Socio-Economic Causes Person
100
Overproduction
This is an effect that happened because the number of cars being produced exceeded the consumers' demand.
100
Herbert Hoover
He was the first president to donate his salary to charity and he believed that the economy would resolve itself.
200
Black Tuesday
Many stockholders sold their stocks on this day. This is also the day that the stock market crashed.
200
Eleanor Roosevelt
This woman encouraged Franklyn Roosevelt to remain in politics despite contracting polio.
300
Hoovervilles
This was the nickname of living quarters that were made by the homeless. These quarters were named after a president.
300
Franklyn Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
This person ran against Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election and won.
400
Uneployment
Many persons lost their jobs and fell under this category.
400
Herbert Hoover
This person was blamed for the Great Depression even though he did not cause it.
500
Farmers
These group of people had trouble selling their crops but grew their own food to consume.
500
Polio
Franklyn Roosevelt contracted this deadly disease and became paralyzed from the waist down.






The Great Depression

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