Great Depression And Hoover

Question 1

How many people lost their jobs by 1932?

Answer 1

13 million (25% of labour source)

Question 2

By 1932 what fraction of farmers had been evicted from their homes?

Answer 2

1/20

Question 3

What was the name given to unemployed workers who traveled looking for work?

Answer 3

Hobos

Question 4

What was the name given to the temporary camps People moved to in cities?

Answer 4

Hooverville’s (named after Hoover because people were angry with his policies)

Question 5

What did drought turn many farms into?

Answer 5

Dust bowls

Question 6

What was Hoover’s initial policy towards the depression

Answer 6

Rugged individualism, which means not handing out much government help

Question 7

Three things Hoover did to try beat the depression

Answer 7

Court taxes by 130 million, set up a huge road and damn building program, set up the reconstruction finance cooperation, which lend money to farmers and businesses

Question 8

What was the name of the tarriff which placed Higher taxes on foreign goods

Answer 8

Smoot Hawley tariff (made countries raise tax on American products tho)

Question 9

What was the bonus army?

Answer 9

25,000 army veterans who marched to Washington to ask for their war pension back. They were angry at Hoover