GD Test Review

What were the causes of the Great Depression?

• underproduction and overconsumption
• excessive buying on the margerine
• low tariffs
• over-extension of credit

What caused the stock market to crash?

• excessive buying on the margin
• shaky banking
• Germany stopped paying reparations
• trade declined

Did the stock market crash cause the Great Depression?

• Yes
• No

What was Herbert Hoover criticized for with his dealing of the Great Depression?

• being too helpful
• supporting veterans
• didn't provide relief to the neediest people
• forcing people out of their homes for profit

What were Hoovervilles?

• shanty towns built by the homeless and unemployed on the outskirts of cities
• low-income housing provided by the federal government
• President Hoover's hometown
• the best place to purchase a Hoover vaccuum

What was the Dust Bowl?

• series of droughts in the Great Plains during the 1930s
• an NCAA post-season football game located in Oklahoma
• an innovative farming technique

Where did the Dust Bowl happen?

• Great Plains
• Great Lakes
• Great Coast
• Good Plains

What was a cause of the Dust Bowl?

• poor farming techniques
• tornados
• the Rose Bowl stadium is shaped like a bowl, so NCAA reused the name "bowl"
• excessive rain and mudslides

Where did many from that area of the country go due to the Dust Bowl?

• West Coast
• East Coast
• Gulf Coast
• Canada

What was the Mexican Repatriation Act?

• deportation of 500,000 Mexican-Americans during the 1930s
• a celebration of the Mexican culture
• financial support for Mexico during the Dust Bowl
• financial relief for minorities during the Great Depression