Chapter 14 Study Guide:
The Great Depression Begins
1. In the 1928 Presidential election this candidate believed in limiting the role of
government in the economy and maintaining prohibition.
2. Name some reasons why Al Smith lost the presidential election of
1928?
3. The stock market crash was the ______causes of the Great Depression.
4. During the 1920s some stock prices rose above their actual value because:
5. ______refers to paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment, borrowing the rest of the money needed on credit, and using the stock as collateral?
6. In August 1929 some investors sold their stocks because they feared the ______
interest rate set by the Federal Reserve Board to curve speculation would slow down
economic growth.
7. What happened when stock prices fell if someone could not make his margin call?
8. During the stock market crash many people panicked and ______which caused stock prices to decrease even more.
9. What happened on October 29, 1929, or Black Tuesday?
10. Even though the 1920s were prosperous, some key ______in the United States barely made a profit during that decade.
11. In the late 1920s what former boom industries began to weaken as Americans
bought less?
12. Why did demand for farm products decrease in the 1920s?
13. Farmers ______by
increasing their supply of food available to be sold.
14. Name some causes of the Great Depression:
15. The problem with the unequal distribution of income in the 1920s was that
most working-class Americans did not have enough money to:
16. Americans who deposited their money in ______lost their savings when their ______failed.
17. When business closed and workers lost their jobs the workers could not buy products
which caused:
18. What was an unintended effect of the very high Hawley-Smoot
Tariff?
19. Some of the causes of the Great Depression were ______impacted by other causes of the Great Depression.
20. What is a shantytown, or a Hooverville?
21. A place in the city where someone was able to get free food during the 1930s was a:
22. During the Great Depression some people sold ______on city street
corners hoping to earn money.
23. The Great Depression was especially hard for African Americans and Latinos
because:
24. An advantage to living in a rural area during the Great Depression was:
25. In the 1930s some farmers had to resort to tenant farming which was when a farmer:
26. Name some facts about the Dust Bowl?
27. Because of the Dust Bowl a migration of people, called Oakies, followed
Route 66 to find a better life in the:
28. One reason that the Great Depression was psychologically hard on unemployed
married men was they were not able______.
29. What was the name given to men who wandered the county, hitching rides on
railroad boxcars and looking for work during the Great Depression?
30. During the Great Depression women primarily helped their families by:
31. During the Great Depression, some people believed that ______had no right to work outside of the home when men were unemployed.
32. How did the Great Depression affect children?
33. Teens who hopped on freight trains to find work, find adventure, or escape from
poverty were nicknamed:
34. During the hardships of the Great Depression, the suicide rate in the United States
______during the 1930s.
35. During the Great Depression people ______in need
because everyone was struggling financially.
36. President Hoover’s belief in “rugged individualism” which means that he felt that:
37. Because of President Hoover’s political philosophy he:
38. Name an example of people contributing to a welfare fund to
help the needy in their neighborhood during the Great Depression?
39. President Hoover was ______favor of direct relief from the federal government to help people in need during the Great Depression.
40. How did many Americans display they unhappiness with President
Hoover’s approach to the Great Depression?
41. In using terms such as “Hoovervilles,” “Hoover blankets,” “Hoover flags,” and
“Hoover bags,” people were showing their:
42. President Hoover eventually tried to improve the nation’s economy by creating
public-works programs, which is an example of:
43. President Hoover felt the most important program to help improve the poor economy was:
44. The main purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to provide
emergency help for:
45. President Hoover’s programs to end the Great Depression were very ______.
46. The Bonus Army consisted of:
47. What did the Bonus Army want Congress to do?
48. How did President Hoover respond to the Bonus Army?
49. Because of President Hoover’s handling of the Great Depression and the Bonus
Army, his chances of winning the 1932 Presidential election were:
50. Who ran against President Hoover in the 1932 Presidential election and ultimately
defeated him?