How did most investors react to a sudden fall in stock prices in 1929?

They raced to sell their stocks

During the Depression working women were

accused of taking jobs away from men.

After the Crash, thousands of American banks closed, because they

could not return depositors’ money

unemployment for millions of workers

Which of the following was a sign of an unsound economy during the 1920s?

More goods were being produced than consumers could buy

The rise in homelessness mainly resulted from

laid-off workers losing their homes

President Hoover believed that the best strategy for ending the Depression was

encouraging voluntary controls in the business sector

What was one effect of the wage cuts and unemployment of the 1930s?

Hoovervilles sprang up in the nation’s cities

During the Depression, many African Americans

experienced worsening conditions and discrimination in job

A disagreement between the 1932 presidential candidates concerned whether or not

the federal government should try to fix people’s problems

Not long after Black Tuesday, the stock market crash was affecting

millions of Americans, many of whom had never owned stocks

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14 & 15 MUSH Chapter 14 & 15 part 2

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1
During the Depression, wage cuts and unemployment eventually affected
factory workers only
mainly farmers
all levels of society.
mainly women
2
How did most investors react to a sudden fall in stock prices in 1929?
They pledged their stocks as collateral
They called in their loans
They raced to sell their stocks
They pooled money to buy stock
3
During the Depression working women were
paid extra if they got married
accused of taking jobs away from men.
embarrassed to be working
respected for being family providers
4
People’s physical and mental health declined as a result of
Farm Security Administration programs
increased wages
poor diet and anxiety
a soaring divorce rate
5
After the Crash, thousands of American banks closed, because they
had to print new money
had invested in European banks
charged too high an interest rate
could not return depositors’ money
6
The Crash led to..
unemployment for millions of workers
increased factory production
higher farm prices
a brief period of rising profits
7
Which of the following was a sign of an unsound economy during the 1920s?
More goods were being produced than consumers could buy
Wages were keeping pace with production
Personal debt was decreasing
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady
8
Dorothea Lange’s photographs of migrant workers
helped win aid for the workers
angered many unemployed mothers
were lost in the Dust Bowl
appeared in The Grapes of Wrath
9
In the fall of 1929, a wave of panic selling gripped the stock market as a result of
government limits on speculation
a sudden fall in stock prices
business failures
corruption among stockbrokers
10
One of the underlying causes of the Great Depression was the United States’s
lack of speculators
unstable economy.
unstable government
lack of farmers
11
The rise in homelessness mainly resulted from
increased immigration
a decline in housing construction
high interest rates.
laid-off workers losing their homes
12
President Hoover believed that the best strategy for ending the Depression was
encouraging massive government spending
encouraging voluntary controls in the business sector
setting up federal relief programs
lowering import duties
13
Those hit hardest by the Depression were
wealthy industrialists
low-paid laborers
high-paid office workers
southern landowners
14
What was one effect of the wage cuts and unemployment of the 1930s?
Hoovervilles sprang up in the nation’s cities
Banks pardoned thousands of farm mortgages
Most industries gave top jobs to married women
The divorce rate nearly tripled
15
Which group faced hard times during much of the 1920s?
urban bankers
owners of large
small investors
farmers
16
The collapse of the American economic system
boosted American investment in Europe
led to a worldwide depression
affected only the German economy
increased demand for American-made goods
17
What did some people agree to do when a foreclosed farm was auctioned?
give the original owners free seeds
hold an auction party
cooperate to buy and run the farm
keep bids low
18
Many farms were auctioned off when farmers
combined households to save money
could not pay their mortgages
began to irrigate crops
destroyed crops to protest low prices
19
During the Depression, many African Americans
won new civil rights, access to education and healthcare
took low-paying jobs previously held by white workers
returned from northern cities to the South
experienced worsening conditions and discrimination in job
20
A disagreement between the 1932 presidential candidates concerned whether or not
the federal government should try to fix people’s problems
the Depression existed
Americans should offer aid to European economies
relief efforts were necessary to ease the economic crisis
21
Not long after Black Tuesday, the stock market crash was affecting
only those who had invested heavily in stocks
wealthy industrialists almost exclusively.
millions of Americans, many of whom had never owned stocks
mainly stockbrokers and banks

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