Worksheetsunit 9 shs 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
Readattach photo and answer the
question.
Why did this 1929 event cause people who had
not invested in the stock market to lose their
savings?
The government had invested social security
funds in the stock market.
Stockbrokers issued margin calls on debts that
were owed to them.
Banks issued credit to people who could not
afford to repay their debt.
Banks failed after losing their depositor’s money
in the stock market.
What was one of the largest changes to the US
work force that occurred during WW II?
The percentage of women employed in US
industries grew significantly.
New labor restrictions led to a significant
reduction in child labor.
Employers were required to pay men and
women equal wages for equal work.
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration was founded to protect workers.
Us the attached image.
What does the diagram illustrate?
the effects of tariffs on the stability of the
economy during the Great Depression
the effects of the overextension of credit on the
severity of the Great Depression
the effects of stock speculation on the stock
market crash that started the Great Depression
the effects of buying on margin on creating the
bull market preceding the Great Depression
How credit in the 1920s impact the
Great Depression?
The availability of credit allowed farmers to
continue producing agricultural goods, lessening the severity of the economic decline.
The accumulation of household debt caused consumer demand to decline, businesses to layoff workers, and the economy to decline.
The availability of credit allowed consumers to
continue making necessary purchases,
lessening the severity of the economic decline.
The accumulation of household debt caused stockbrokers to issue margin calls, the stock market to crash, and the economy to decline.
Which diagram correctly illustrates a contributing
cause of the Great Depression?
What organization did Eleanor Roosevelt
represent the United States while
improving human rights?
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
the Nuremberg Military Tribunal
the League of Nations
the United Nations
What factor did President Franklin Roosevelt
attempt to best exploit to hold off the conflict between Japan
and China prior to the US entry into WWII?
Japan's reliance on the Lend-Lease program for
planes, tanks, and ammunition
China's reliance on the Lend-Lease program for
planes, tanks, and ammunition
Japan's reliance on the United States for oil,
steel, and other military resources
China's reliance on the United States for oil,
steel, and other military resources
Using the image,Which program is the Public Works
Administration?
I
II
III
IV
Which Administration provided the New Deal relief program providing jopbs on construction projects such as, Triborough Bridge,Coulee Dam,Lincoln Tunnel
Public Works Administration
Social Security Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
What played a key role in the United States'
recovery from the Great Depression?
the return to an isolationist foreign policy
the shift from industry to agriculture
the adoption of laissez-faire practices
the wartime mobilization of the economy
