Why did writers such as John Steinbeck use fiction to draw attention to the Great Depression?

Readers could be sympathetic to the characters' situations

Herbert Hoover won the 1928 election in a landslide, in part because of

prosperity under Calvin Coolidge

During the Depression, some farmer protested low prices by

deliberately burning their crops

What is the message of the political cartoon?

He saved his money, but lost it through no fault of his own

In the late 1920s, many investors engaged in speculation , or purchasing stock

by borrowing money from a stockbroker.

Despite the poverty, many people went to the movies. Why were movies still so popular?

movies offered an escape from viewers' hard lives

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Vought - US History - Ch. 11 Review

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1
What was Hoover's response to the Bonus Army marchers who came to Washington, D.C.
He had the army remove them
He visited them and listend to them.
He ordered them to be paid their bonuses
He set up soup kitchens to feed them.
2
Why did writers such as John Steinbeck use fiction to draw attention to the Great Depression?
Publishers were not interested in true accounts of events
Writing fiction meant the authors didn't have to do research
Nonfiction sales had dropped during teh 1920s
Readers could be sympathetic to the characters' situations
3
Herbert Hoover won the 1928 election in a landslide, in part because of
his support for unions
prosperity under Calvin Coolidge
having been vice president
fears of another world war
4
How did other nations react when the US enacted the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
they repealed their tariffs
they banned American imports
they raised their tariffs
they offered to eliminate all trade barriers
5
During the Depression, some farmer protested low prices by
deliberately burning their crops
choosing to plant a differnt crop
marching on city hall
asking for the repeal of the federal income tax
6
Preident Hoover opposed ______, or giving money directly to needy families.
public works
unionization
foreclosure
relief
7
What is the message of the political cartoon?
He was foolish to store his money under his mattress
He saved his money, but lost it through no fault of his own
He should've bought stocks rather than put money in the bank
The man was careless with his money
8
A major problem with the stock market in the late 1920s: many people bought stocks
only after carefully studying the company's history
without knowing their stockbroker's reputation
on margin, with borrowed money
in companies that they supported
9
The term Hoovervilles refers to
streetcar suburbs
shantytowns
roadside motels
foreclosed properties
10
Hoover was slow to respond to the economic crisis because he opposed
investing in stock
private charities
deficit spending
all public works project
11
In the late 1920s, many investors engaged in speculation , or purchasing stock
and quickly selling the stock for a profit
after considering a company's earnings and profits.
by borrowing money from a stockbroker.
to invest long-term in the future of the company.
12
The Democratic Party's first Roman Catholic candidate for president was
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
13
Which of the following was a root cause of the Great Depression
the end of federal control of banks
prohibiting the sale of alcohol
uneven distributuion of income
giving women the right to vote
14
A _______ most often traveled by hopping a railroad car
journalist
novelist
hobo
photographer
15
Despite the poverty, many people went to the movies. Why were movies still so popular?
people couldn't get over the fact that the actors talked
amazing special effects
movies offered an escape from viewers' hard lives
theaters were air conditioned and offered free popcorn

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