Which action by the federal government was one cause of the Great Depression?
Great Depression and New Deal STAAR Review

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Andrew Boydston
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Failing to decrease the reserve requirement
Refusing to regulate the stock market
Abolishing the use of the gold standard
Eliminating tariffs on foreign trade
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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 earnings to stock investors.
Foreign countries were not required to immediately pay stockholder earnings.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the Great Depression affect American society?
The price of agricultural goods decreased, causing an increase in demand for farm labor.
Manufacturing wages increased, causing businesses to concede to labor union demands.
Demand for luxury goods increased, causing overproduction in manufacturing.
Businesses were forced to close, causing widespread unemployment.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which phrase correctly replaces the question mark in this diagram?
Increase in minimum wage
Growth of immigration
Increase in unemployment
Growth in consumer spending
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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