economy Black Tuesday -ANSWER nickname of October 29, 1929, when stock pri...

Great Depression -ANSWER (1929-1939) The dramatic decline in the world's economy due to the United State's stock market crash of 1929, the overproduction of goods from World War I, and decline in the need for raw materials from non industrialized nations. Results in millions of people losing their...

Stock Market -ANSWER A system of buying and selling stocks in a corporation. Before, the late 1920s, stocks generally reflected the stocks true value. Margin -ANSWER Buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest. Black Tuesday -ANSWER On October 29, 1929, s...

Great Depression -ANSWER A severe, world wide economic crisis which lasted from the end of 1929 to the outbreak of World War II. installment plan -ANSWER A payment plan that allows customers to make payments at set intervals over a period of time until the total debt is paid credit -ANSWER An ...

Charles Coughlin -ANSWER radio priest who supported and then attacked FDR's New Deal Herbert Hoover -ANSWER supported the idea of rugged individualism and was president during the beginning of the Great Depression Huey Long -ANSWER Louisiana politician in the 1930s; suggested redistributing l...

What were the 7 major causes if the Great Depression? -ANSWER 1. Stock Market Crash 2. Bank Failures 3. Hawley Smoot Tariff 4. Buying on Credit in the 20s 5. Dust Bowl 6. Gap Between Rich and Poor 7. Reduction in Purchasing - over production and under consumption What were 3 effects of the ...

What years did the Great Depression occur? -ANSWER 1929-1939 Explain what was occurring related to consumer spending and stock prices in the summer of 1929? -ANSWER consumer spending and investment dropped, unsold goods piled up, lost jobs and stock prices rose What happened after the stock ma...

Alignment of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party and FDR's legislation -ANSWER New Deal Coalition FDR appointed this African American woman to head the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration -ANSWER Bethune Critic of FDR, he advocated direct mon...