Chapter 18 Test
Clark Gable
American actor famous for his role in Gone with the Wind
The Sound and the Fury
Book by William Faulkner that showed what his characters were thinking and feeling before they spoke.
Groucho Marx
Comedian who lost his life savings in the stock market crash of 1929.
Alfred Smith
Democratic candidate for president in the election of 1928.
Installment
During the 1920's, many Americans bought expensive goods on the ____ plan.
Provided relief from daily worries
During the 1930's many Americans preferred movies, radio programs, and other forms of popular entertainment that...
Hoovervilles
During the Depression, newly homeless people put up communities of shacks they called...
A terrible drought dried soil
Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because...
Raised
Instead of lowering interest rates when sales slowed, the Federal Reserve Board ___ interest rates.
Douglas MacArthur
Led the troops that dispersed the Bonus Army.
Bank run
Many depositors withdrawing their money at once.
Okies
Migrants from the Great Plains heading west in search of better lives.
Dust Bowl
Nickname given to the areas from the Dakotas to Texas when the soil dried up.
Henry Luce
Owner of TIE magazine who later created Life for photojournalism
Grant Wood
Painter of the 1930's who was party of the regionalist school.
Margaret Bourke-White
Photo journalist who traveled the country taking pictures of people affected by the Depression.
Relief
President Hoover believed that ____, or money given to the impoverished, should be handed out by local governments.
Provide jobs lost in the private sector
President Hoover hoped that increasing government funding for public works projects would...
Public Works
President Hoover increased the amount of money for ___, or projects built with public money for public use.
Only state and city governments should dole out relief
President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed...
Bull Market
Prolonged period of strong economic activity
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
Reluctantly signed by president Hoover to supply relief funds to states.
Herbert Hoover
Republican candidate for president in the election of 1928...
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Set up in 1932 to allow the government to make loans to businesses
Company earnings declined
Stock prices first began to decline in the late 1929 because...
Margin Call
Stockbroker's demand for immediate repayment of a loan used to buy stock.
The uneven distribution of income
The Depression had deep roots in the economy of the 1920's, including overproduction, high tariffs, missteps...
Black Tuesday
The biggest drop of the 1929 stock market crash
Hattie McDaniel
The first African American to win Best Supporting Actress for her work in Gone with the Wind
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The first full-length animated film, created by Walt Disney
Budget deficit
The result when the government spends more than it collects in taxes
Banks had invested their deposits in the stock market
The stock market crash weakened the nation's banks because...
Pass legislation giving the veterans their promised bonuses early
Thousands of World War I veterans came to Washington, DC, in 1932 to lobby Congress to...
National Credit Corporation
To resolve the problem of the money shortage, Hoover created the ____, which established a pool of money to give money to banks for loans.
William Faulkner
Writer who showed what characters were thinking before they spoke.
Speculators
__Invested in stocks, betting that the market would continue to climb so they could make a quick profit.