history great depression Flashcards
when was the wall st crash ?
1929 0ctober
how many people were unemployed by the end of 1929 ?
2.5 million
in 1932 how many workers were unemployed ?
25%
in 1933 how many workers were unemployed ?
33%
in 1933 how many black workers were unemployed ?
50%
what was a hooverville ?
a shanty town named after president hoover
what was a hobo ?
people who were evicted and searching for work
why did many farmers become bankrupt ?
they were unable to sell produce
rugged individualism ?
doing things themselves
what impact would the bonus march change the public opinion on hoover ?
they would believe that hoover does not live up to his word and hurt innocent people
what happened in 1931 ?
a drought
during the great depression what was on the rise ?
suicides, marriages
during the great depression what was there a fall in ?
birth rate
what is the definition of the wall street crash ?
the collapse of the american stock market in october 1929
what is the definition of the great depression ?
the economic and social slump which followed the wall street crash
