Chapter 11 Review

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What percent of the workforce was unemployed by 1933

25%

In 1932 alone how many companies went out of business

30,000

By 1933 how many U.S. banks had failed

9,000

Due to mass production how many cars were produced per day in the U.S.

9,000

He was the first catholic to earn the Democratic nomination for president

Al Smith

A long period of falling stock prices is called a ______________market

Bear

The stock market took its steepest dive on Oct. 29, 1929, the day known as

Black Thursday

A long period of rising stocks is called a ___________________market

Bull

What body of water was the Hoover Dam located on

Colorado River

Before becoming president Herbert Hoover was Secretary of

Commerce

He was ordered to clear out the bonus marchers

Douglas McArthur

When a terrible drought struck the Great Plains it was called

Dust Bowl

What does FDIC stand for

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The real estate boom and land speculation took place in ___________________

Florida

Great Britain and France could not pay money owed to the U.S. until they received payments from

Germany

This country printed more and more money causing runaway inflation

Germany

He painted the American Gothic

Grant Wood

What was Hoover's response to the Bonus Army marchers, who became to Washington D.C.

He had the army remove them

Why did Henry Ford refuse to change the Model T

He thought it was perfect

He became the one many blamed for the great depression

Herbert Hoover

He believed in Rugged Individualism

Herbert Hoover

The president when the stock market crashed was ______________________

Herbert Hoover

Name three terms used to make fun of Hoover and tell what each meant:

Hoover flag-empty pockets turned inside out Hoover Blanket- newspaper Hoover hogs- jackrabbits Hoovervilles- shantytowns

Herbert Hoover was born in

Iowa

Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"

John Steinbeck

He got out of the stock market when he found out his shoe shine boy was playing the market

Joseph Kennedy

This movie, released in 1933, showcased new special effects

King Kong

Al Smith was from

New York

Herbert Hoover was a

Quaker

What does RFC stand for

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

The first feature length animated film was

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Which popular radio style of the 1930's gained its description from its sponsors

Soap operas

What is Michael Walsh's favorite movie

The Blind Side

Who brought Mickey Mouse to life

Walt Disney

The Bonus Marchers marched in

Washington D.C.

The bonus marchers were made up of

World War I veterans

In the late 1920's, many investors engaged in speculation, or purchasing stock

and quickly selling for a profit

Hoover felt that "prosperity was just _________________________________"

around the corner

In regards to the Model T. "you could have any color you wanted as long as it was _____________________."

black

The Model T was

durable

Herbert Hoover wanted the radio used for

education

A ____________________traveled by hopping a railroad car

hobo

The people who lost their homes in the Great Depression sometimes lived

in shantytowns

Durable goods are those that

last a long time

When the banks closed in 1920's, people with money in those banks

lost everything

Buying stock on credit is called buying on ____________________

margin

Despite the poverty of the 1930's, more than 60 million people went to the movies weekly. Why were movies so popular

movies offered an escape from viewer's hard lives

One of the major problems with the stock market in the late 1920's was the number of people who bought stocks

on margin, with borrowed money

Herbert Hoover won the 1928 election in a landslide, in part because of

prosperity under Calvin Coolidge

Most people during the Depression were able to enjoy two popular forms of entertainment: the movies and

radio

Money given directly to impoverished families is called

relief

President Hoover opposed_________________________, or giving money directly to needy families

relief

Herbert Hoover was a

republican

Hoover was a

republican

Who did most Americans believe was to blame for the Depression

republican, big business and Hoover

When the drought struck Oklahoma and Arkansas many farmers moved

west


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