USHC 6.3 - THE GREAT DEPRESSION

USHC 6.3 - THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Multiple Choice

Which of the following increased in the 1920s?

• Farmers’ debts

• Prices for farm products

• Foreign demand for U.S. farm products

• Domestic demand for U.S. farm products

Multiple Choice

During the 1920’s, the prevailing view of government’s role in the United States economy was that the government should

• Control the means of production.

• Promote the welfare state

• Play a major role through regulatory action.

• Interfere as little as possible.

Multiple Choice

What is the term for buying stock with the idea to make a quick profit?

• Profitability

• Speculation

• Marginal utility

• Direct Relief

Multiple Choice

Which situation helped cause the stock market crash of 1929?

• Excessive speculation and buying on margin

• Unwillingness of people to invest in new industries

• Increased government spending

• Too much government regulation of business

Multiple Choice

European countries reacted to the Hawley-Smoot Tariff by

• lowering prices on European goods.

• not buying American products

• importing more American goods.

• increasing global trade.

Multiple Choice

Why did the Bonus Army march to Washington, D.C., in 1932?

• The army was preparing for WWII.

• The Capital needed extra soldiers to protect it from riots..

• Jobless veterans wanted their bonuses paid early.

• President Hoover requested their support for his policies.

Multiple Choice

A major environmental crisis of the 1930s was known as

• Black Tuesday

• the Great Crash

• the Grapes of Wrath

• Dust Bowl

Multiple Choice

After the stock market crashed, what practice caused banks to collapse?

• The rise of prices on consumer goods

• The declaration of a national banking holiday

• Using credit to buy stock and other investments

• Mass amounts of people trying to get their money out of banks

Multiple Choice

How did men and women respond differently to the challenges of the Great Depression?

• Men and women both gave their children up for adoption at extremely high rates.

• Men often deserted their families to look for work, while women did what they could to keep families together

• Men stuck with their children, while women often fled, hoping their children would be better off with “ one less mouth to feed.”

• Men grew depressed and rejected work opportunities, while women took on any job they could