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