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Matthew Blum
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Causes & Effects of the Great Depression
Unit 6, Week One, Friday

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Pick two of the four and explain how they caused the Stock Market to crash in 1929. Speculation, Lending, Roaring Twenties, Buying on Margin.
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What happened to many people who saved money in banks?
They grew rich.
They made counterfeit money.
They saved a lot of money.
They lost everything.
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How did bank runs contribute to the outbreak of the Great Depression?
Interest rates on credit caused a spike in debt causing the housing market to collapse
Banks failed and closed costing people their savings and faith in the banking system
Injuries caused by riots lead to many to lose their jobs
The Federal Reserve did not stock banks with enough gold to handle bank runs
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When tariffs are added to imported products, what happens to international trade?
It becomes a new program.
It stays the same.
It grows very well.
It is discouraged.
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Multiple Choice
The Federal Reserve could not ________ the money supply. This is because they restricted it.
Use
Spend
Protect
Save
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How did the Federal Reserve and the banking system contribute to the outbreak of the Great Depression?
Regulations on businesses were too tight and stifled growth
Banks imposed transaction fees on withdrawals causing debt to increase
New insurance programs lead to massive fraud issues
Interest rates were too high and too many Americans had large amounts of credit debt
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How did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff make the Great Depression worse?
It decreased the price of goods from other countries
It slowed down international trade when business needed trade
It caused unregulated banks to fail
It triggered panics causing future bank runs
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Which of the following was NOT a way the Hoover tried to fix the economy?
he founded government agencies
encouraged labor harmony
supported local aid
gave citizens money for aid
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An effect of the Great Depression was...
Everyone bought more stocks.
Large numbers of people were hungry and homeless.
Farmers became rich.
Many people moved to the South during the Great Migration South.
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People who could no longer afford their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they built in public parks. What were these shacks called?
Shantyshacks
Town Homes
Tenement Housing
Hoovervilles
Causes & Effects of the Great Depression
Unit 6, Week One, Friday

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