Causes / effects of Great Depression + Hoovers response

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How did Americans feel about Hoover's approach to the Great Depression?

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They were frustrated and expected Hoover and the federal government to help them, and nicknamed shantytowns "Hoovervilles" in anger

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Which event marked the end of the Roaring 20's and the start of the Great Depression in the 1930s?

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The Stock Market Crash

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Why did Americans feel the need for new leadership in 1932?

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Hoover's volunteerism and economic policies failed

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Hoovervilles were

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Towns Hoover was made famous for because he was a top 10 best president

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President Herbert Hoover's idea of Rugged Individualism

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America was based on self-reliance and that Americans should help themselves instead of waiting on the government for assistance

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What happened to many people who saved money in banks?

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They lost everything.

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An effect of the Great Depression was...

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Farmers' incomes fell to low levels and many left their farms.

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An effect of the Great Depression was...

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Large numbers of people were hungry and homeless.

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An effect of the Great Depression was...

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One-fourth of workers lost their jobs.

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Environmental disaster that hit farmers on the great plains; Large dust storms made it impossible to farm.

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Dust Bowl