The Great Depression Begins
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- Q1reluctantly signed by President Hoover to supply relief funds to statesEmergency Relief and Construction ActBank RunBlack TuesdayAlien and Sedition Acts30s
- Q2led the troops that dispersed the Bonus ArmyDouglas MacArthurGrant WoodGeorge WashingtonFranklin Delano Roosevelt30s
- Q3painter of the 1930s who was part of the regionalist schoolGrant WoodVincent Van GoghDwight EisenhowerDouglas MacArthur30s
- Q4stockbroker’s demand for immediate repayment of a loan used to buy stockBlack Tuesdaybank runmargin callbudget deficit30s
- Q5the result when the government spends more than it collects in taxesmargin callBank RunInflationbudget deficit30s
- Q6many depositors withdrawing their money at oncebank runbudget deficitBonus ArmyOkies30s
- Q7the biggest drop of the 1929 stock market crashBlack FridayBlue MondayBlack TuesdayWheatless Wednesday30s
- Q8writer who showed what characters were thinking before they spokeErnest HemingwayGrant WoodDouglas MacArthurWilliam Faulkner30s
- Q9migrants from the Great Plains heading west in search of better livesTexiesOkiesWar HawksHoovervilles30s
- Q10set up in 1932 to allow the government to make loans to businessesReconstruction Finance CorporationFederal Reserve AdministrationEmergency Relief ActNone of these30s
- Q11a person that invested in stocks, betting that the market would continue to climb so they could make a quick profit.okiesbailiffsstockbrokersspeculators30s
- Q12Stock prices first began to decline in late 1929 becausecompany earnings declined.stockbrokers stopped margin loans.several companies went bankrupt.investors began to sell their stock.30s
- Q13The stock market crash weakened the nation’s banks becausebanks had invested their deposits in the stock market.banks depended on their stock for operating funds.investors no longer had money to deposit in banks.investors could no longer afford to take out loans from banks.30s
- Q14The Depression had deep roots in the economy of the 1920s, including overproduction, high tariffs, missteps by the Federal Reserve, andan inadequate money supply.excessive reliance on export sales.the uneven distribution of income.deficit spending by the government.30s
- Q15Which group of people living in California were forced from the United States during the Great Depression?Mexican AmericansChinese AmericansNative AmericansAfrican Americans30s