Question | Answer |
Result of steady decline in demand for stocks in previous 12 months | Black Tuesday |
Americans building up personal debt trend during the 1920s set the stage for the | Great Depression |
The federal government's economic policies during the Roaring Twenties did this, it encouraged this | Spending |
Americans spending too much ___________ they didn't have led to the Great Depression of the 1930s and the economic recession that began in 2008 | money |
when supply is greater than demand | recession |
banks made risky _____________ that weren't paid back caused bank failure during the Great Depression | loans |
uncertainty about employment (in a recession) can ____________ spending | deter |
in a recession companies lay off ___________ because they can't afford to pay them | employees |
recessions are not permanent and are a normal part of the business _______________ | cycle |
during a _______________ the government typically lowers taxes and interest rates | recession |
have sit down strikes to protest unfair working conditions | unions |
one in ____________Americans were unemployed in 1932 | four |
the Dust _________________ was a huge area of ruined farmland in the middle of America | Bowl |
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel about the hard lives of | farmers |
a homeless person who rode the rails to find a job | hobo |
the stock __________________ crash of 1929 marked the start of the Great Depression | market |
World War ____________ helped bring America out of the Great Depression | Two |
Helped Americans escape their troubles | comedians |
Louis ______________ was a jazz singer during THe Great Depression | Armstrong |