EFFECTS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

EFFECTS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Multiple Choice

WHY WERE AFRICAN AMERICANS THE LAST TO BE HIRED AND THE 1ST TO BE FIRED DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION?

• IT WAS THE WAY IT WAS

• RACIAL ISSUES SINCE THEY WERE TREATED AS A 2ND CLASS CITIZEN

• THE BLACK MA WANTED TO BE HOME WITH HIS FAMILY

Multiple Choice

MANY BANKS (9,000) CLOSE OR WENT BANKRUPT DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION!

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

A HOOVER BLANKET WAS MADE OUT OF ____________

• WOOL

• NEWSPAPER

• PLASTIC

• NOTHING

Multiple Choice

HOOVERVILLES WHERE NICE PLACES TO DURING THE GREAR DEPRESSION?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

LOOK AT THE CHART ON THE SCREEN ABOUT CROP PRICES.

WHAT HAPPENED TO WHEAT & CORN PRICES AFTER 1925 - 1933?

• INCREASE

• DECREASED

• UNCHANGED / STAYED THE SAME

Multiple Choice

BETWEEN WHICH TWO DATES DID WE SEE THE GREATEST INCREASE IN CROP PRICES?

• 1910 - 1920

• 1920 - 1930

• 1930 - 1940

Multiple Choice

According to the graphic, high tariffs (TAX ON IMPORTS) restricted foreign demand for American manufactured goods. Why were these tariffs in place?

• Hoover refused to allow any foreign imports into the country.

• It was a constitutional requirement.

• It made American goods cheaper than foreign imports

Multiple Choice

USING THE GRAPHIC:

A decline in the sales of automobiles also means the loss of demand for ____, according to the graphic. (FOLLOW THE ARROWS & READ CAREFULLY!)

• TIRES

• AUTO INSURANCE

• REPAIR SHOPS

• OIL

Multiple Choice

According to the graphic, in what YEAR was the largest gap between the annual high (GREEN LINE) and the annual low (RED LINE) in the stock market?

• 1929

• 1930

• 1920

• 1926

Multiple Choice

USING THE GRAPHIC:

WHAT STATE DID THE DUST BOWL REFUGEES MOVE TO?

• COLORADO

• PENNSYLVANIA

• CALIFORNIA

• NORTH DAKOTA

Multiple Choice

HOW DID THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN THE 1920'S MAKE THE IMAPCT ON THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN THE 1930S MOVE SEVERE FOR AMERICANS?

• WORKING CLASS AMERICANS MADE UP A SMALL PART OF THE POPULATION.

• WEALTHY PEOPLE HAD LESS MONEY TO SPEND

• THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DID NOT HAVE THE MAJOR INCREASE IN INCOME / MONEY IN THE 1920S SO IT HIT THEM HARDER IN THE 1930S.

• THERE WAS AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME OR MONEY BETWEEN RICH & POOR

Multiple Choice

USING THE GRAPHIC:

WHAT CAN YOU INFER ABOUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF MANY OF THE UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION?

• THESE HOUSES WERE SIMILAR TO THE STANDARD HOUSES OR MANSIONS OF THE 1930S

• LIVING CONDITIONS WERE UNCLEAN & DANGEROUS IN HOOVERVILLES

• THESE HOUSES WERE WELL BUILT

• THERE WERE LITTLE NEED FOR SHANTYTOWNS LIKE THESE.

Multiple Choice

USING THE GRAPHIC:

FROM 1930 - 1934 NEARLY 1 MILLION FARMERS LOST THEIR FARMS TO FORECLOSURE. HOW DID THEIR FELLOW FARMERS REACT?

• FARMERS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT OTHER FARMERS

• FARMERS BURNED DOWN THE BARNS

• FARMERS SPENT HUGE SUMS OF MONEY $$ TO BUY THE FARMS

• FARMERS RESENTED THESE SALES AND ONLY OFFERED A VERY SMALL AMOUT FOR THESE FARMS