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The Great Depression
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What Caused The Great Depression | Overproduction, The Stock Market Crash of 1929, Effects of the Dust Bowl |
| What was the Great Depression | When the U.S. and the world suffered economically. |
| Whats was the effect of the Great Depression? | Hoovervilles, migrant workers, Hobos, and increased unemployment |
| What is a Hooverville? | They are shantytowns. They were created when homeless people left empty boxes in parks and other public places. Hooverville was named after president Herbert Hoover. |
| What is a hobo? | A homeless person. Okies migrated to California in hopes to find a job, but they did not find work. They became beggars looking for handouts. |
| What is the Dust Bowl? | A region that suffers from long droughts and dust storms. |
| What is debt? | money that is owed |
| What is credit? | when you borrow money |
| What is a bank? | A place where money is saved or borrowed with an interest. |
| What is stock? | a portion of a company that is owned. |
| What is a recession? | A downturn in the economy. |
| What is deflation? | When prices go down below what the product is worth. |
| Date when stock market crashed; more than 16 million shares were sold. | Black Tuesday |
| Region of the United States that was a result over cultivation and drought. | Dust Bowl |
| Dust Bowl Refugees were known as | Okies |
| What is over cultivation? | When farmers plan to many crops and do not conserve the soil. |
| What happened to the African-American Farmers who migrated to the North in search of work? | They did not find work and they became homeless. |
| How did many Americans feel during the Roaring Twenties? | Hopeful |
| What is one way technology changed the economy in the 1920's? | Mass production made goods cheap and available. |
| How did racism hurt African Americans in the 1920's? | African Americans were the victims of violence. Also they were the first hired on the job and the first ones fired. |
| What was the Great Migration? | the relocation of African Americans from the South to the Northeast and Midwest. |
| What was one cause of the Great Depression? | people were buying goods with credit. |
| What kind of charities were provided during the Great Depression? | soup kitchens. |
| What was the migration route that people took during the Great Depression? | From Oklahoma to California. (Oakies) |
| What two problems caused the Dust Bowl? | over-planting and droughts. |
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r.lynnfrazier
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