The Great Depression

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Which was NOT a LONG-TERM cause of the Great Depression? Buying stock on margin, too much production and consumer spending, Laissez-faire economic policies

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Stock market crash (Black Tuesday)

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The Great Depression began in

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1929

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What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

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Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.

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Roosevelt's collection of laws and programs to help the nation deal with the Depression was known as

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the New Deal.

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The __________________ was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.

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Great Depression

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In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.

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soup kitchens

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Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

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Herbert Hoover

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After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

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banks closed

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The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________

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Franklin Roosevelt

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Which New Deal law/agency regulated the buying and selling of stocks? Options: Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Emergency Banking Act, Home Owners Insurance Corporation

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Securities and Exchange Commission