Great Depression

Which was NOT a LONG-TERM cause of the Great Depression?

• Buying stock on margin
• Stock market crash (Black Tuesday)
• too much production and consumer spending
• Laisezz-faire economic policies

Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

• Warren G. Harding
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Calvin Coolidge
• Herbert Hoover

In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• banks

During the 1930s, the conditions shown in this photograph occurred mainly

• on the Atlantic Coast
•  on the Great Plains
• in the Rocky Mountains
• in the Pacific Northwest

Buying on Margin

• 1934-1935, Great Planis during drought (350,000 families left the land)
• Democrat elected president in 1932, his landslide election showed the willingness of people to blame Republicans for Depression.
• Buying stock by making a small cash down payment and borrowing the rest.
• Buying stock by making a small cash down payment.

Black Tuesday

• October 29, 1929
• October 24, 1928
• October 29, 1928
• October 24,1929

The Bonus Army incident in 1932 best illustrates the idea that

• F.D.R.'
  s relief programs were unsuccessful.
• many felt that Herbert Hoover was not handling the Depression well.
• protests by veterans during the Depression were effective.
• the U.S. Army had increased in size and power during the Depression.

An effect of the Great Depression was...

• Farmers started purchasing automobiles from the Olds Company.
• Farmers' incomes were unchanged.
• Farmers became rich and sold stocks.
• Farmers' incomes fell to low levels and many left their farms.

What crop did most farmers in the Great Plains grow?

• corn
• lettuce
• wheat
• plums

Which of the following was not a cause of the Dust Bowl?

• The Great Plains suffered a drought.
• The invention of the tractor resulted in fields that were much too large.
• Powerful tornadoes ripped through the area.
• Over plowing left the ground vulnerable to erosion causing massive storms.