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unit 9 shs 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
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1.

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?

a)

The government had invested social security

funds in the stock market.

b)

Stockbrokers issued margin calls on debts that

were owed to them.

c)

Banks issued credit to people who could not

afford to repay their debt.

d)

Banks failed after losing their depositor’s money

in the stock market.

2.

What was one of the largest changes to the US

work force that occurred during WW II?

a)

The percentage of women employed in US

industries grew significantly.

b)

New labor restrictions led to a significant

reduction in child labor.

c)

Employers were required to pay men and

women equal wages for equal work.

d)

The Occupational Safety and Health

Administration was founded to protect workers.

3.

Us the attached image.

What does the diagram illustrate?

a)

the effects of tariffs on the stability of the

economy during the Great Depression

b)

the effects of the overextension of credit on the

severity of the Great Depression

c)

the effects of stock speculation on the stock

market crash that started the Great Depression

d)

the effects of buying on margin on creating the

bull market preceding the Great Depression

4.

How credit in the 1920s impact the

Great Depression?

a)

The availability of credit allowed farmers to

continue producing agricultural goods, lessening the severity of the economic decline.

b)

The accumulation of household debt caused consumer demand to decline, businesses to layoff workers, and the economy to decline.

c)

The availability of credit allowed consumers to

continue making necessary purchases,

lessening the severity of the economic decline.

d)

The accumulation of household debt caused stockbrokers to issue margin calls, the stock market to crash, and the economy to decline.

5.

Which diagram correctly illustrates a contributing

cause of the Great Depression?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

What organization did Eleanor Roosevelt

represent the United States while

improving human rights?

a)

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

the Nuremberg Military Tribunal

c)

the League of Nations

d)

the United Nations

7.

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?

a)

Japan's reliance on the Lend-Lease program for

planes, tanks, and ammunition

b)

China's reliance on the Lend-Lease program for

planes, tanks, and ammunition

c)

Japan's reliance on the United States for oil,

steel, and other military resources

d)

China's reliance on the United States for oil,

steel, and other military resources

8.

Using the image,Which program is the Public Works

Administration?

a)

I

b)

II

c)

III

d)

IV

9.

Which Administration provided the New Deal relief program providing jopbs on construction projects such as, Triborough Bridge,Coulee Dam,Lincoln Tunnel

a)

Public Works Administration

b)

Social Security Administration

c)

Federal Housing Administration

d)

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

10.

What played a key role in the United States'

recovery from the Great Depression?

a)

the return to an isolationist foreign policy

b)

the shift from industry to agriculture

c)

the adoption of laissez-faire practices

d)

the wartime mobilization of the economy