'22 Great Depression Review
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Which situation is most likely to occur in a depression?
29A large number of companies open for business.
The government raises taxes to an all-time high.
A sharp decrease in the number of available jobs.
New jobs are created by private business.
- Q1
Which situation is most likely to occur in a depression?
A large number of companies open for business.
The government raises taxes to an all-time high.
A sharp decrease in the number of available jobs.
New jobs are created by private business.
30s - Q2
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
World War I.
Consumer debt due to installment buying.
Stock Market Crash.
More goods than buyers (surplus).
30s - Q3
What was the immediate cause of the Dust Bowl?
The Great Depression.
Extensive mining.
A severe drought and poor farming techniques.
Deceased animals and diseased people.
30s - Q4
The Dust Bowl created a migration of people moving mainly from the center of the US to the -
East to places like New York.
West to places like California.
South to places like Texas.
North to places like Chicago.
30s - Q5
The Dust Bowl devastated what part of the US during the Great Depression?
East Coast.
New England.
West Coast.
Great Plains.
30s - Q6
Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the US during the 1930s?
The adoption of an interventionist foreign policy.
The formation of a national Civil Rights movement.
An extended period of economic depression.
A sharp increase in power given to the state governments.
30s - Q7
What year did the stock market crash?
2001.
1941.
1929.
1898.
30s - Q8
How did bank failures contribute to the Great Depression?
Foreign investors did not invest enough in US banks.
People lost their savings because the government did not insure their deposits.
Business could not be done when FDR declared a bank holiday.
The interest rates on bank loans were too high.
30s - Q9
What was the main reason the federal government built these projects?
To facilitate the transportation of goods in the region.
To prevent the Colorado River from drying up.
To provide resources and jobs for a growing population.
To increase tourism in the region.
30s - Q10
What was the main reason for the emergence of "Hoovervilles"?
Housing projects could not keep up with the demand.
Many Americans had lost their jobs during the Great Depression.
Thousands of homes had been destroyed because of the Dust Bowl.
Preparations for World War I had created a shortage of materials.
30s - Q11
Lines like the one shown above were partially the result of -
A sudden increase in agricultural exports.
Growing demand for payment of military pensions.
Widespread business failures.
The passage of the Selective Service Act.
30s - Q12
Why did the federal government implement the MEXICAN REPATRIATION ACT?
To prevent communist influence on labor unions.
To reduce the competition for jobs.
To protect national security.
To fulfill the terms of a global peace treaty.
30s - Q13
Hoovervilles can be best defined as -
A series of newspaper stories exposing the government.
Shantytowns that are made up of tin and cardboard shacks lived by the homeless.
First new building projects started by President Hoover.
Towns organized by labor leaders.
30s - Q14
Which American novel shows the difficulties individuals faced during the Great Depression?
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
30s - Q15
Which of the following was a major CAUSE of the Great Depression?
Overproduction and Underconsumption.
A decrease in the supply of consumer goods.
An increase in demand for imported goods.
An increase in the price of wheat on the world market.
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