Chapter 14 questions

Answer each of the following using complete sentences.

  1. Describe the situation farmers faced during the 1920’s.
  2. What was the minimum amount of money needed for a decent standard of living? What happened to the income of the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans between 1920 and 1929?
  3. Contrast the beliefs of Herbert Hoover with Alfred E. Smith.
  4. Why was “speculation” risky?
  5. How did “buying on margin” help people purchase stocks?
  6. How did “Black Tuesday” signal the beginning of the Depression?
  7. How did bank closures affect individual savings accounts?
  8. Describe the living conditions in a Shantytown.
  9. What was “rugged individualism”?
  10. What was the most amount of money offered by a city to a family in direct relief?
  11. How did Andrew Mellon think Herbert Hoover should deal with the Depression?
  12. Describe the conditions that existed in the Dust Bowl.
  13. What did Hoover ask employers and labor leaders to do in order to deal with the depression?
  14. What was the Bonus Army?
  15. How was the Bonus Army disbanded?
  16. How did the Reconstruction Finance Corporation attempt to help fix the economy?
  17. Who were the Okies and where did they migrate to?
  18. What type of aid was provided by charitable organizations to help the urban poor in many cities?
  19. Complete the skillbuilder on p.485.
  20.    Complete the skillbuilder on p.497.