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Who was in the 1929 Presidential election |
Herbert Hoover Republican Democratic Al Smith |
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Who won the presidential election of 1929 |
Hoover |
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Who was the president during the depression |
Herbert Hoover |
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Hoover thought what about the government |
That the government should not help the people in need they have to help them self |
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Some of the state's where they farm went to the government for what |
To help there farms. But they didn't |
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What are securities |
Stocks and bonds |
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What's speculating |
People willing to task a rask |
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What's buying on margin |
Borrowing money to put into the stock market |
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What's a professional speculater |
People that know what they are doing when it comes to the stocks |
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When did the stock market fall |
October 29 1929 |
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Did the stock market cause the great depression |
No but it was a major part in it |
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What's Installment Buying |
Making payments every month |
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Why were the farmers in trouble |
Because they couldn't make the payments on there stuff because there products were selling for cheap because of overproduction |
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What did the raised tariffs do |
Destroyed foreign markets for American products |
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What's the Hawley - Smoot Tariff |
Protection for farmers |
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What were riders |
Things attached to bills |
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What was the famous song back then |
Brother can you spare me a dime |
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What's a pacifist |
A believe that war was terribly wrong |
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Hoover was a _______ and a ________ |
Quaker and Pacifist |
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What's a moratorium |
A temporary pause on things |
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Where were people living in New York |
Central Park |
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How many companies closed in 1932 |
30,000 |
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The farmers were grow extra food or less food |
Extra food |
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What are Hoovervilles |
A community of shacks |
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How many banks failed in 2 months in 1931 |
Over 800 banks |
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We were living in a country that people were starving with ________ production of food |
Over |
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In 1930 four million workers were ___________ |
Unemployed |
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What did people start selling |
Apples for 5 cents |
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Why did army veterans and their families march to Washington, D.C |
To get their $1,000 bonuses congress had promised to pay them in 1945 |
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Did the army vets get their bonuses? |
No |
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What's Socialism? |
Everything being owned by the government, everyone is equal, no one could be higher up in the economy they everyone else |
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What did Communists want the people to do |
Over throw the government and become communists |
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Who got elected as president in 1932 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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What was the 20th amendment |
When the president gets inauguration in March to January |
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How many banks were shut down while Franklin D. Roosevelt |
5400 banks |
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What is a Quaker |
A form of religion can't of like the amoish |
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Who was Douglas MacArthur |
The general that cleared out the riot in Washington DC |
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What's a agriculture slump |
When farmers were not making money |
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What's a Hoover flag |
Empty pockets |
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What's a lame duck |
The time frame when when you elect a president to when the take office |
