Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following increased in the 1920s?
a. | farmers' debts | c. | foreign demand for U.S. farm products | b. | prices for farm
products | d. | domestic demand
for U.S. farm products |
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Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?
a. | tariffs on foreign goods | c. | a growing number of homeless
people | b. | the availability of easy credit | d. | a crisis in the farm
sector |
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Which was not a cause of the Dust Bowl?
a. | drought | c. | thick layers of prairie grasses | b. | high
winds | d. | overproduction of
crops |
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After the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to help the
economy?
a. | by closing banks | c. | by funding handouts of food and clothing | b. | by lowering foreign
tariffs | d. | by asking
businesses not to lay off employees |
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Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?
a. | World War I veterans and their families | c. | unemployed industrial workers and
their families | b. | farmers forced off their land by dust storms | d. | business and labor leaders who agreed to work
together |
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Which candidates ran for president in 1932?
a. | Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover | c. | Herbert Hoover and Alfred E.
Smith | b. | Calvin Coolidge and Franklin D. Roosevelt | d. | Herbert Hoover and Franklin D.
Roosevelt |
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What does buying a stock on margin mean?
a. | purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange | c. | paying less than
the market price of the stock | b. | buying the stock for someone
else | d. | borrowing money to
help pay for the stock |
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Which of the following was not an effect of the Great Depression?
a. | Many children had a poor diet. | c. | Many men became
unemployed. | b. | Many families became homeless. | d. | Many people started
farming |
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What name was given to the men and boys who rode the rails as they searched for
work?
a. | Bonus Marchers | c. | hoboes | b. | speculators | d. | Okies |
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Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food
to the poor?
a. | rugged individualism | c. | Bonus Army | b. | direct relief | d. | price support |
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How many states were part of the Dust Bowl?
a. | 5 states | c. | 20 states | b. | 10 states | d. | 25 states |
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Which of the following states suffered the most damage during the Dust Bowl
period?
a. | North Dakota | c. | Kansas | b. | Minnesota | d. | Missouri |
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Which map symbol indicates the area covered by the May 1934 dust storm?
a. | a striped area | c. | a solid line | b. | a shaded area | d. | a dashed line |
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How far did migrants on Route 66 travel from Oklahoma City to Bakersfield,
California?
a. | about 300 miles | c. | about 1, 200 miles | b. | about 600 miles | d. | about 1, 600
miles |
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Going from east to west on Route 66, what states did Dust Bowl migrants pass
through?
a. | Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California | c. | Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, California | b. | Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas,
California | d. | Oklahoma,
Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California |
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The Dust Bowl included -which state?
a. | South Dakota | c. | Arkansas | b. | Kansas | d. | Wyoming |
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What city in California probably received a large number of Dust Bowl
migrants?
a. | Flagstaff | c. | Bakersfield | b. | Amarillo | d. | Albuquerque |
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From north to south, what was the length of the area of damage during the Dust
Bowl period?
a. | about 1, 100 miles | c. | about 300 miles | b. | about 600 miles | d. | about 100 miles |
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Roughly what fraction of the land area of the United States was damaged during
the Dust Bowl
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In which region did most of the damage from the Dust Bowl occur?
a. | the Midwest | c. | the Rocky Mountains | b. | the Great Plains | d. | the Pacific
Northwest |
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21.
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Buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit without considering risks is known
as
a. | buying on margin | c. | profit-taking | b. | speculation | d. | living on
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In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles, " people conveyed their
a. | patriotism | c. | disgust with Hoover | b. | trust in Hoover | d. | grudging respect for
Hoover |
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The aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act was to
a. | encourage new construction | c. | make it easier for banks to
foreclose on farms and homes | b. | increase the value of homes and
farms | d. | prevent farmers and
homeowners from losing their property |
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An example of the psychological stress caused by the Great Depression was the
rise in the number of
a. | children who were malnourished | c. | women who worked outside the
home | b. | people who committed suicide | d. | men who stood in bread
lines |
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25.
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Herbert Hoover's approach to the Depression economy was based on a belief
in
a. | voluntary cooperation | c. | the golden rule | b. | separation of church and
state | d. | direct government
relief |
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26.
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During the Great Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about
a. | 100 percent | c. | 25 percent | b. | 75 percent | d. | 10 percent. |
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One long-range effect of the Great Depression was that many people
a. | grew to like President Hoover | c. | developed habits of saving and
thriftiness | b. | became risk takers in the stock market | d. | came to believe in small
government |
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Within a few years, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act led to
a. | a dramatic drop in world trade | c. | more demand for American
manufactured goods | b. | Hoover's reelection as
president | d. | an unequal
distribution of income in the United States |
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All of the following were important causes of the Great Depression
except
a. | both individuals and businesses built up large debts because of easy
credit | c. | the federal government did not insure people's bank accounts | b. | tariffs on foreign
imports were lowered | d. | the
stock market crashed |
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Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920s included the fact that
a. | demand for crops fell after World War I | c. | the Dust Bowl took much land out of
production. | b. | most people did not own electric refrigerators | d. | federal price-supports of corn and wheat were
not effective |
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Matching
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Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each
description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some may be used more than
once.
a. | credit | f. | Alfred E. Smith | b. | speculation | g. | buying on margin | c. | price
support | h. | Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Act | d. | Black Tuesday | i. | Dow Jones Industrial Average | e. | Herbert Hoover | j. | Great
Depression |
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31.
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This Democrat lost the presidential election of 1928
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32.
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This Republican won the presidential election of 1928
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33.
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This term specifically refers to the stock market crash of October 29,
1929
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34.
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This term is the name of the most widely used measure of the stock
market's health.
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35.
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In an effort to curb the financial loss farmers were suffering, Congress tried
to pass the McNary-Haugen bill, which would have mandated this on key crops
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36.
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This term refers to paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down
payment and borrowing the rest
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37.
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This term refers to making extremely risky business transactions on the chance
of making quick or considerable profits
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38.
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This reduced the flow of goods into the United States and prevented other
countries from earning American currency to buy American exports
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39.
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This is an arrangement in which consumers agree to buy now and pay later for
purchases, often on an installment plan that includes interest charges
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40.
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This is the period from 1924 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and
unemployment skyrocketed
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