Great Depression 6.1 Reading Quiz
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- Q1Which 1929 event sparked a chain reaction that led to the Great Depression?The stock market crashedBandits robbed banks across the countryHerbert Hoover became presidentThe Federal Reserve outlawed speculation30s
- Q2What happened as a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?The US economy recovered from the Great DepressionForeign nations increased their tariffs in response, leading to a decline in tradeForeign companies dominated the thriving world market.The United States asked for loans from European nations.30s
- Q3How did the U.S. Federal Reserve try to limit speculation in the stock market in 1929?by limiting the money supplyby printing more moneyby closing banksnone of the above30s
- Q4Who became president in 1928 while campaigning on the claim that Republicans had "put the proverbial 'chicken in every pot in America'" throughout the prosperous 1920s?Woodrow WilsonCalvin CoolidgeFranklin RooseveltHerbert Hoover30s
- Q5On October 29th 1929 the bottom fell out of the U.S. stock market in the great crash. Billions of dollars were lost. What was this day known as?Good FridayDepression DayBlack TuesdayD-Day30s