The Great Depression- Chapter 23

During the Great Depression, unemployment in the United States peaked at almost an estimated

25 percent.

During the 1930s, the most important group within the Popular Front was the

Communist Party.

Following the "great crash," the Federal Reserve system lowered interest rates in an effort to revive the American economy.

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The Great Depression was caused by the stock market crash of October 1929.

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During the 1930s, the American Communist Party was always under the close supervision of the Soviet Union.

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During the Great Depression, both the marriage rate and the divorce rate declined.

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In the 1930s, listening to the radio was often a family or community experience.

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In the year prior to its crash, the stock market had been soaring upward.

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The "bonus marchers" of 1932 demanded that Congress make an early payment of a promised "bonus" for World War I veterans.

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The automobile and construction industries were both experiencing economic declines prior to the stock market crash.

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Those blacks who migrated to northern cities during the Great Depression found conditions little better than in the South.

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In the 1930s, the film director Frank Capra typically characterized

a populist admiration for ordinary Americans.

As a result of the Great Depression, the social values in the United States

appeared to experience little change.

All of the following factors were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT

conservative banking policies restricted the availability of loans

As the depression deepened, President Herbert Hoover

grew less willing to increase federal spending.

On October 29, 1929, the American stock market

lost all the gains of the previous year.

During the Great Depression, in the rural United States

one-third of all farmers lost their land.

In 1931, the severity of the depression increased when the Federal Reserve Board

raised interest rates.

Between his election in 1932 and the inauguration in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt

refused to make any agreements with the outgoing President Herbert Hoover.

Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932

surprised almost no one.

The "Abraham Lincoln Brigade" is to be associated with

the Spanish Civil War.

The federal government's response to the "Bonus Army" included

the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington; General Douglas MacArthur exceeding his orders to remove the veterans.

President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by

urging voluntary cooperation from business leaders

Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT

vice president of the United States.

In the 1930s, the "Dust Bowl"

was a product of changing environmental conditions.