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Define: Economic Depression

a period of decline, high unemployment, low consumer confidence

Define: Dust Bowl

the worst drought in the Great Plains in the 1930s that made a lot of people migrate to other places.

Define: Supply/Demand

The amount of specific goods available & the amount of goods a person wants to buy

Define: Hoovervilles

A shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless

Define: Transient

Those who do not stay in one area for a long time, not permanent, transitory

Define: Destitute

Lacking food, clothing and shelter

Define: Axis Powers

The countries that fought together against the Allied Powers, German, Italy, Japan

Define: Allied Powers

The countries that fought together against the Axis Powers; USA, France, UK, USSR

Define: Bracero Program

An agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that permitted Mexican citizens to temporarily work in the U.S. in agriculture

What was the Hanford Project?

A secret government operation in Washington that produced plutonium used for Atomic Bombs

What was the Manhattan Project?

The secret government operation for the building and creation go of the Atomic Bomb

What was Black Tuesday?

A day where everyone was selling stock and no one was buying stock. Dropping the prices of the stock market.

What was the purpose of men starting fires during the Great Depression?

To create jobs as figherfighters

Identify the three factors that scholars claim to have caused the Great Depression.

1. Gap between the Rich and the Poor 2. Stock Market Crashed 3. Higher supply than demand for products

What were the demands of the protestors in Olympia during the Great Depression?

1. Free lunches and water for children 2. Help to the unemployed 3. Free or cheap electricity 4. Free or cheap gas

Name two dishes (foods) from the Great Depression.

Hoover Stew, Corned Beef Luncheon Salad, Bologna Casserole, Garbage Plate, Water Pie, Vinegar Pie,