USH Unit 7 Great Depression and WWII
Quiz by Bethany Copeland
Grade 9-12
Social Studies
Georgia Standards of Excellence
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- Q1Spending more than you save, sometimes using creditunderproductionconsumerismbuying stock on marginoverproduction30s
- Q2manufacturing a lot very quicklymass productionIndustrial RevolutionUrbanizationoverproduction30s
- Q3When a company makes too muchunderconsumptionoverproductionunderproductionoverconsumption30s
- Q4People aren't buying the entire supplyall of theseunderproductionoverconsumptionunderconsumption30s
- Q5Taking out loans to investnone of theseBuying stock on marginmass productionassembly line30s
- Q6In the 1920s, American farmerswere underconsumingwere underproducingwere overconsumingwere overproducing30s
- Q7In the 1920s prices _________ but wages _______increased; decreasedincreased; increased but only slightlydecreased slightly; increased rapidlydecreased; decreased30s
- Q8Stock market crash nicknameManic MondayBlack FridayBlack TuesdayPink Friday30s
- Q9Date of "Black Tuesday"October 29, 1919October 29, 1929October 19, 1929October 29, 190930s
- Q10People begin withdrawing cash from their bank accountsbankruptyrun on the bankclosing accountsjog to the bank30s
- Q11Didn't directly cause the Great Depression but made it worsedroughtSuper BowlDust Bowloverfarming30s
- Q12If you can't pay back a loan, eventually the bank willsue you for damagesforeclose on your home or other assetsnone of thesecall the police to arrest you30s
- Q13People in the Dust Bowlmostly moved to the nation from which their ancestors had emigratedmoved to the East Coastmoved to California in large numbers to work as laborers on farmmoved to California to be movie stars30s
- Q14towns of homeless AmericansHoovertownsRooseveltvillesHoovervillesCoolidgeburgs30s
- Q15fireside chatsconversations where stock market investors talked to bank loan officersHoover and Coolidge's conversations agreeing to leave the economy aloneFDR's conversations with his cabinetFDR's radio addresses to Americans30s