21 The Great Depression 1928-1932 21.1
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- Q1Farmers did not share in the prosperity of the 1920s because they did notproduce enough crops to sellkeep up with new farm technologymake enough money on their crops to pay off debtstry to sell to foreign markets30s
- Q2The Great Depression affectedthe global economyonly the United States economyonlth the United States and european economiesonly American farmers30s
- Q3Which of the following declined sharply on Black Tuesday?industrial productioninterest ratesstock pricescrop yields30s
- Q4Stock speculation became common becausestock prices kept going upcredit became more difficult to getinvestors lost confidence in the marketmany banks had closed30s
- Q5Which economic factors led to the Great Depressionunderproduction, high consumption, low interest rates, and high stock speculationoverproduction, high consumption, limited money supply, and low stock speculationoverproduction, disparity of wealth, limited money supply, and high stock speculationunderproduction, disparity of wealth, low interest rates, and low stock speculation30s
- Q6The practice of making high-risk investments in hopes of obtaining large profitsUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q7October 29, 1929 when stock prices fell sharply in the Great CrashUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q8periodic growth and contraction of the economyUsers enter free textType an Answer30s
- Q9The period lasting from 1929 to 1941 in which the US economy faltered and unemployment soaredUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q10Protective import tax authorized by Congress in 1930Reciprocal Tariff ActHawley-Smoot TariffFordney-McCumber TariffWalker Tariff30s