American History The Great Depression Chapter 11

Question 1

During the great depression what happened when a bank colapsed

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Depositors lost their savings

Question 2

Was the actress in Gone with the Wind?

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Vivian Leigh

Question 3

Hoover opposed direct relief for the unemployed becuase

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he believed in individual responsibility

Question 4

Oakies were

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Migrants headed west for better lives

Question 5

investing in stock betting on an easy profit is

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speculation

Question 6

First feature-length animated film

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Snow White and the seven dwarfs

Question 7

in search of work many people

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rode the rails

Question 8

Alfred E. Smith was smeared in his presidential campaign because

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He was Catholic

Question 9

Led the troops again the Bonus Army

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Douglas MacArtur

Question 10

Why did the stock market start to decline in 1929?

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investors began to sell

Question 11

Hoover hoped public works would

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provide jobs lost in the private sector

Question 12

how were banks weakened by the stock market crash

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banks had invested in stocks

Question 13

charities during the depression set up

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soup kitchens

Question 14

What destroyed the Great Plains farmers

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drought

Question 15

buying on margin is?

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with borrowed money

Question 16

Famous comedian who got bankrupted during the depression

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Groucho Marx

Question 17

What were the WWI Veternes who went to Washington in 1932 called

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Bonus Army

Question 18

spending more that you collect in taxes is called?

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a budget deficit

Question 19

WWI veterans went to Washington in 1932 looking for

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their bonus early

Question 20

Wrote the Grapes of Wrath

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John Steinbech

Question 21

long period of rising stock prices

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bull run

Question 22

Why did Hoover win the election?

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prosperity of the 1920's

Question 23

Economist believe the depression was caused by

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overproduction

Question 24

public works were paid for with taxes and

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borrow money

Question 25

Homeless people set up shacks in communities called

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Hoovervilles

American History The Great Depression Chapter 11

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American History The Great Depression Chapter 11

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