Chapter 9: US History

Question 1

Okies were migrants from _____ heading West in search of better lives.

Accepted Answer

Great Plains

Question 2

A long period of rising stock prices is called _____.

Accepted Answer

Bull market

Question 3

During the Great Depression, newly homeless people put up communities of shacks they called _____.

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 4

President Hoover’s image was tarnished by the rout of _____, as well as by the lingering Depression.

Accepted Answer

Bonus Marchers

Question 5

During _____, many people still were able to enjoy movies and radio for entertainment.

Accepted Answer

Great Depression

Question 6

1000s of WW1 veterans came to ___ in ___ to lobby Congress to pass legislation giving them their promised bonuses early.

Accepted Answer

Washington D.C., 1932

Question 7

Stock prices first began to decline in late 1929 because _____ began to sell their stock.

Accepted Answer

Investors

Question 8

The stock market took its deepest dive on _____, the day now known as Black Tuesday.

Accepted Answer

October 29, 1929

Question 9

The _____ was the result of when the government spent more than it collects in taxes.

Accepted Answer

Budget deficit

Question 10

During the 1930’s, many Americans preferred movies, radio programs, etc. that provided a release from _____.

Accepted Answer

Daily worries

Question 11

If interest rates remain too low, _____ make risky loans and _____ expand too much.

Accepted Answer

banks, companies

Question 12

_____ were migrants from the Great Plains heading West in search of better lives.

Accepted Answer

Okies

Question 13

William Faulkner was a writer who showed what characters were _____.

Accepted Answer

Thinking before they spoke

Question 14

In 1932, President Hoover asked Congress to set up the __________ to allow the government to make loans to businesses.

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Question 15

During the Depression, charities set up _______________.

Accepted Answer

soup kitchens to give poor people meals

Question 16

Douglas McArthur led troops that dispersed the _____.

Accepted Answer

Bonus Army

Question 17

The stock market took its deepest dive on October 29, 1929, the day now known as _____.

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Question 18

If _____ remain too low, banks make risky loans and companies expand too much.

Accepted Answer

Interest rates

Question 19

During the Depression, _____ set up soup kitchens to give poor people meals.

Accepted Answer

Charities

Question 20

In ____, Pres Hoover asked Congress to set up the RFC to allow the government to make loans to businesses.

Accepted Answer

1932

Question 21

_____ is when companies make more goods than people can buy, causing a decrease in sales.

Accepted Answer

Overproduction

Question 22

In 1932, Pres Hoover asked Congress to set up the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to allow the government to ______.

Accepted Answer

Make loans to businesses

Question 23

Stockbrokers who made loans that allowed investors to buy stocks issued a _____ to protect their home.

Accepted Answer

Margin call

Question 24

In search of work for a better life, many unemployed people _____.

Accepted Answer

Rode the rails

Question 25

The first feature-length animated film was ______________.

Accepted Answer

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Question 26

_____’s image was tarnished by the rout of the bonus Marchers, as well as by the lingering Depression.

Accepted Answer

President Hoover

Question 27

During the _____, many Americans preferred movies, radio programs, etc. that provided a release from daily worries.

Accepted Answer

1930s

Question 28

_____ led troops that dispersed the Bonus Army.

Accepted Answer

Douglas McArthur

Question 29

_____ is when many depositors decide to withdraw their money at one time.

Accepted Answer

Bank run

Question 30

During the Great Depression, many people still were able to enjoy _____ for entertainment.

Accepted Answer

Movies and radio

Question 31

_____ was a stockbroker’s demand for immediate repayment of a loan used to buy stock.

Accepted Answer

Margin call

Question 32

1000s of WW1 veterans came to Washington DC in 1932 to lobby Congress to pass legis giving them their promised __ early.

Accepted Answer

Bonuses

Question 33

During the Great Depression, newly homeless people put up communities of _____ they called Hoovervilles.

Accepted Answer

Shacks

Question 34

Okies were migrants from the Great Plains heading _____ in search of better lives.

Accepted Answer

West

Question 35

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Great Depression because a terrible _____.

Accepted Answer

Drought dried all the soil

Question 36

Stock prices first began to decline in late _____ because investors began to sell their stock.

Accepted Answer

1929

Question 37

_____ was a painter of the 1930’s who was part of the regionalist school.

Accepted Answer

Grant Wood

Question 38

_____ didnt want govt 2 create millions of jobs needed cuz that wouldve required a raise of govt spending.

Accepted Answer

President Hoover

Question 39

_____ was a method of buying stocks with mostly borrowed money.

Accepted Answer

Buying on margin

Question 40

Pres Hoover didnt want govt 2 create millions of jobs needed cuz that wouldve required a raise of _____ spending.

Accepted Answer

Government

Question 41

The Emergency Relief and Construction Act was reluctantly signed by President Hoover to supply relief funds to _____.

Accepted Answer

States

Question 42

_____ was a writer who showed what characters were thinking before they spoke.

Accepted Answer

William Faulkner

Question 43

President Hoover’s image was tarnished by the rout of the bonus Marchers, as well as by _____.

Accepted Answer

Lingering Depression

Question 44

Because of the _____, the government did not insure bank deposits, so customers lost their savings if a bank collapsed.

Accepted Answer

Stock market crash

Question 45

President Hoover hoped that increase government funding for _____ would provide jobs lost in the private sector.

Accepted Answer

Public works projects

Question 46

President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed only _____ should dole out relief.

Accepted Answer

State and city governments

Question 47

The Emergency Relief and Construction Act was reluctantly signed by _____ to supply relief funds to states.

Accepted Answer

President Hoover

Question 48

Because of the stock market crash, the govt did not insure _____, so customers lost their savings if a bank collapsed.

Accepted Answer

Bank deposits

Question 49

During the ____, charities set up soup kitchens to give poor people meals.

Accepted Answer

Great Depression

Question 50

Thousands of ___ came to Washington D.C. in 1932 to lobby Congress to pass legislation giving them their bonuses early.

Accepted Answer

WW1 veterans

Question 51

The _____ was reluctantly signed by President Hoover to supply relief funds to states.

Accepted Answer

Emergency Relief and Construction Act

Question 52

President Hoover’s image was tarnished by the rout of _____, as well as by _____.

Accepted Answer

Bonus Marchers, lingering Depression

Chapter 9: US History

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Chapter 9: US History

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