US History EOC Review Unit 8

What caused many farmers to foreclose on their farms in the 1930s?

• Growing too few crops

• Overproduction of crops and costs of machines

• Expensive land and not enough workers

• The Wall Street Crash

What forced banks to close during the Great Depression?

• Huge amounts of inflation

• War in Europe

• Investors unable to pay loans and bank runs

• Not enough people invested in the Stock Market

Why did the stock market collapse in 1929?

• Only wealthy Americans invested in the stock market

• Investors inflated prices, and then sold shares very cheap, losing money

• Investors refused to invest in the stock market

• Investors bought shares cheap, and then sold stocks at a high price

What did three "Rs" stand for in Roosevelt's New Deal?

• Revert, Reduce, Recover

• Restore, Recover, Readjust

• Relief, Recovery, Reform

• Reform, Restore, Reclaim

During the Great Depression, who was the critic of FDR that campaigned for a "share the wealth" plan?

• Huey Long

• Francis Townsend

• Charles Coughlin

• Herbert Hoover

During the Great Depression, neighborhoods of shacks built out of all sorts of materials would be known as...

• Shantytowns

• Hoovervilles

• Ghettos

• Projects

What was Black Tuesday?

• A massive sale that companies held once a year

• The day the Dust Bowl hit

• The 1929 collapse of the Stock Market

• The total eclipse of 1929

What was a "bank run" during the Great Depression?

• A 5k run sponsored by the big banks

• People wanting to give as much money as possible

• Banks running out of paper

• Americans withdrawing all of their money from the banks

What factor did not contribute to the Dust Bowl?

• The Hoover Dam

• Overgrazing

• Severe drought

• Overplowing

The Dust Bowl took place in what geographic area of the United States?

• The Costal Plains

• The Great Plains

• California

• South Texas