Thursday, March 8, 2018

Chapter 16/17

1. What does it mean to buy stock on margin?
2. What does a stock broker do?
3. Why were banks in trouble due to the crash?
4. Who is hurt most during an economic depression?
5. How was the Great Depression different from others?
6. What did the census of 1920 show?
7. What advantage did farmers have during the depression when compared to people in the cities?
8. What caused the Dust Bowl?
9. What states were directly affected by the Dust Bowl?
10. How had farmers been irresponsible?
11. What was a “Hooverville” and how did they get their name?
12. How many people were living in Hoovervilles by 1933?

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