Chapter 25 "Great Depression"

Question 0

Business Cycle

Answer 0

The rhythm in which an economy expands and contracts in its production

Question 1

Black Tuesday

Answer 1

October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed

Question 2

Great Depression

Answer 2

A severe economic crisis that lasted for the entire decade of the 1930’s

Question 3

Bonus Army

Answer 3

A group of WWI Veterans that demanded their bonus payments early

Question 4

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 4

New York Governor and the President from 1932-1944, 12 year long term

Question 5

Buying on Margin

Answer 5

Purchasing stocks on credit, or with borrowed money.

Question 6

Tariff

Answer 6

Tax

Question 7

L2

The New Deal

Answer 7

F.D.R. and his team make plans to restore America to how it used to be

Question 8

L2

Fireside Chats

Answer 8

When F.D.R. talked to the public on the radio

Question 9

L2
Civil Works Administration
(CWA)

Answer 9

Built roads and airports

Question 10

L2
Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)

Answer 10

Built dams and generators

Question 11

L2

Francis Perkins

Answer 11

First female cabinet member

Question 12

L3

Dust Bowl

Answer 12

Massive dust storms swept from Texas to North Dakota

Question 13

L3

Mary McLeod Bethune

Answer 13

An African American woman who helped African Americans find jobs

Question 14

L3

John Steinback

Answer 14

A novelist who wrote “The Grapes of Wrath”

Question 15

L3

Woody Gurthie

Answer 15

A popular singer of the Dust Bowl, folksinger from Oklahoma