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Great Depression

Quiz by Tabitha Neufeld

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  • Q1
    "They told me this was the land o' milk and honey, but I guess the cow's gone dry, and the tumblebugs has got in the beehive." Someone from which group of people could have said this quote?
    Roosevelt's Cabinet
    Dust Bowl Migrants
    Hoover Followers
    California Residents
    30s
  • Q2
    "This isn't a migration--it's an invasion!! They're worse than a plague of locusts. What shall we do with them? How can we feed them? What about housing, medical care, relief." Someone from which group of people could have said this quote?
    Dust Bowl Migrants
    Hobos
    California residents
    Hooverville residents
    30s
  • Q3
    "They told me this was the land o' milk and honey, but I guess the cow's gone dry, and the tumblebugs has got in the beehive." Which answer best summarizes what the speaker of this quote is saying?
    I was told there were lots of jobs in California, but I guess they are all gone now because so many people have gone out west and filled the job positions.
    I was told there would be lots of jobs out west and there was and I got one and my life is much, much better!
    I was told things would get better in the Dust Bowl region and mild and honey were being delivered for dinner today by the government.
    They told me the cow was full of mild and there was lots of honey to eat in my neighbor's barn.
    30s
  • Q4
    "This isn't a migration--it's an invasion!! They're worse than a plague of locusts." Which word best describes the emotion shown in this quote?
    Disgust
    Worry
    Joy
    Hope
    30s
  • Q5
    Is this a CAUSE of the Great Depression or an EFFECT? Black Tuesday
    Cause
    Effect
    30s
  • Q6
    Is this a CAUSE of the Great Depression or an EFFECT? The New Deal
    Cause
    Effect
    30s
  • Q7
    Is this a CAUSE of the Great Depression or an EFFECT? Factories producing too many products.
    Effect
    Cause
    30s
  • Q8
    Is this a CAUSE of the Great Depression or an EFFECT? Farms growing too much produce or raising too many animals.
    Effect
    Cause
    30s
  • Q9
    Is this a CAUSE of the Great Depression or an EFFECT? Buying stocks on Margin
    Effect
    Cause
    30s
  • Q10
    Is this a CAUSE of the Great Depression or an EFFECT? Bank Holiday
    Effect
    Cause
    30s
  • Q11
    Is this a CAUSE of the Great Depression or an EFFECT? Hoovervilles
    Effect
    Cause
    30s
  • Q12
    Speaker A: The government must take responsibility for helping those citizens who are unemployed and starving. Speaker B: The government does not have the right to interfere in people's private lives. Speaker C: This type of government spending is a danger to American business and will increase the national debt. These speakers are most likely debating what?
    The effects of Prohibition
    The Red Scare
    The New Deal
    Restrictions on immigration
    30s
  • Q13
    "Banks had invested in the stock market, so they lost heavily when the market crashed. Banks had also lent their customers money to buy stocks on margin. Now those customers were unable to pay back their loans. Some banks went out of business. People who had deposited their life savings in those banks lost everything." What is the central idea of the above passage?
    Margin buying caused banks to close after the crash
    The stock market crash caused a banking crisis
    People depended on the banks
    Customers blamed the banks for problems
    30s
  • Q14
    What is, "Buying on Margin?"
    Buying stocks with borrowed money.
    Buying stocks during a Bull Market.
    Buying stocks during a Bear Market.
    Buying stocks at the Stock Market and bypassing the broker.
    30s
  • Q15
    How did bank panics and "runs" contribute to the collapse of the nation's banking system during the Great Depression?
    They caused more banks to open than ever before to fill the void of the closed ones.
    They caused the bank's stocks to increase.
    They caused additional bank failures and lack of confidence in the banking system.
    They caused businesses to borrow greater amounts of money than they otherwise would have borrowed.
    30s

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