What does the image represent?

Breadlines to feed the unemployed

What does buying a stock on margin mean?

borrowing money to help pay for the stock

Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?

a growing number of homeless people

WhichNew Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?

Securities and Exchange Commission

The economic boom and the financial speculation of the 1920’s were caused in part by

installment buying and an unregulated stock market

The 1920’s are sometimes called the"Roaring Twenties" because

widespread social and economic change occurred

Fundamentalist believed that

The Bible should be taken literally

After the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to helpthe economy?

by asking businesses not to lay off employees

Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?

World War I veterans and their families

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1
Which of the following increased in the 1920s?
prices for farm products
farmers’ debts
domestic demand for U.S. farm products
foreign demand for U.S. farm products
2
What does the image represent?
Men waiting in line for Hoover aid
Men waiting in line for employement
Hoover funded job interviews
Breadlines to feed the unemployed
3
What does buying a stock on margin mean?
buying the stock for someone else
borrowing money to help pay for the stock
paying less than the market price of the stock
purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange
4
These were woman of the 1920's
prohibition workers
hoboes
flappers
new workers
5
Which of the following was not an effect of the Great Depression?
Many men became unemployed.
Many people started farming.
Many families became homeless.
Many children had a poor diet.
6
The Teapot Dome scandal centeredaround
oil rich land
Gold mines
high tariffs
union members
7
Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food to the poor?
Bonus Army
rugged individualism
price support
direct relief
8
Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?
a crisis in the farm sector
the availability of easy credit
tariffs on foreign goods
a growing number of homeless people
9
WhichNew Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Emergency Relief Act
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
10
The economic boom and the financial speculation of the 1920’s were caused in part by
the mobilization of the economy for war
the expansion of civil rights to women and minorities
increased government restrictions on big business
installment buying and an unregulated stock market
11
The 1920’s are sometimes called the"Roaring Twenties" because
widespread social and economic change occurred
the U.S. assumed a leadership role in world affairs
political reforms made government more democratic
foreign trade prospered after World War I
12
Fundamentalist believed that
Drinking should only be consumed byadults
Prohibition should be repealed
The Bible should be taken literally
evolution and creationism couldcoincide
13
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmerbelieved that he needed to protect the American people from
Corruption and fraud
Political radicals
labor union member
Big business
14
After the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to helpthe economy?
by closing banks
by asking businesses not to lay off employees
by funding handouts of food and clothing
by lowering foreign tariffs
15
Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?
business and labor leaders who agreed to work together
World War I veterans and their families
unemployed industrial workers and their families
farmers forced off their land by dust storms

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