The Great Depression

What historical era is identified by the items in the graphic?

• The Gilded Age

• The Cold War

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Great Depression

Which year did the stock market crash occur, signaling the beginning of the Great Depression?

• 1930

• 1929

• 1928

• 1927

Which set of factors contributed most to the pattern shown on the maps?

• Poor irrigation and use of crop rotation

• Multiple El Nino events and dam building

• Years of drought and poor farming techniques

• Farm worker labor shortage and chemical fertilizers

Which of the following might have reduced the effects of the Dust Bowl?

• Eliminating cattle farms

• Using chemical fertilizers

• Raising agricultural prices

• Improving water management

What was the primary reason the exodusters left the South?

• To escape drought conditions

• To reunite with family members

• To find employment in U.S. wartime industries

• To escape oppression and discrimination

What was the main reason the federal government built this dam?

• To provide resources for a growing population

• To facilitate the transportation of goods in the region

• To increase tourism in the region

• To prevent the Colorado River from drying up

The economic conditions described in this excerpt contributed to —

• a global economic depression

• an increase in foreign investments in the U.S. market

• the adoption of the gold standard

• an increase in free market activity

What economic practice became popular in the 1920s and eventually contributed to the crash of the stock market?

• Paying only cash for stock purchases

• Selling stocks in very rapid succession

• Buying stocks with only a down payment

• Sharing insider information on stock trades

Which of the following best completes this graphic organizer?

• Increase in consumer spending

• Over-speculation in the stock market

• Decrease in military spending

• Government subsidization of agriculture

Lines like the one shown above were partially the result of —

• growing demand for payment of military pensions

• a sudden increase in agricultural exports

• the passage of the Selective Service Act

• widespread business failures