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- in search of work or a better life, many unemployed people
- As a result of the stock market crash, some banks suffered more losses than they could absorb and
- During the Depression, charities set up ____________ to give poor people a meal
- The stock market took its steepest dive on October 29, 1929, the day now known as
- The Dust Bowl occurred because plowed land was left uncultivated and there was a terrible drought
- At the time of the stock market crash, the government did not insure bank deposits, so
- "okies" were usually farmers who sold their land and used the profited to travel to california and begin new lives
- Stockbrokers who made loans that allowed investors to buy stocks could issue a ____________________ to protect their loans
- The origins of the majority of human existence in North America beganA. with migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Strait.B. with the explorations of Christopher Columbus.C. as a result of the development of the wheel.D. long after the last ice age ended.E. from the southern tip of South America.
- The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of theA. Mayas.B. Aztecs.C. Incas.D. Pueblos.E. Olmec.
- The Depression improved steadily during President Hoover's administration.
- Which Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress moved "that these united colonies ought to be free and independent states"?
- In what colonial city was the first clash between the colonists and the British (event occurred in 1770)?
- The Declaration of Independence is depicted on the reverse side of what US currency?
- Who authorized the Stars and Stripes for the official American Flag?
- during the early 1930s, dust storms blackened the skies of the great planes for hundreds of miles
- How long did the first Continental Congress meet?
- Lafayette became a major general in the Continental army at what age?
- Identify the "He" who is repeatedly criticized throughout the Declaration of Independence.
- What foreign country sent a fleet of ships to help the Americans, and also declared war on Britain in 1778?