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The decline in new housing impacted such industries as:
(A)
automobiles and railroads
(B)
coal and oil
Correct answer
(C)
furniture and appliances
(D)
agriculture and farm equipment |
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An effect of The Great Depression was an increase in:
(A)international unemployment
(B)the demand for WWI reparations
(C)imported European goods
(D)the use of the gold standard |
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For children, the Great Depression meant
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poor nutrition
(B)
longer school days
(C)
direct relief payments
(D)
frequent doctor's visits |
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| Hoover's pledge of 'a chicken in every pot' promised |
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Hoover's political life ended as a result of the:
A)
infantry attacking the Bonus Army
(B)
Bonus Army attacking the infantry
(C)
veto of the Patman Bill
(D)
passage of the Patman Bill |
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| What were the four main causes of the Great Depression? |
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1) tariffs and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for American goods
2) crisis in the farm sector
3) the availability of easy credit |
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| Common trait of people during the Depression |
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| "Army" of veterans who demanded compensation for wartime service |
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| Agency to provide emergency funding to large businesses |
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| Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) |
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| Arrangement of buying now and paying later |
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| Seasoned presidential candidate who lost big against Hoover |
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| An unequal distribution of this was one cause of Depression |
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| Destination of dust storm victims |
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| Dam built to jump-start economy |
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| Source of free food for needy |
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| Cash payments or food provided by the government to help the needy |
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| President whose "rugged individualism" failed him and nation |
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| Depression farmers did this to their corn and wheat crops |
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| Risky business transactions for a quick or large profit |
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| Often deported during the Depression |
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| Site of successful 1933 World's Fair |
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| 2,600 of these closed their doors during the Depression |
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| Money standard broken by Europe during Depression |
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| Purchasing of stocks by mostly borrowing: buying on ______ |
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