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US History Ch. 9 Review
US History Ch. 9 Review
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Mrs. Wise, Pace High School
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the result when the government spends more than it collects in taxes
margin call
Black Tuesday
budget deficit
bank run
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the biggest drop of the 1929 stock market crash
bank run
budget deficit
Black Tuesday
margin call
3
During the 1930s, many Americans preferred movies, radio programs, and other forms of popular entertainment that
focused on the homeless and unemployed
evoked indignation at social injustice
provided a release from daily worries
created thrills with new special effects
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The stock market crash weakened the nation's banks because
banks depended on their stock for operating funds.
investors could no longer afford to take out loans from banks.
banks had invested their deposits in the stock market
investors no longer had money to deposit in banks.
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Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because
frequent rains eroded the soil
a terrible drought dried the soil
the soil lost its fertility
a fungus depleted the soil of nutrients
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The depression had deep roots in the 1920s economy, overproduction, high tariffs, missteps by the federal reserve, and
the uneven distribution of income
an inadequate money supply
excessive reliance on export sales
deficit spending by the government
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led the troops that dispersed the Bonus Army
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Grant Wood
Herbert Hoover
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President Herbert Hoover hoped that increasing government funding for public works projects would
help reduce farm foreclosures
provide jobs lost in the private sector
reduce the budget deficit
spur the construction industry
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Stock prices first began to decline in late 1929 because
several companies went bankrupt
company earnings declined
investors began to sell their stock
stockbrokers stopped margin loans
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President Hoover reluctantly signed this to supply relief funds to states
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
CARES act
budget deficit
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President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed
charities could provide sufficient relief
federal relief would only shorten the Depression
only state and city governments should dole out relief
individuals are responsible for taking care of themselves
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stockbroker's demand for immediate repayment of a loan used to buy stock
bank run
margin call
speculators
public works
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Thousands of World War 1 veterans came to Washington DC, in 1932 to lobby congress to
provide public works jobs for unemployed veterans
provide military jobs for family members of veterans
give bonus payments to war veterans and their families
pass legislation giving veterans their promised bonuses early
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migrants from the Great Plains heading west in search of better lives
East coast transplants
Dust Bowlers
Okies
Californians
15
_______________ invested in stocks, betting that the market would keep going up so they could make a quick profit
Stockbrokers
Bailiffs
Okies
speculators
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During the Depression, newly homeless people put up communities of shacks they called
Hoovervilles
Okie towns
Bonus Armies
hobo towns
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a writer who showed what characters were thinking before they spoke
William Faulkner
Grant Wood
Herbert Hoover
Douglas MacArthur
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many depositors withdrawing their money at once
budget deficit
margin call
Okies
bank run
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set up in 1932 to allow the government to make loans to businesses
margin call
CARES act
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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painter of the 1930s who was part of the regionalist school
Herbert Hoover
William Faulkner
Douglas MacArthur
Grant Wood