History 1302 Exam 2 - Blinn College Q&A
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Dow Jones Industrial Average - ✔✔an average of stock prices of major
industries
Black Tuesday - ✔✔October 29th 1929, 16.4 million stock shares were sold
Stock Market Crash - ✔✔the biggest collapse in the stock market
Business Cycle - ✔✔a span in which the economy grows and then contracts
Great Depression - ✔✔most severe economic doenturn in the nations history,
lasted from 1929-1941
Which part of the business cycle did the great depression represent? - ✔✔the
trough, contraction
What could cause a country's GNP to decrease? - ✔✔a decrease in demand or
wages
How did the unstable economy im the 1920s contribute to the great
depression? - ✔✔the stock market crashed, a falling output for goods or
services, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
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,How did the great depression have such a huge impact on the economies of
other countries? - ✔✔they were dependant on us for goods and we also didnt
have the money to buy theirs (we were #1 economic power)
Hooverville (Shantytowns) - ✔✔used to describe a makeshift homeless shelter
during the early years
Dust Bowl - ✔✔used to describe the central and southern Great Plains in the
1930s when the region sustained a period of drought and dust storms
Who lived in Hooverville's? - ✔✔homeless people who lost their jobs
What factors led to the creation of the dustbowl in the 1930s? - ✔✔The
depression, dust storms, farming practices, terrible weather, and low prices on
farm products, over intense farming, drought and wind erosion
What were some causes and effects of increased discrimination during the
Great Depression? - ✔✔1 suspicions of minorities 2 whites demanded lower
jobs because they could not get another good paying job 3 blacks had no rights
to jobs if whites were out of work 6 soup kitchens
What can you learn about the depression from Wilson Ledford's experiences? -
✔✔Times may be hard but you have to do what you can to provide for others as
well as yourself
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,What were penny auctions? - ✔✔farmers would bid mere pennies on land and
machines auctioned by the banks in order to help their struggling neighbors
21st ammendment - ✔✔This Constitutional Amendment allowed individuals to
consume alcoholic beverages ending the 18th Amendment.
Why was there an interest among some Americans in radical and reform
movements? - ✔✔they promised a fair distribution of wealth
How did American involvement in these radical and reform movements differ
from the political movements occurring in some parts of Europe at the same
time? - ✔✔Europe socialist called for social and economic change rather than
revolution, they did better
Why was the 21st amendment passed? - ✔✔it ended a failed social experiment
and stopped a curve on gangsters who profited from bootlegging
Hawley-Smoot Tarriff - ✔✔highest import tax in history
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) - ✔✔gave government credit to a
number of institutions and banks to extend loans
Bonus Army - ✔✔world War I veterans in their families demanding immediate
payment of a pension bonus that had been promised for 1945 protest in 1932
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, How did hoover hope to end the depression and its hardships? - ✔✔"confidence
is key" attitude towards economy
What was the intent of the Hawley-Smoot tarriff? - ✔✔at attempt to protect
domestic industries from foreign imports. backfired and slowed trade
What was the intent of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation? - ✔✔to help
big businesses in trouble and to help banks extend loans
Describe Franklin Delano Roosevelt's appeal to the American voter in 1932. -
✔✔optimism was something the country needed and he had it. he was for the
average people
Non-interventionsts - ✔✔people urging the nation to stay out of overseas
conflicts
Interventionists - ✔✔people advocating direct engagement in overseas conflicts
lessons from WW! - ✔✔1. 'Exhaust diplomacy before you use force'
2. War is always unpredictable
3. History should be remembered
How did Hitler rapidly conquer Western and Eastern Europe? - ✔✔French and
British had smaller armies due to WWI and were not ready to fight a war.
Smaller countries couldn't fight back.
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100% Pass
Dow Jones Industrial Average - ✔✔an average of stock prices of major
industries
Black Tuesday - ✔✔October 29th 1929, 16.4 million stock shares were sold
Stock Market Crash - ✔✔the biggest collapse in the stock market
Business Cycle - ✔✔a span in which the economy grows and then contracts
Great Depression - ✔✔most severe economic doenturn in the nations history,
lasted from 1929-1941
Which part of the business cycle did the great depression represent? - ✔✔the
trough, contraction
What could cause a country's GNP to decrease? - ✔✔a decrease in demand or
wages
How did the unstable economy im the 1920s contribute to the great
depression? - ✔✔the stock market crashed, a falling output for goods or
services, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
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©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
,How did the great depression have such a huge impact on the economies of
other countries? - ✔✔they were dependant on us for goods and we also didnt
have the money to buy theirs (we were #1 economic power)
Hooverville (Shantytowns) - ✔✔used to describe a makeshift homeless shelter
during the early years
Dust Bowl - ✔✔used to describe the central and southern Great Plains in the
1930s when the region sustained a period of drought and dust storms
Who lived in Hooverville's? - ✔✔homeless people who lost their jobs
What factors led to the creation of the dustbowl in the 1930s? - ✔✔The
depression, dust storms, farming practices, terrible weather, and low prices on
farm products, over intense farming, drought and wind erosion
What were some causes and effects of increased discrimination during the
Great Depression? - ✔✔1 suspicions of minorities 2 whites demanded lower
jobs because they could not get another good paying job 3 blacks had no rights
to jobs if whites were out of work 6 soup kitchens
What can you learn about the depression from Wilson Ledford's experiences? -
✔✔Times may be hard but you have to do what you can to provide for others as
well as yourself
2|Page
©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
,What were penny auctions? - ✔✔farmers would bid mere pennies on land and
machines auctioned by the banks in order to help their struggling neighbors
21st ammendment - ✔✔This Constitutional Amendment allowed individuals to
consume alcoholic beverages ending the 18th Amendment.
Why was there an interest among some Americans in radical and reform
movements? - ✔✔they promised a fair distribution of wealth
How did American involvement in these radical and reform movements differ
from the political movements occurring in some parts of Europe at the same
time? - ✔✔Europe socialist called for social and economic change rather than
revolution, they did better
Why was the 21st amendment passed? - ✔✔it ended a failed social experiment
and stopped a curve on gangsters who profited from bootlegging
Hawley-Smoot Tarriff - ✔✔highest import tax in history
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) - ✔✔gave government credit to a
number of institutions and banks to extend loans
Bonus Army - ✔✔world War I veterans in their families demanding immediate
payment of a pension bonus that had been promised for 1945 protest in 1932
3|Page
©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, How did hoover hope to end the depression and its hardships? - ✔✔"confidence
is key" attitude towards economy
What was the intent of the Hawley-Smoot tarriff? - ✔✔at attempt to protect
domestic industries from foreign imports. backfired and slowed trade
What was the intent of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation? - ✔✔to help
big businesses in trouble and to help banks extend loans
Describe Franklin Delano Roosevelt's appeal to the American voter in 1932. -
✔✔optimism was something the country needed and he had it. he was for the
average people
Non-interventionsts - ✔✔people urging the nation to stay out of overseas
conflicts
Interventionists - ✔✔people advocating direct engagement in overseas conflicts
lessons from WW! - ✔✔1. 'Exhaust diplomacy before you use force'
2. War is always unpredictable
3. History should be remembered
How did Hitler rapidly conquer Western and Eastern Europe? - ✔✔French and
British had smaller armies due to WWI and were not ready to fight a war.
Smaller countries couldn't fight back.
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©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
