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The Great Depression (NSHS)

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Question 1
1.

What does the video say caused the stock market crash?

Question 2
2.

According to the graph of the stock market

Question 3
3.

According to the reading, which of the following led to less world trade?

Question 4
4.

Buying on a margin means

Question 5
5.

How can a stock market crash be avoided?

Question 6
6.

When people became poor in the years leading up to the Great Depression,

Question 7
7.

Describe this image titled, "Migrant Mother" taken by photographer Dorothea Lange.

Question 8
8.

The woman in the image is most likely...

Question 9
9.

According to the video, the Dust Bowl was caused by

Question 10
10.

Many farmers decided to

Question 11
11.

Very few farmers left the area that became known as the 'dust bowl.'

Question 12
12.

Most Mexicans that moved into the United States in the years before the Great Depression

Question 13
13.

What was the main intent of the Mexican Repatriation Act?

Question 14
14.

Initially, Hoover, like Harding and Coolidge, was a strong proponent of

Question 15
15.

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Question 16
16.

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

Question 17
17.

Hoover never attempted any public works programs.

Question 18
18.

Hoover's name will become synonomous with _______________.

Question 19
19.

The Bonus Army consisted of

Question 20
20.

'Rugged individualism' is best described as

Question 21
21.

Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?

Question 22
22.

One difference between the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover was that Roosevelt was-

Question 23
23.

The Tennessee Valley is located only in Tennessee.

Question 24
24.

Mamy people who lived in the Tennessee Valley lacked

Question 25
25.

The primary focus of the TVA was to

Question 26
26.

Even though the TVA brought improvements, many locals resented the organization.

Question 27
27.

Of the following, which was most likely created by the Works Progress Administration?

Question 28
28.

Many women were trained by the WPA to

Question 29
29.

The WPA employed about _________________ people during its existence.

Question 30
30.

What backs up the FDIC's insurance on your bank account?

Question 31
31.

How many bank accounts have lost money since the start if of the FDIC program?

Question 32
32.

ALL types of accounts are insured by the FDIC.

Question 33
33.

The New Deal program, the NRA, was the

Question 34
34.

The purpose of the NRA was to

Question 35
35.

Which group was the hardest hit during the Great Depression?

Question 36
36.

What event brought temporary prosperity to the agricultural sector?

Question 37
37.

One way in which the government attempted to raise prices for farm products was to

Question 38
38.

Accroding to the video, the Great Depression lasted as long as it did because

Question 39
39.

The New Deal

Question 40
40.

The 'push/pull' effect described in the video meant that in some cases the New Deal encouraged recovery but other times it prevented it.