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1. In the election of 1928, voters were more concerned with the issue of _____ than with the economy. (1 point)
another war
education
prohibition
development
2. _____ was a technique used by some investors to buy more stock than they could afford. (1 point)
Buying on margin
Insider training
Extending credit
Hoarding
3. "Black Tuesday" was the label given to the day in 1929 when _____. (1 point)
World War II was declared
banks closed their doors to customers
the stock market crashed
Hoover lost his reelection
4. More than 10 percent of the nation's _____ closed within the first two years of the Depression. (1 point)
factories
farms
banks
schools
5. After Black Tuesday, there was a huge drop in the demand for (1 point)
factory goods.
bank loans.
housing.
employment.
6. What caused Midwest farmers to lose their lands and homes in the Depression? (1 point)
several seasons of heavy flooding
a severe drought
a plague of locusts
competition from foreign farmers
7. Unemployment and sparse government aid forced many city dwellers to live in makeshift camps called (1 point)
Herbert towns.
Wall Street shanties.
Tent tenements.
Hoovervilles.
8. To whom did Hoover lose the 1932 election? (1 point)
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
9. What was the rate of unemployment when the Depression was at its worst? (1 point)
12 percent
9 percent
40 percent
25 percent
10. Why did Army and Navy veterans march on Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1932? (1 point)
They were protesting segregation in the military.
They were not receiving the $1,000 bonus promised to them by the government.
They were protesting a lack of jobs.
They were not being allowed to reenlist.
another war
education
prohibition
development
2. _____ was a technique used by some investors to buy more stock than they could afford. (1 point)
Buying on margin
Insider training
Extending credit
Hoarding
3. "Black Tuesday" was the label given to the day in 1929 when _____. (1 point)
World War II was declared
banks closed their doors to customers
the stock market crashed
Hoover lost his reelection
4. More than 10 percent of the nation's _____ closed within the first two years of the Depression. (1 point)
factories
farms
banks
schools
5. After Black Tuesday, there was a huge drop in the demand for (1 point)
factory goods.
bank loans.
housing.
employment.
6. What caused Midwest farmers to lose their lands and homes in the Depression? (1 point)
several seasons of heavy flooding
a severe drought
a plague of locusts
competition from foreign farmers
7. Unemployment and sparse government aid forced many city dwellers to live in makeshift camps called (1 point)
Herbert towns.
Wall Street shanties.
Tent tenements.
Hoovervilles.
8. To whom did Hoover lose the 1932 election? (1 point)
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
9. What was the rate of unemployment when the Depression was at its worst? (1 point)
12 percent
9 percent
40 percent
25 percent
10. Why did Army and Navy veterans march on Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1932? (1 point)
They were protesting segregation in the military.
They were not receiving the $1,000 bonus promised to them by the government.
They were protesting a lack of jobs.
They were not being allowed to reenlist.