AH Ch. 9-10 Great Depression- New Deal Learning Target 20,31

Which cause of the Great Depression led to the decrease in the prices of goods and food?

• Stock Market Crash
• Overproduction
• Federal Reserve did not help failing banks
• High Tariffs 

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression except - 

• Prohibition
• Overspeculation on stocks
• failing banks
• high tariffs

Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?

• low worker productivity
• high income taxes
• decreasing tariff rates
• buying stocks on margin

A time in America following the roaring 20's where America experience rising unemployment that did not end until the onset of World War II. 

• New Deal
• Roaring 20's
• Great Depression
• Cold War 

The collection of markets and exchange where the issuing and trading of equities, bonds and other sorts of securities takes place.

• Margin
• New Deal
• Deficit Spending 
• Stock Market 

 Franklin Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression became known as the 

• A. fireside chats. 
• B. Glass-Steagall Act. 
• C. gold standard.
• D. New Deal. 

To pay for New Deal programs, Roosevelt abandoned a balanced budget and began using  

• A. deficit spending. 
• B. savings and loans.   
• C. direct relief. 
• D. binding arbitration.

What factor helped hide economic problems of the 1920's?

• Ease of buying products on credit

• Buying stocks on margin

• Consumers purchased goods at a rapid rate

• All of the above

Banks were the first to feel the effects of the stock market crash because

• Banks ran the stock market exchange

• None of the above

• Interest rates increased but banks refused to loan money

• People lost confidence in the economy and withdrew money

Buying on margin means

• Using an installment plan to buy a car

• Buying a house with cash

• Buying stock on credit

• Promising to pay back a friend money you loaned from them