20th C Am History
The Americans
Chapter 22 Great Depression Study Guide
To prepare for the Great Depression Unit Test complete the study guide below and study it. Also, remember to study the
Ch 22 text reading fill-in worksheet, the Great Depression Reading wksht, along with the video worksheets (A Day at
Ford’s and The Road to Rock Bottom). Also, it is important to thoroughly understand the process and calculations
involved in buying on the margin, covering the margin, profits, and losses.
SECTION 22.1 THE NATION’S SICK ECONOMY
1. Describe some of the industries in trouble?
2. Describe agricultural problems in the late 1920’s. (p.670-1)
3. Describe price supports. (p.671)
4. Define credit (p.672)
5. Describe the election of 1928.(Who were the candidates for each party? Who won and why?) (p.672)
6. Define the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Describe a bull market. Describe a bear market.
7. Define speculation (p.673)
8. Describe buying a stock on margin (p.673)
9. Describe the stock market crash. Include events such as Black Tuesday. (p.674)
10. What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression? (p.675)
11. Describe the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act and its affect on the economy.
12. List the causes of the Great Depression. (p.677)
13. List the effects of the Great Depression. (p. 682-683)
SECTION 22.2 HARDSHIPS AND SUFFERING DURING THE DEPRESSION
14. Describe the Dust Bowl and what caused it? (p.680) Which states were affected by the Dust Bowl? (p.678)
15. Define dust storm. Which region suffered the most damage?
16. Define Okies. How far did Okies travel on Route 66 to get to California? What states did Dust Bowl
migrants pass through? (p. 629-route 66)
17. Define hoboes. (p. 681)
18. Define direct relief. (p. 681)
19. Describe the hardships of children.
SECT 22.3 HOOVER STRUGGLES WITH THE DEPRESSION
20. What did President Hoover do to try to help the economy? Did he favor or oppose direct reflief? (p. 685)
21. What were shantytowns in American cities called? Newspapers used to keep warm? Empty pockets turned
inside out? (p. 686)
22. What were the psychological effects of the Great Depression? (p.683)
23. Describe Hoover’s philosophy about government’s function.(p. 685)
24. Describe the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. (p. 687)
25. Describe the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
26. Describe the Bonus Army that marched on Washington. Who and how was it disbanded. (p. 688-9)
27. Describe the Patman Bill.
28. Describe the presidential election in 1932. Who ran for each party? Who won and why? (p. 689)