Chapter 22 The Great Depression

Key Questions:

1. What were several causes of the Great Depression?

2. How did the Great Depression affect men, women, children, and minorities?

3. How did Herbert Hoover's response either eli alleviate hardship or prolong suffering during the Great Depression?

Terms & Names:
price support
credit
Dow Jones Industrial Average
stock
NYSE
speculation
buying on margin
Black Tuesday/Stock Market Crash
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
shantytown
soup kitchen
breadline
Dust Bowl
direct relief
Bonus Army
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
Boulder Dam
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith