5-4.2 “Causes of the Great Depression” Web Quest
Task 1:
- What caused many investors to become convinced that stocks were a sure thing, so they borrowed heavily to invest more money in the market?__________________________________________
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- What caused the demand for goods to decline?________________________________________
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- According to this article, what was the MOST important effect of the Stock Market crash of 1929?
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Task 2:
4-7. After the Stock Market crash, the amount of goods and services produced by American companies _____________, and many people _______________________________. People all over the country stood in lines __________________________or_________________________.
8. Between 1929 and 1933, the U.S. Gross National Product (GNP) dropped by nearly 33 percent. What does that mean?_________________________________________________________________________________
9. What happened to the unemployment rate in 1933?__________________________________
Task 3:
10-15. Complete the dominoes to demonstrate what led our nation into the Great Depression.
Task 4:
16. What was a Hooverville?________________________________________________________
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- Where did the name “Hooverville” come from?____________________________________
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- Describe what a Hooverville settlement was like.________________________________________
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19-21. Most people who lived in Hoovervilles, built their homes out of what three types of material
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Task 5:
- What states were nicknamed, “the Dust Bowl”?___________________, _________________________,
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Task 6:
- What was the “double whammy” that affected people that lived on the Plains in the center of the United States?____________________________________________________________________________
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29. Who were the “Okies”?___________________________________________________________
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Task 7:
- What were people called who were forced off the farm and heard about work hundreds of miles away ... or even half a continent away, getting there by hopping on freight trains, illegally?_______________________
- Hopping freights became so common that in 1933 Warner Brothers’ studio produced a film called, "Wild Boys of the Road". Why did Warner Brothers make this film?______________________________________
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