Chapter 18 The Great Depression

Vocabulary
Stock Market Bank Run Public Works
Bull Market Installment Foreclose
Speculation Bailif Relief
Margin Hobo
Margin Call Soap Operas
Learning Objectives
Ch. 18-1
1. What economic choices caused the economy to become unstable in the late
1920s?

2. What caused the economy to collapse (i.e. what were the causes of the Great
Depression)?

3. Why was buying stocks based on speculation a risk?

Ch. 18-2
4. How did economic changes afect everyday life during the 1930s?

5. What was the Dust Bowl?

Ch. 18-3
6. What did President Hoover do to fight the Great Depression? How were his
eforts viewed by the public?

7. What was the Bonus Army and what was the outcome of their movement?