The Great Depression

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AS Level Growth of America Test sobre The Great Depression, creado por NutellaBird el 12/05/2015.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Which of these people helped stimulate the panic that led to the Wall Street Crash? (Three)
Respuesta
  • Joseph Kennedy
  • Ludwig von Mises
  • Bernard Baruch
  • Andrew Mellon
  • Mitchell Palmer

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
What was the name of the book written by Hoover which outlined his beliefs in non-intervention?
Respuesta
  • American Individualism
  • Principles Of Scientific Management
  • Laissez-Faire

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
How did Henry Ford attempt to keep wage levels up?
Respuesta
  • He fired a large amount of workers
  • He increased their pay
  • He got the government to give him funding so he could afford to pay them the same as normal

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
How much did Hoover drop taxes?
Respuesta
  • $160 million
  • $20 million
  • $240 million
  • He didn't; he couldn't afford to

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
From 1929 to March 1930, how much did unemployment increase?
Respuesta
  • 1.5 million to 2.35 million
  • 1.2 million 3 million
  • 2.8 million to 3.67 million

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
When was the Hawley-Smooth tariff?
Respuesta
  • June 17 1930
  • February 20 1930
  • December 14 1929

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
What statement did Hoover make during the later years of the Depression that decreased his popularity?
Respuesta
  • 'No one is actually starving.'
  • 'The crisis is over.'
  • 'Always look on the bright side of life.'
  • 'Things are getting better.'

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
How much did Hoover cut state officials' salaries - including his own?
Respuesta
  • 20%
  • 10%
  • 15%

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
How much of the 1932 federal budget went to veterans’ benefits?
Respuesta
  • 25%
  • 10%
  • None
  • 30%

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
How much did the Agricultural Marketing Act give to farmers to help them buy seeds and tools?
Respuesta
  • $500 million
  • $200 million
  • $400 million

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
Why didn't Hoover veto the Hawley-Smoot tariff?
Respuesta
  • He thought it would raise money
  • He wanted to stop cheap foreign importants
  • He was afraid congress would turn against him

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
Why were African Americans and women hit hard by the depression?
Respuesta
  • Their jobs were given to white people and men
  • They were the first people employers would fire
  • They'd never had much money in the first place and the crash made things worse
  • All of these options

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
Which of these industries was not particularly affected by the Depression and coped fairly well?
Respuesta
  • Cigarette making
  • Coal mining
  • Car production
  • Clothes manufacturing

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
How many of those eligible for relief got any?
Respuesta
  • 25%
  • 60%
  • 12%

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
In 1929, how many farms in every 1000 were sold?
Respuesta
  • 58
  • 21
  • 79

Pregunta 16

Pregunta
What did Hoover blame the depression on?
Respuesta
  • The poor purchasing power of foreign countries
  • Himself
  • Former Republican presidents' policies
  • His political rivals

Pregunta 17

Pregunta
Which year was the Moratorium?
Respuesta
  • 1931
  • 1930
  • 1929

Pregunta 18

Pregunta
Why was Hoover's Presidential Emergency Committee to give money to the unemployed ineffective?
Respuesta
  • Congress gave too little money
  • The money given was all in loans
  • Both of these reasons

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
How many acres of national park did Hoover make?
Respuesta
  • 3 million
  • 5 million
  • 10 million
  • Half a million
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