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Causes of The Great Depression

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Question 1
1.

In the aftermath of the stock market crash, industrialized nations around the world took measures to

Question 2
2.

Why did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act backfire?

Question 3
3.

Which of the following most clearly signaled economic weakness in the 1920s?

Question 4
4.

The _______________________ is the total value of all goods and services produced in a nation.

Question 5
5.

“Black Tuesday” referred to the collapse of the _______________________.

Question 6
6.

Sprawling neighborhoods where people lived in rickety shacks were known as

Question 7
7.

What were the migrants called who moved west to escape the Dust Bowl?

Question 8
8.

Careless agricultural practices contributed to the creation of the Dust Bowl.

Question 9
9.

Foreclosures occur when lenders take over ownership of a property from an owner who has failed to make loan payments.

Question 10
10.

The 1920s were good times for farmers and organized labor.

Question 11
11.

High unemplyment was a cause of the Great Depression

Question 12
12.

The Stock Market Crash was an effect of the Great Depression.

Question 13
13.

The "run on the banks" and the banks failing was a cause of the Great Depression.

Question 14
14.

Central bank of the United States

Question 15
15.

Term for the area of the country that was hardest hit by the 1930s drought

Question 16
16.

World War I veterans whose protest in Washington, D.C., was violently disrupted

Question 17
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People who hopped trains to look for work

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Question 19
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Question 20
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Question 21
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Question 22
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What is it known as when the govt gives tax breaks to company owners, who in turn give workers larger wages or create more jobs in turn helping the poor?

Select the 3 causes of the Great Depression
Dust Bowl
WWI
Stock Market Crash
Race Riots
Overproduction
Hoovervilles
Uneven distribution of wealth
Bonus Army
Select the 3 results or effects of the Great Depression
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Urbanization
High Unemployment
Hoovervilles
Speakeasies
Vietnam War
Homelessness
College Football Playoffs
Select the 3 ideas associated with liberal beliefs
open to new behavior or change and willing to discard traditional values.
believes government power should be limited, particularly in the economy
believes in government programs to help the poor
believes in tradition, any change should be gradual
belief that government should not interfere with business
belief that government should regulate business
Select the 3 ideas associated with conservative beliefs
open to new behavior or change and willing to discard traditional values.
believes government power should be limited, particularly in the economy
believes in government programs to help the poor
believes in tradition, any change should be gradual
belief that government should not interfere with business
belief that government should regulate business