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- Q1A period of great economic hardship throughout the world that lasted from 1929 until WWII mobilization at the end of 1941.Great Depression30s
- Q2See imageCauses:30s
- Q3See image-Over Production/Under Consumption that led to falling prices30s
- Q4See image-Consumerism: citizens buying and spending more money than they saved30s
- Q5See image-Speculation: Buying on Margin (risky stocks)30s
- Q6See image-Stock Market Crash 1929 ("Black Tuesday")30s
- Q7October 29, 192, the day of the worst stock market crash in American history.Black Tuesday30s
- Q8the practice of engaging in risky financial transactions in an attempt to profit from short or medium term fluctuations in the stock marketspeculation30s
- Q9A drought and a series of terrible dust storms on the great plains during the 1930's that destroyed farms, caused disease, led to mass migration, and thousands of farm foreclosures.Dust Bowl30s
- Q10a slang term given to dust bowl refugees from Oklahoma who migrated West to settle in California.Okies30s
- Q11a term for the shantytowns (makeshift villages) of homeless people that sprung up outside cities across America during the Great Depression. Shelters were built of old wood, tin, boxes and other discarded materials.Hoovervilles30s
- Q12a group of 10,000 to 20,000 WWI veterans who marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 to support a bill under debate in congress , known as the Patman Bill which mandated the immediate cash payment of the endowment promised to the men who fought in the WWI.Bonus Army30s
- Q13In 1929, a terrible plunge in stock market prices that started the Great Depression.Stock Market Crash30s
- Q14Market produces more of a product than consumers want (or will buy).overproduction30s
- Q15Transient people who wandered the country, hitching rides on railroad boxcars and sleeping under bridges during the Great Depression.hoboes30s