Great Depression
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| Define "stock market" | a place where "shares," or part-ownership in a company or corporation are bought and sold. an Example would be the New York Stock Exchange
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| Define "Dust Bowl" | an area in the Central Plains of the U.S. where there was a terrible drought in the 1930s. Farmers lost their crops and many left their land to move to California to try to find jobs.
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| Extra Credit question: who wrote the book "Grapes of Wrath?" | John Steinbeck
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| Who was President of the United States at the of the Great Depression? | Herbert Hoover
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| What was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife's name? | Eleanor ower
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| What was the term used to describe new government programs that were intended to make people's lives better? One example is the Social Security program. | the New Deal
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| What year did the great Stock Market occur? | 1
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| Extra Credit question: What does it mean if you buy a stock "on margin?" | it means that you BORROW the MONEY to buy the stock.
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| How many banks failed in during the Great Depression? was it less than 50, or more than 500? | it was more than 500 banks that failed - mostly in agricultural (farm) areas
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| What year was Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected? | 32
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| What is a nickname for Franklin Delano Roosevelt? | rdf
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| In which state did FDR visit warm springs as a treatment for his polio? | Georgia
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