Economic Consequences of the Great Depression

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How did the Reconstruction Finance Corporation represent a major shift in President Herbert Hoover’s economic recovery efforts during the Great Depression?

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It offered direct government loans to large businesses, which contradicted Hoover's typical "limited government" stance.

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How did overproduction of goods by American companies contribute to the Great Depression?

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Creating large inventories of unsold products.

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Which statement is supported by this image?

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The Great Depression led to widespread hunger and poverty

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What was a result of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?

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Other countries raised their own tariffs on American-made goods, worsening the economic crisis

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Communities such as the one shown here sprang up across the U.S. because of President Herbert Hoover's __________.

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refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless

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What led to the decline in unemployment after 1933?

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The New Deal

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Which statement about President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal program is accurate?

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Social welfare programs were expanded

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Which of these programs was created in the Second New Deal? Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Tennessee Valley Authority, Social Security, Glass-Steagall

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Social Security

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Purpose of the New Deal agency depicted in the image?

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produce hydroelectric energy

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Which statement is supported by the map?

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Dust storms were major push factors driving migration from the Great Plains during the 1930s.