What was one cause of the Stock Market crash?

people bought stock with borrowed money

What New Deal program provided "recovery" to help farmers get out of their financial troubles?

Agicultural Adjustment Administration

How did the collapse of the stock market affect the economy?

people ran to banks to withdraw money, causing them to fail

How did the Scope's Trial challenge traditional values?

it challenged religious views with the theory of evolution

What impact did the New Deal have on the role of the federal government?

it made the government more involved in solving problems

What New Deal program provided "reform" to prevent another Great Depression with bank collapse?

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Why were movies so popular during the Great Depression?

it provided an escape from life's realities

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1
What was one cause of the Stock Market crash?
people bought stock with borrowed money
people were careful to use little credit
people bought very low priced stock
people risked their homes to invest in the market
2
All are effects of the Great Depression EXCEPT:
unemployment
increased demand for goods
bank failures
farm foreclosures and migration
3
What New Deal program provided "recovery" to help farmers get out of their financial troubles?
Agicultural Adjustment Administration
Social Security
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Works Progress Administration
4
How did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff affect international trade?
it had no effect on foreign trade
it decreased foreign trade
it stimulated the US economy
it increased foreign trade
5
What New Deal program provided "relief" & put people to work?
Social Security
Works Progress Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Agicultural Adjustment Administration
6
How did Prohibition affect America?
people smuggled alcohol
illegal speakeasies opened
all of the above are true
alcohol consumption was made illegal
7
Complete the quote: "We have nothing to fear, but ____________"
unemployment
fear itself
homelessness
stocks
8
How did the collapse of the stock market affect the economy?
people began to invest their excess money there
people invested in failing businesses
all of the above
people ran to banks to withdraw money, causing them to fail
9
What resulted from the post-war rise in immigration?
women's voting rights
the rise of the Ku Klux Klan
Prohibition of alcohol;
the stock market crash
10
How did the Scope's Trial challenge traditional values?
it challenged conservative rural views on drinking
it shocked people with new women's roles
it challenged religious views with the theory of evolution
it advocated for women's voting rights
11
How did radio influence American culture in the 1920s and 1930s?
broadcasting Fireside Chats
spreading yellow journalism
playing rock and roll music
spreading news of World War I
12
What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
1 in 2 workers
1 in 4 workers
1 in 10 workers
1 in 20 workers
13
What is NOT true of the way women in the 1920s challenged traditional roles?
they appeared in movies
they "bobbed" their hair short
they wore short dresses to their knees
they voted
14
What impact did the New Deal have on the role of the federal government?
it lessened the government's role in the economy
none of these
people accepted that the government can't help the economy
it made the government more involved in solving problems
15
What New Deal program provided "reform" to prevent another Great Depression with bank collapse?
Agicultural Adjustment Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Social Security
Works Progress Administration
16
What New Deal program provided a safeguard for workers, providing a retirement pension?
Works Progress Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Social Security
Agicultural Adjustment Administration
17
Why were movies so popular during the Great Depression?
they were colorized
becasue so many people were unemployed
it provided an escape from life's realities
because women had recently received the right to vote

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