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The Great Depression
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1
Investors never borrowed money to buy stocks.
True
False
2
The Dust Bowl conditions were in the Midwest of the United States.
True
False
3
Units of ownership in a company
Stocks
Hoboes
4
Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression?
People could not pay their debts
The invention of the radio
Hoovervilles
World War I
5
After WWI, farmers had more demand than supply of crops.
False
True
6
Which of these was a migration route that people took during the Great Depression?
From California to Detroit
From Oklahoma to California
From Detroit to the south
From cities to farms
7
Which of these was a lasting impact of the New Deal?
The size and importance of Social Security programs shrunk.
The government took a more active role in helping people.
Minimum wage laws were banned in most states.
8
Which of the following marked the end of the economic boom of the 1920's?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
World War I
The building of shantytowns
The Dust Bowl
9
Which New Deal program put men to work planting trees and tending to parks?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
10
Money that is owed
Surplus
Debt
11
Which of the following resulted in failed businesses?
Decreasing buying power
All of the above
Decreasing wages
Decreasing prices
12
How did unemployment affect the Great Depression?
Unemployment kept thebanks in business.
Unemployment prevented the stock market fromcrashing.
It led to people lacking the money to buy asmany goods.
The growth of unemployment ended the GreatDepression.
13
Which of the following New Deal programs is still important today?
FDIC
Social Security
The Securities and Exchange Commission
All of the above
14
Nickname given to people who migrated fromOklahoma looking for work
Shantytowns
Okies
15
Which of the following was an aim of the New Deal?
To help every person in the world
To help Americans and the economy
To give everyone a house
16
The economic decline began in the Roaring 1920's.
False
True
17
An extra amount of goods
Surplus
Debt
18
The stock market crash was the only cause of the Great Depression.
False
True
19
People who took to the highways or rode the rails looking for work
Shantytowns
Hoboes
20
Which of the following resulted in failed banks?
Many people loss confidence in banks andwithdrew savings.
All of the above
Unemployed workers could not pay off theirloans.
The banks had limited income from loan payments.
21
Places where thousands of people lived in tents and shacks
Shantytowns
Okies
22
Hoovervilles were named after President Herbert Hoover.
True
False
23
Americans migrated from their farms to look for jobs in the cities.
True
False
24
Factories produced more goods than they could sell which led to unemployment.
True
False
