The Great Depression U.S. History The 20s and 30s in America The Great Depression Questions What are the similarities and differences between President Hoover’s response to the stock market crash of 1929 and his response to the Great Depression in the early 1930s? What was the main factor that led to rising unemployment and rising inflation in the years immediately after World War I ended in the U.S.? How did the Great Depression affect the lives of American citizens? What was the effect of the stock market crash on businesses, workers, and consumers during the Great Depression? What were the main sources of direct relief during the Great Depression? Did crime rates during the Great Depression go up? What impact did the Great Depression have on shaping the twentieth century? How did the Great Depression affect the nation, economically and psychologically? How did WW1 cause the great depression? How did the Great Depression affect the world economy? How did the construction of the Hoover Dam affect the Great Depression? What fundamental gain did labor make in the 1930s? What factors added to the hardships of midwestern farmers during the Great Depression? What were steps taken by President Herbert Hoover to deal with the country's economic problems during the Depression? How did his actions reflect his political beliefs? What was the role of the US government in the banking industry at beginning of the Depression? During the Depression foreclosure rates skyrocketed. What was the main cause? Who was president during the early years of the Great Depression? What did Herbert Hoover initially believe about the federal government's role in the Great Depression? What were two things that caused Americans to be fearful after World War ended? What was mostly true of women's circumstances during the Great Depression? Why did President Hoover's response to the Great Depression fail? Why did President Hoover responded cautiously to the Great Depression ? What did farmers and homeowners have in common during the Great Depression? How did the U.S. government change its response to the Great Depression after the election of Franklin Roosevelt? Question #dfcff Question #8e9bc How did Herbert Hoover shift the direction of U.S. social policies? How did the Hawley-Smoot tariff damage/hurt America's economy? In what ways has the government grown since the Great Depression? How did the economic trends of the 1920s help cause the Great Depression? Question #a51ee Why were farmers the first to suffer economic hard times? What did president rossevelt do to try to counter the effects of the great depression? In the early 1930s, why did so many farmers lose their land? How did military preparations in 1940 and 1941 end the Depression? What was isolationism? What motivated the Bonus Army to march on Washington, D.C. in 1932? Question #589aa Why did the Great Depression make some people want a change in government? How did Americans feel about world involvement during the 1930s? Where did many Dust Bowl migrants flee to? How did President Hoover and President Roosevelt differ in their approach towards dealing with the Great Depression? During the Dust Bowl, farmers were forced to leave their homes. Where did they move to? To what extent did the Great Depression impact the United States? What was the Dust Bowl and how did it affect Americans in that area? How did the Hawley Smoot Tariff damage the U.S. economy? During what years was the Great Depression? The Great Depression began in what year? What effect did the use of credit have on economy in the 1920s? What events led to the Great Depression? What was the destination of most Dust Bowl migrants? The 20s and 30s in America View all chapters The Roaring 20s and Prohibition The Great Depression FDR and His Legacy Prev Next