Ch 9 Great Depression

All of the following were reasons why the American people put the blame of the Great Depression on Hoover EXCEPT?

• high unemployment

• banks collapsing

• poor economy

• being Republican

_________ were government-funded projects such as highways, parks, and libraries designed to create jobs for the people.

• Public jobs program

• public welfare

• public works programs

• president's plan

As creditors foreclosed on nearly one million farms between 1930 and 1934, some farmers destroyed their crops in a desperate attempt to

• retaliate against their creditors

• raise prices by reducing supply.

• call public attention to their plight.

• find ways to feed their families.

The stock market crash of 1929 was the sole cause of the Great Depression

• true

• false

Blaming the president for their plight, newly homeless people established shantytowns they called

• tenements

• Hoovervilles

• ghettos

• slums

Which groups of people were discriminated against when seeking a job during the 1930's? (Check all that apply)

• men

• married women

• Mexican Americans

• African-Americans

What region was hit hardest by the Dust Bowl?

• Rocky Mountains

• Mid-west

• East coast

• Great Plains

Buyers hoping to make a fortune overnight in the stock market engaged in ___________, betting that the market would continue to climb.

• gambling

• speculation

• racketeering

• bribery

What percentage of American households owned stocks by 1929?

• approximately 5%

• approximately 10%

• approximately 25%

• approximately 50%

Thousands of World War I veterans came to Washington, D.C., in 1932 to lobby Congress to

• give bonus payments to migrants fleeing from the dust bowl

• pass legislation giving veterans their promised bonuses early.

• provide public works jobs for unemployed veterans.

• provide military jobs for family members of veterans.