What is a stock exchange?

a system of buying and selling stock

The Dust Bowl was caused by what?

Humans and nature. New technology used by farmers, drought, windstorms

What happened on Black Tuesday?

thousands of banks closed and people lost all their savings, more than 16 million shares were sold and the stock market shut down

What groups of people were considered minorities during the Great Depression?

African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans

What happened when the stock market started to crash?

investors started to sell off their stocks

political philosophy that stresses glory of the state over the individual

What were the other main causes of the Great Depression?

overproduction, income gap between rich and poor, buying on credit

What was FDR's New Deal?

series of programs passed in first 100 days to give jobs and insprire hope

What was included in FDR's Second New Deal?

Works Progress Administration, Social Security Act,National Labor Relations

What does invest mean?

to spend money on something in the hopes of making more money in the future

What was the Bonus Army?

group of WWI Veterans who marched on DC to demand money owed to them early

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1
What signs pointed to an economic slowdown when President Herbert Hoover took office?
Decline in demand for new homes
All of the above
Low farm prices
The sale of heavy machinery fell and consumers were buying less
2
What marked the end of the Great Depression?
The Civil War
The Vietnam War
World War 2
World War 1
3
Women played more roles outside of the home during the Great Depression
True
False
4
What is a stock exchange?
trading food for clothing materials
a system of buying and selling stock
printing fake money and exchanging it for real money
giving away stock for free
5
The Dust Bowl was caused by what?
Only nature's windstorms and drought
The people who migrated to California
The Native Americans
Humans and nature. New technology used by farmers, drought, windstorms
6
What happened on Black Tuesday?
thousands of banks closed and people lost all their savings
more than 16 million shares were sold and the stock market shut down
banks gained more money and the stock market went up
people from all over the nation repaid their loans
7
What happened during most of the 1920s?
the helicopter was being invented
the economy grew rapidly
there were no technological advancements
the stock market was crashing
8
Who won the Presidential Election of 1928?
John F. Kennedy
Al Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbet Hoover
9
What groups of people were considered minorities during the Great Depression?
farmers, single women, and bank workers
African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans
Jewish people, Catholics, and Baptists
all of the above
10
What helped people escape problems of the era?
talking and pets
newspapers and books
work and music
radio and movies
11
The stock market crash was the only cause of the Great Depression
False
True
12
What happened when the stock market started to crash?
investors started to sell off their stocks
it was shut down as soon as there were signs of it crashing
people thought it would end soon
prices increased
13
Everyone agreed that FDR was spending too much money and felt the government had too much power
False
True
14
What is facism?
a sum paid regularly to a person, usually after retirement
a plan or arrangement for doing or organizing something
to publicly support something
political philosophy that stresses glory of the state over the individual
15
What were the other main causes of the Great Depression?
underproduction, not enough loans taken from bank, income gap
overproduction, income gap between rich and poor, buying on credit
not enough workers, crime, underproduction
not enough loans taken from bank, overproduction, too many people in jail
16
What was FDR's New Deal?
a deal that stated FDR would only serve one term if the Depression ended
series of programs passed in first 100 days to give jobs and insprire hope
group of movies showing how the Great Depression affected different people
ammendments made to shut down the stock market
17
What does default mean?
to take out a loan from the bank
a building made out of steel
fail to pay money that is owed
a preselected option
18
Who became President in 1932?
John F. Kennedy
Herbet Hoover
Jimmy Carter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
19
What was included in FDR's Second New Deal?
all of the above
Women's right to vote, Child Labor Laws, Laws against slavery
Works Progress Administration, Social Security Act,National Labor Relations
Child Labor Laws, Social Security Act, the right to impeach the president
20
After the court ruled in favor of Social Security and Labor Act, FDR dropped the plan
False
True
21
What percent of Americans were out of work in 1932?
15%
30%
25%
35%
22
What does invest mean?
to spend money on something in the hopes of making more money in the future
to loan money to a friend
to take money out of the stock market before it crashes
to spend over $1,000 in one day
23
Hoover believed the crisis was temporary and did not believe the government needed to help the economy
True
False
24
What was the Bonus Army?
group of WWI Veterans who marched on DC to demand money owed to them early
an army that protected the president
an army that surrounded several banks
Veterans who marched through Virginia demanding no one sell stocks
25
The first and second New Deals solved the Great Depression
True
False

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