Unit 9 Lesson 1 & 2

Question 1

During the 1920’s the rich got richer and the poor stayed poor. More than 70% of Americans earned $2500 or less a year.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

All of the following are effects the depression had on American families EXCEPT ___.

Accepted Answer

less families attended church

Question 3

All of the following were a cause of the Great Depression EXCEPT ___ .

Accepted Answer

the Dust Bowl

Question 4

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff signed by President Hoover helped ease the pain of the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

In 1934 a severe drought hit the Mid-West causing over 200,000 factory workers to move to California in search of work.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

During the depression the suicide rate increased more than 30% and mental hospitals were overcrowded.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Which was NOT a sign of economic troubles on the horizon in the late 1920's?

Accepted Answer

Americans were depositing more money in the banks.

Question 8

Children were effected by the depression in all of the following ways EXCEPT ___.

Accepted Answer

sent to orphanages until the depression ended

Question 9

In the beginning of the depression President Hoover created soup kitchens and bread lines for starving families.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

All of the following are factors that led to the Stock Market Crash in 1929 EXCEPT ___.

Accepted Answer

Americans putting too much money in savings accounts

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