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The Causes of the Great Depression #2

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Real Estate and Stock Speculation was one of the causes of the Great Depression

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1
What is this picture showing or representing?
Stockbrokers hooking investors in stocks through speculation
Fisherman on top of the Capital building
Wealthy men trying to catch poor people for their factories
Congressmen trying to convince voters to vote for them
2
What is speculation?
A type of stock that is worth a lot of money
a risky investment in the hope of making a quick profit
a fraud that dupes people into buying losing money
A type of real estate deal worth a lot of money
3
What was one of the problems with the land people bought in Florida?
Disney already owned the land
It was very over priced land
Alligator infested swamp land
It was beach front property
4
Where did real estate booms happen in the United States in the 1920's?
California and Florida
New York and California
Florida and Arizona
California and Oregon
5
Which of the following was a result of unchecked stock market speculation?
artificially deflated companies stocks
Economic Analysts praised the stock market's increases
Made people not want to buy stocks
artificially inflated companies stocks