Relier Pairs Great Depression MatchingVersion en ligne Match the cause and effects of the Great Depression par Hannah Howard 1 Speculation in the stock market & buying on the margin 2 People lose their jobs 3 High tariffs such as the Hawley Smoot Tariff & War Debt 4 Overproduction in industry & agriculture 5 Southwest needs jobs and electric power. 6 Laissez faire economy means government is hands off 7 Competition for jobs is intense. 8 Poor farming techniques & natural disaster cause the Dust Bowl. 9 Banks have no regulation, make unwise investments with customers' money 10 Hoover believes the economy will fix itself Americans panic, run to the banks & withdraw their money. Banks collapse Mexicans & Mexican Americans are sent back to Mexico (repatriation). Stock Market Crash 1929 Prices drop, workers are laid off or fired As the Great Depression gets worse, the government is unable to provide adequate support for people The Hoover Dam is built. Hoover becomes very unpopular as the Depression gets worse. FDR is elected. Farmers called "Okies" move West Europeans cannot afford US goods, profit plummets, businesses are forced to lay off workers Without jobs, people can no longer pay their mortgage and the banks foreclose on their homes. Many people are homeless
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