(ch5/ L3) Causes of the Great Depression

The Great Depression lasted from ____ into the beginning of the 1940s.

• 1898
• 1917
• 1929
• 1933

Many ____ closed because the Federal Reserve did not manage the money well.

• banks
• stock markets
• over speculation
• tariffs

Who was supposed to regulate banks in the 1920s, but didn't do a very good job?

• stock market

• consumer goods

• tariffs

• Federal Reserve

High ____ were bad for international trade.

• stock market
• consumer goods
• tariffs
• Federal Reserve

taxes on imports

• exports
• consumer goods
• tariffs
• Federal Reserve

goods coming into a country

• exports
• imports
• tariffs
• Federal Reserve

High tariffs were bad for ____ trade.

• stock
• bank
• international
• Federal Reserve

People could not repay the money they had used to buy ___ when the prices crashed.

• tariffs
• cars
• banks
• stocks

Americans had too much ___ from buying consumer goods on credit.

• tariffs
• debt
• banks
• stocks

Americans had too much debt from buying consumer goods on ___ plans (credit).

• interest
• debt
• banks
• installment