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rugged individualism

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success comes through individual effort and private ownership

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breadlines

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long lines of poverty-stricken women and men in line for bowls of soup and bread

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shantytowns

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collection of makeshift shelters built out of packing boxes, scrap lumber, and corrugated iron

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gross national product

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the total value of all goods and services produced in a given year: fell below $56 billion at the height of the depression

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bull market

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a market with an upward trend in stock prices

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margin buying

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practice of purchasing stocks with borrowed money

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bear market

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a market with a downward trend in stock prices

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Who was President during the Great Depression?

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Herbert Hoover

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Why did financial experts issue warnings about business practices during the 1920s?

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  • agricultural crisis
  • mass production
  • debt from credit purchases
  • rapid buying and selling of stocks
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What was Black Thursday?

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October 24, 1929; a large number of investors sold their shares, jolting investor confidence and causing prices to plunge

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What did the President blame the depression on?

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World War I

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How much money did stockholders lose in 1929?

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$30 billion

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List 4 events that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.

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  • the crisis in the banking industry
  • business failures
  • stock market crash
  • massive unemployment
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How did unemployment during the depression affect men and women differently?

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  • men: depressed attitudes, alcoholism, and suicide rates were high
  • women: forced to work to earn money for less wages
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How did unemployment during the depression affect the lives of American workers?

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  • homelessness
  • racial discrimination
  • hunger
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In 1933, unemployment had risen to what?

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15 million

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business cycle

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the regular ups and downs of business in a free enterprise economy

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What effects did the depression have on the U.S. economy?

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  • unemployment
  • business failures
  • people withdrew their money from banks and banks closed
  • people lost their homes
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Cotton prices fell from ___ cents a pound in 1929 to __ cents a pound in 1931.

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  • 16
  • 6
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How did the hardships of the depression differ for rural and urban residents?

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  • urban: less demand for farm products, hunger, breadlines, shantytowns, discrimination, homelessness/poverty
  • rural: unable to sell crops, mutualistas, homelessness/poverty
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List 2 results of family life during the depression.

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  • marriage rates fell / divorce rates rose
  • birth rates declined
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William Faulkner

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famous novelist from Oxford, MS; wrote “As I Lay Dying” and “The Sound and the Fury”

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How many Americans committed suicide in 1932?

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20,000

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List 3 things Hoover offered for Americans to get out of depression.

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  • public works projects
  • offered loans to farmers
  • provided money to savings banks
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What was the largest public works project during Hoover’s presidency?

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Hoover Dam

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Home Loan Bank Act of 1932

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established the Home Loan Bank Board and provided money to savings banks

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Federal Farm Board (FFB)

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  • offered loans to farmers
  • offered equipment
  • bought crops in bulk
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Who won the 1932 election and what was his slogan?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt; “new deal”

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Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wife?

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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How did urban and rural residents cope during the depression?

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urban:
- fought for food
- waited in breadlines
- lived in shantytowns
rural:
- let crops rot
- killed cattle
- immigrants left the country

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Why did the stock market crash in 1929?

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  • mass production
  • inflation
  • rapid buying
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What events in 1929 were historically significant?

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  • stock market crash
  • banking crisis
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How did the stock market crash provoke a banking crisis and how did the banking crisis lead to business failures?

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  • investors couldn’t repay loans to banks
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How did poverty in urban areas create such a drop in agricultural prices that farmers let their crops rot in the field?

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couldn’t afford to purchase farm products

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How did the hardships of the Great Depression further inflame racial prejudices against African American workers and Mexican migrant farmworkers?

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many jobs went to white citizens

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Why did President Hoover oppose government-sponsored direct relief for individuals during the great depression?

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wanted individual effort with no government assistance (rugged individualism)

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How did the Hoover administration attempt to save the depression’s economic problems?

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  • created the Federal Emergency Relief Board (authorized $375 million for the unemployed)
  • created relief organizations like the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and YMCA
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What were some of President Hoover’s public works?

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  • Hoover Dam
  • 800 public buildings
  • 37,000 miles of highway
  • $800 million in funding
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

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created by Congress in February 1932; lended up to $2 billion of taxpayer money to stabilized troubled banks

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How did the Great Depression affect the role of the federal government?

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got more involved in the lives of citizens

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Why did World War I veterans and unemployed workers resort to mass protest during the early years of the depression?

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demanded bonuses, aid, and employment

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How did President Hoover and President Roosevelt differ?

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Roosevelt was more fair and optimistic

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What were the multiple factors that contributed to the Great Depression?

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  • consumer debt
  • financial crisis
  • unemployment
  • agricultural crisis
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How did racial prejudices magnify the effects of the depression for African Americans and Mexican Americans?

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  • discrimination in the workplace
  • lower wages
  • higher unemployment rate
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What type of program would you have developed to ease the burdens of urban residents and farmers during the depression?

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  • mortgage relief program
  • school lunch program
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How did Hoover’s depression-era programs reflect his belief in rugged individualism and self-reliance?

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  • wanted volunteers and work for relief
  • nothing was given out for free

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