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19 Cards in this Set
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What happened in 1929, when the stock market crashed?
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The Great Depression started
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What two factors worked against the farmers during the 1930's?
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weather, markets
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In what town did the temperature reach 121 degrees?
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Steele
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What else destroyed the crops beside heat?
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insects
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What part of ND was hit the hardest by the depression?
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western
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What means the same as bartering?
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trading
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What was the New Deal?
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Massive federal aid program to help people fight the Great Depression.
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Who was the President responsible for restoring hope during the 1930's?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
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What program cut "benefit checks" to farmers during the 1930's and encouraged them to cut production?
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AAA
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What lost $50,000,000 during the 1930's?
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The banks in North Dakota
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More than half of these closed during the 1930's.
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North Dakota Banks
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What was very low during the Great Depression?
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Employment
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During the 1920's and 1930's, what didn't the banks do?
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insure their loans with sufficient collateral
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What program provided surplus food for the hungry?
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FERA
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What program was designed to hire young men?
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CCC
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What program sponsored recreational and cultural programs?
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WPA
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What program gave part-time employment to students in high school and college?
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NYA
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Be able to write what life was like for people during the Great Depression.
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Be able to write about why farming was very difficult during the Great Depression.
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What area was not hit very hard during the Great Depression?
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The Red River Valley
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