Great Depression Worldwide

What is the organization that buys and sells stock in the USA?

• Boston Stock Market

• Philadelphia Stock Market

• New York Stock Exchange

• Detroit Stock Market

Who is the middleman that arranges stock purchases and sells for a stockholder?

• stock broker

• bank owner

• cashier

• stock forger

If a person wants to sell their stock, what do they or their broker have to find?

• a person who works for the stock corporation

• someone who will buy the stock

• a member of the Boston Stock Market

• a member of the Treasury Department

In October 1929, the stock market collapsed when everyone tried to sell stock and no one would buy. What was this disastrous day called?

• Red Monday

• Blue Monday

• Red Tuesday

• Black Tuesday

Where did people go to get money when they lost all of the money in the stock market?

• homes

• banks

• corporations

• New York Stock Exchange

As stock values dropped, so did the overall value of the _______.

• house

• corporation

• government

• store

With the stock market collapse in 1929, how much money in invested stocks and corporations was lost in America?

• 1 billion dollars

• 40 billion dollars

• 5 million dollars

• 9 million dollars

When everyone tried to withdraw all of their savings from banks, what happened to many banks in America?

• the banks closed permanently

• the banks closed for 2 days

• the banks made a profit

• the banks received help from the German government

What are the 3 major events that caused the Great Depression

Pick 3

• collapse of stock market

• End of WWI

• closing of banks

• closing of many businesses

The worldwide depression was spread when countries put a large tax on foreign products coming into the country to be sold. What is this tax called?

• factors

• investments

• tariffs

• collectives