American History: A Survey ch 25 (The Great Depression) review

When the stock market is doing well

When the stock market is not doing well

When the stock market is average

Black Tuesday

Black Friday

Black Wednesday

Economic prosperity based on only a few industries

Unequal distribution of wealth (very few wealthy people, many people living in poverty)

Credit (many people in debt, production outweighing demand)

High protective tariffs

Severe war debt

Underspeculation

A 1924 plan that was designed to help Germany pay off their WWI debt

A 1927 plan that was designed to help Russia pay off their WWI debt

A 1924 plan that was designed to help the US pay off its WWI debt

Over 9,000 banks closed, causing the money supply to decrease by 1/3

Over 10,000 banks closed, causing the money supply to decrease by 1/2

Over 1 million banks closed, causing the money supply to decrease by 2/3

The industrial North

The rural West

The rural South

50% of African Americans in the South were unemployed

Huge levels of discrimination and segregation

The Scottsboro Case (unjust conviction and indictment of black teenagers)

Hundreds of African Americans were murdered in the West

70% of African Americans in the South were unemployed

Most who lived in the US were farmers, who were very badly affected by the Depression. Many lost their land and had to return to Mexico

Most who lived in the US were industrial workers, and most lost their jobs and had to return to Mexico

Most who lived in the US lived in the Pacific Northwest and worked as loggers. Many lost their jobs and had to return to Mexico

That they (white Americans) should have the right to a job before any minority

That they (minorities) should have the right to a job before whites

That only the very skilled (regardless of race) should be entitled to jobs

Because there was pressure for women not to work, especially if their husband already had a job

This statement is false: most women worked during the Depression

Because there was a regression in progressive thinking and women were being pushed back into their spheres

A photographer during the Great Depression who took pictures of poverty-stricken families

A writer during the Great Depression who wrote true accounts of poverty-stricken families

An artist during the Great Depression who painted pictures of poverty-stricken families

They were a source of entertainment for those who could afford it

They were a source of entertainment, and anyone who requested one could receive one

They were not important and did not become important until the 1940s

A very high protective tariff that discouraged trade with other countries, which worsened the Depression

A very low protective tariff that encouraged trade with other countries, which improved the Depression

A very high protective tariff that discourage trade with other countries, which improved the Depression

Small shanty towns where unemployed and impoverished families lived

Wealthy complexes where those yet unaffected by the Depression escaped to

Small shanty towns were only African Americans lived

It was meant to provide loans to banks, railroads, and businesses in order to jumpstart the economy. It was a failure.

It was meant to limit loans from banks, railroads, and businesses in order to jumpstart the economy. It was a failure.

It was meant to provide loans to banks, railroads, and businesses in order to jumpstart the economy. It was a success.

A group of WWI veterans demanded that their guaranteed government bonus be paid to them immediately. Hundreds went to Washington DC and set up Hoovervilles and refused to leave until the bonus was paid

A group of WWI veterans demanded that their guaranteed government bonus be paid to them immediately. Hundreds went to Washington DC, snuck into the White House, and poisoned President Hoover

A group of WWI veterans demanded that their government guaranteed bonus be paid to them immediately. A few went to Washington DC and negotiated with the president, who denied them

Herbert Hoover (R) was reelected

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D)

Woodrow Wilson (D)