Which factor contributed to the spread of the Great Depression overseas?

The USA curtailed investment in Europe

In 1929, the stock market crashed because

investors lost confidence in market and rushed to sell their stocks

Both Af-Americans & Mex-Americans had especially difficult time during the Great Depression because they

faced discrimination when competing with whites for limited number of jobs

Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?

Pres. Hoover vetoed a bill providing for early payment of bonuses

Why did volunteerism fail?

businesses and citizens acted in their individual best interests

Congress instituted the RFC to loan money to

banks so they could lend money to businesses to stimulate economic activity

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Ch 8 Great Depression 1928-1932 Prentice Hall US History

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1
What does this photograph show?
the stock market crash
bank closures
the Dust Bowl
a Hooverville
2
the theory that money invested in banks and businesses will work its way through the system to laborers
localism
trickle-down economics
speculation
repatriation
3
the periodic expansion and contraction of the economy
localism
trickle-down economics
repatriation
business cycle
4
During the 1920s, the USA economy moved which phase of the business cycle?
trough
contraction
expansion
peak
5
Which group experienced an early depression in the 1920s?
industrial workers
farmers
stock market investors
bank owners
6
government efforts to encourage or pressure Mexican immigrants to return to Mexico
localism
repatriation
trickle-down economics
speculation
7
Which factor contributed to the spread of the Great Depression overseas?
The USA curtailed investment in Europe
Congress lowered tariffs on foreign imports
Europe increased trade to the USA
US industry reduced production levels
8
Dust Bowl refugees who moved westward to find work
localism
tenant farmers
Okies
Bonus Army
9
In 1929, the stock market crashed because
Federal Reserve increaded money supply
investors lost confidence in market and rushed to sell their stocks
depositors lost their investments and tried to withdraw all of the savings
Germany ceased reparation payments to USA
10
Risky stock purchases made by investors with the hope of high returns
repatriation
Okies
speculation
localism
11
World War I veterans who marched to demand payment of money promised by Congress
Bonus Army
Okies
RFC
tenant farmers
12
People likely abandoned this place because
the land could not be farmed
the banks and businesses had closed
too many homeless people had moved there
they had lost their investments
13
Both Af-Americans & Mex-Americans had especially difficult time during the Great Depression because they
had to fight repatriation efforts by local, state, and federal government
had little community & family support upon which to rely
were forced to migrate from the South to find work in northern cities
faced discrimination when competing with whites for limited number of jobs
14
General who dispersed protesters in the capital by ordering federal troops to fire on them with tear gas
Pershing
Eisenhower
Patton
MacArthur
15
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?
Pres. Hoover vetoed a bill providing for early payment of bonuses
Gen. MacArthur attacked protesters demanding their bonuses
Federal Reserve refused to pay veterans their bonuses
Congress passed a bill promising to pay veterans their bonuses in 1945
16
agricultural workers who work on land owned by someone else
tenant farmers
RFC
Okies
Bonus army
17
Why did volunteerism fail?
President Hoover supported more federal government interventions
businesses and citizens acted in their individual best interests
banks made too many loans to struggling businesses
charitable organizations took control of local and state relief efforts
18
President when the stock market crashed
Hoover
Harding
Roosevelt
Coolidge
19
the occasion of the stock market crash
Black Thursday
Black Tuesday
Black Monday
Black Friday
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Congress instituted the RFC to loan money to
depositors so that they could withdraw their savings from banks
banks so they could lend money to businesses to stimulate economic activity
investors so that they could engage in more stock speculations
European nations so that they ould pay off their war debts

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