The Great Depression
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Social Studies
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9th Grade
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Brian Canard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What happens when there is a bank run and a bank begins to collapse?
depositors lost their money if they didn't get to the bank before it shut down.
the government covered the bank's debts.
depositors were repaid if their accounts were insured.
the government stepped in to run the bank
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When more goods are produced than people can afford to buy and one of the reasons for the Great Depression...
Deflation
Inflation
Overconsumption
Overproduction
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Farmers who had already seen overproduction and bankrupt farms in the 1920s, were later ruined because of...
Bank failures
Drought and the Dust Bowl
Migration and Repatriation
Unemployment and bank closures
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
During the Great Depression, many people's homes were foreclosed upon and became homeless. To show displeasure with the President they named their new shacks and shantytowns...
Hotels
Veteran Camps
Hoovervilles
Retirement Homes
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Over a three year period in the 1930s, a drought occurred across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. As a result, the wind would pick up a lot of dry soil and create what was called .....
Black Tuesday
The Rose Bowl
The Dust Bowl
The Hunger Bowl
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
After the stock market crashed, what did President Hoover do?
He gave bonus checks to Americans to help them pay bills
He created a government safety net to help jobless Americans
He created the Social Security Administration to give retired and disabled people a guaranteed income
He offered no help as he believed Americans should "pull themselves up by their bootstraps"
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When the stock market crashed in October 1929, the overall market lost between 10 and 15 billion dollars because...
banks were being forced to close
companies were being forced out of business
investors were selling stocks off as quickly as possible to avoid losses
the government was getting involved in the stock market
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