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Causes of the Great Depression
Causes of the Great Depression
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During the 1920's, most factory workers were
given health insurance
not paid well
women
overpaid
2
Who said that "the business of America is business"?
George Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Ford
3
What term means to buy stocks on borrowed money in the hope of selling at a higher price?
on margin
tariff
competition
bond
4
In what year did the Great Depression begin?
1829
1942
1932
1929
5
Problems that led to the Great Depression included
bank failures
farm failures
low wages
all of the above
6
Which word means a tax on foreign products
tariff
export
import
speculator
7
Which business owner paid good wages to his factory workers?
Herbert Hoover
Henry Ford
Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
8
People who invest money in the stock market to get rich quick are called
speculators
immigrants
tariffs
industrialists
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Who did not share in the prosperity of the 1920's?
farmers
stock speculators
factory owners
businessmen
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Competition from which group of people helped keep factory wages low?
businessmen
both Southern blacks and immigrants
immigrants
Southern blacks