A | B |
Cause of the Great Depression | Over-speculation on stocks |
Tariffs | Caused international trade to decrease to all-time lows |
Federal Reserve | Central Bank of the U.S. which makes rules for the nation's banks |
Over-speculation | People borrowed money to buy stocks they could not afford |
After the crash... | People lose their jobs |
Impact of the Great Depression | Large numbers of people were homeless and hungry |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt thought that | The U.S. could survive the Great Depression |
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) | Farm Assistance Program |
At the Great Depression's worst, what percentage of workers were without jobs? | 25% |
The New Deal | FDR's programs that helped provide assistance for people |
The Dust Bowl | An area of the Great Plains around Oklahoma and Texas |
Works Progress Administration (WPA) | gave jobs to unemployed workers |