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Great Depression
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do they call the period from 1920 to 1929? | ''The roaring 20 s''. |
| What is a stock ? | A stock is a share or part of a business. |
| Why do people buy a stock? | It rises prices for the owner. |
| What does prosperity mean ? | Not share equally to people. |
| What does depression mean when referring to the economy? | Times when the economy is not doing well. |
| True or False: Just the US was affected by the Great Depression. | True |
| What is a mortgage? | The loan to buy the house. |
| Who was elected president in 1928? | Republican Herbert Hoover . |
| What is interest? | It out to make more money loans. |
| What did World War I veterans try to do in 1932? | Hoover ordered them to kept there, but the army chief of staff decided to remove them. |
| How did the government respond to the WWI veterans camping out in the capital? | They would not get money and burned everything they had. |
| who became president in 1933? |