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Major cause of great depression? |
the stock market crash of 1929 Bank closings |
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3 effects of the Great Crash? |
bank closings investors lose millions workers are laid off |
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Why the stock market crashed in 1929? |
everyone tried to sell their stocks at once because they heard that the stocks might crash. |
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Ways that people survived the Great Depression? |
Sticking Together (farmers) Penny Auctions Riding the Rails |
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Roosevelt or Hoover? Why? |
ROOSEVELT: ~Hoover didn't do enough to help out during his term in the GD ~Roosevelt tries to create more jobs, get rid of hoovervilles, and tries to stabilize the economy |
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Describe a Hooverville. |
~many small shacks made out of water they could find or afford, ~very close together, ~ranging in population from hundreds to thousands, ~normally right on the edge of cities ~by water ways if possible, ~gardens were planted for food |
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Who, What, Where, When, Why did the dustbowl happen? |
~tens of thousands had to leave their homes ~western states ~severe drought and over worked land ~1930's WHAT |
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What did FDR mean by "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"? |
That we shouldn't be afraid in this time because what we are missing are just things and that if we work together we will be find without having these things. |
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4 Main Goals for the New Deal |
~Economic Recovery ~Civic Uplift ~Decrease the Unemployment Rate ~Public Work |
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3 Programs from the New Deal? |
NRA: Government and businesses work together to set fair practices and wages. AAA: Farmers are paid not to kill off excess livestock and not to plant on part of their land CCC: Employed the unemployed men to fix up roads, plant trees and improving parks. |
