Great Depression

• What was urban black unemployment during the Great Depression?

  Between 30% to 60%
• What did ownership of property by black Americans drop to?

  From 35% in 1929 to 5% in 1935
• Who was the president during the Great Depression?

  Herbert Hoover
• How many were unemployed by 1933?


  14 million
• How many banks went bankrupt in 1929 alone?

  659
• What did the cost of a share in Radio increase to by 1929?

  From 94 to 505
• What did a share in American Can increase to by 1929?

  77 to 182
• What did a share in Radio drop to after the Wall Street Crash?

  505 to 28
• What did a share in American can drop to after the Wall Street Crash?

  From 182 to 86
• When was the Wall Street Crash?

  October 29th 1929
• What percentage of the working population was unemployed following the Great Depression?

  25%