1920's And The Great Depression Question Preview (ID: 15150)

a) Stock Market Crash

b) Buying on margin/speculation.

c) Easy to obtain credit.

d) Farmers were making record profits.

a) The day the stock market crashed.

b) The day JFK was assassinated.

c) It signaled the end of the Great Depression.

d) The day the majority of the banks closed.

a) A religious revolution.

b) A civil rights movement in the 1920's.

c) A rebirth of African American culture and literature.

d) A band from the 1950's that introduced rock and roll.

a) Engage in huge deficit spending to help the poor.

b) Little gov't intervention and encourage businesses to help fix the economy.

c) Have the gov't create as many jobs as possible.

d) Direct gov't relief.

a) Encouraging individuals to help themselves instead of relying on the government.

b) Encouraging charities to help out more than the government.

c) Direct government relief.

d) Encouraging businesses to not lay off employees.

a) Borrowing money to buy stock.

b) Purchasing a stockfrom a broker instead of on your own.

c) Selling your stock.

d) Paying less than what the stock is worth.

a) Concerns in the United States regarding communism.

b) A symbol of America's growing isolationism in the 20's and 30's.

c) The fear that Hitler was going to conquer the United States.

d) The targeting of Hollywood actors and directors.

a) Women's right to vote.

b) Income tax

c) Banned the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol.

d) Repealing the Prohibition of alcohol.

a) Shorter dresses and hair.

b) Drinking and smoking in public.

c) Moving towards a more traditional role in the family.

d) The right to vote.

a) You are spending more money than you make.

b) Money owned to an individual or company.

c) The government creates programs for direct relief.

d) Creation of jobs.