During the 1920s, which economic trend helped cause the Great Depression?

continuing shortages of consumer goods

imposing low tariffs on imported products

What was a basic cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s?

The distribution of income was unequal.

Too many antitrust laws were passed.

Tariffs on foreign manufactured goods were reduced.

One of the major causes of the stock market crash of 1929 was

excessive buying of stocks on margin

overconsumption of goods and services

failure of international banking systems

Which event led to the start of the Great Depression?

election of President Herbert Hoover (1928)

passage of the Emergency Banking Act (1933)

Many farmers failed to share in the general prosperity of the 1920s mainly because they

received low prices for crops due to overproduction

had to pay high wages to their workers

did not have sufficient numbers of farm laborers

lacked new farm machinery to increase production

Many Americans responded to photographs such as this by

criticizing the government for its treatment of World War I veterans

opposing government subsidies for low-income housing

demanding legislation to increase the power of the military

petitioning Congress to decrease funding for the Veterans Administration

Communities such as the one shown in this photograph from the 1930s were called "Hoovervilles" because of President Herbert Hoover's

refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless

support for federal programs to provide jobs for the unemployed

emergency relief program to provide food to the poor

efforts to help the residents return to their farms

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Use this to make a quiz: Excellent! Using an online game is a fantastic way to boost engagement. Here is a list of scenarios you can use. I've designed them to be clear and concise for a game format. I've also added a few "challenge" scenarios at the end that could fit more than one theory to really get your students thinking critically. You can copy and paste these right into platforms like Kahoot!, Blooket, or Gimkit. --- ### **Scenarios for Your Online Game** **Instructions for Students:** Read the scenario and choose the theory that BEST explains why the crime was committed. 1. **Scenario:** An accountant has been secretly stealing small amounts of money from his clients' accounts for years. He has a system that he believes is foolproof, and he has calculated that the potential reward is worth the small risk of being caught. * **Best Fit:** Choice Theory 2. **Scenario:** A high school student who lives in a neighborhood with high unemployment and rundown buildings begins to vandalize property with a group of friends who feel ignored by the city. * **Best Fit:** Social Disorganization Theory 3. **Scenario:** A young woman desperately wants the new smartphone and designer clothes she sees all over social media, but she has no way to afford them. She decides to start stealing packages from front porches to get what she wants. * **Best Fit:** Strain Theory 4. **Scenario:** A man is arrested for assault after getting into a fight at a restaurant. His family tells the police that he has always had a "short fuse" and has struggled with anger and aggression since he was a child, a trait that his father also had. * **Best Fit:** Biological/Psychological Theory 5. **Scenario:** The youngest child in a family of well-known burglars is caught breaking into a house. When questioned, he says he learned everything he knows from watching and helping his older siblings. * **Best Fit:** Learning Theory 6. **Scenario:** A corporate executive is caught illegally dumping toxic waste to save his company money. He decided that the cost of proper disposal was too high and the chance of being caught was low. * **Best Fit:** Choice Theory 7. **Scenario:** After her parents' messy divorce, a teenager starts skipping school and shoplifting. A counselor suggests her actions stem from untreated anxiety and depression. * **Best Fit:** Biological/Psychological Theory 8. **Scenario:** In a community where the local factory closed down and police presence is low, a group of residents forms a vigilante group to "patrol" the streets, often resorting to violence and intimidation. * **Best Fit:** Social Disorganization Theory --- ### **Challenge Scenarios (Could fit multiple theories)** 9. **Scenario:** A college student starts selling forged concert tickets to pay for their tuition. They learned how to make the fake tickets from a video online and felt it was the only way to stay in school. * **Possible Answers:** Strain Theory (can't afford tuition), Learning Theory (learned online), Choice Theory (weighed the risks). 10. **Scenario:** A person living on the streets with no job prospects is arrested for stealing a warm coat from a department store during a blizzard. * **Possible Answers:** Strain Theory (no means to achieve the goal of being warm), Choice Theory (made a rational decision to steal to survive). These scenarios should give you great content for your game. Have fun with it, and let me know if you need any more!

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