Causes of Great Depression

What was one factor that helped turn the Great Plains into the Dust Bowl in the 1930s?

• Paying farmers to plant native grasses

• Increased demand for tobacco after World War I

• Numerous tornadoes occurring in the region

• Intense drought in the region

Tags

US.12A

Which action by the federal government was one cause of the Great Depression?

• Failing to decrease the reserve requirement

• Refusing to regulate the stock market

• Abolishing the use of the gold standard

• Eliminating tariffs on foreign trade

Tags

US.16B

Reasons for the Great Depression

* Collapse of the stock market

* Loss of consumer confidence

* ?

Which reason correctly replaces the question mark on this list?

• Decrease in interest rates

• Failure of banks

• Outsourcing of manufacturing jobs

• Outbreak of a global war

Tags

US.16B

Which statement best describes how investment in the stock market during the mid-to-late 1920s contributed to the Great Depression?

• People were unable to repay the loans used to purchase stocks.

• Government taxes on stock transactions made it difficult to repay investors.

• Financial institutions were not required to report earning to stock investors.

• Foreign countries were not required to immediately pay stockholder earnings.

Tags

US.16B

Which statement best explains how bank failures contributed to the Great Depression?

• People lost their savings because the government did not insure bank deposits.

• Business could not be done when President Franklin Roosevelt declared a bank holiday.

• The interest rates on bank loans were too high.

• Foreign investors did not invest enough in U.S. banks.

Tags

US.16B

How did the Great Depression affect the American society?

• The price of agricultural goods decreased, causing businesses to concede to labor union demands.

• Manufacturing wages increased, causing an increase in demand for farm labor.

• Demand for luxury goods increased, causing overproduction in manufacturing.

• Businesses were forced to close, causing widespread unemployment

Tags

US.16C

Which phrase correctly replaces

* Growth of immigration

* increased in unemployment

* Growth in consumer spending

(a)  

Tags

US.16C

Which action completes this cause-and-effect diagram?

• Banks lower interest rates

• Elected leaders lower tariff rates

• Companies lay off employees

• Labor unions demand higher wages

Tags

US.16C

Which of the following contributed most to the situation described in this excerpt?

• The rise of corporate monopolies

• Strict banking regulations and high income tax rates

• The influx of immigrants into urban areas

• High unemployment and widespread home foreclosures

Tags

US.16C

What was one effect of this new style of "musical Western" on the United States in the 1930s?

• Country music became more popular than rock and roll music

• Country music prompted people to move to farms on the Great Plains

• Country music transitioned from a regional genre to a national sensation

• Country music encouraged Exodusters to migrate from southern states