Great Depression Quizizz

One cause of the stock market crash of 1929 was

• buying stocks on margin.

• using stock certificates as currency.

• restricting bank loans.

• outlawing installment buying.

Even before the Great Depression began, which group faced economic hard times?

• Farmers

• Bankers

• Consumers

• Investors

Share of ownership in a corporation are called

• dividends.

• bonds.

• stocks.

• certificates of deposit.

Following the laws of supply and demand, when supply is high...

• demand is low and cost is high.

• demand is low and cost is low.

• demand is high and cost is low.

• demand is high and cost is high.

Who was the President when the stock market crashed in 1929?

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

When the Depression began, what was the belief of Hoover and the Republican Party?

• The economy would recover on it's own.

• They should increase defense spending to stimulate the economy.

• Unemployed workers should receive benefits.

• The government should take control of industry.

Immediate help for the needy.

• Reduce

• Reform

• Recovery

• Relief

Constructing a park, school, or road to benefit a community.

• Deficit Spending

• Fireside Chats

• Public Works Projects

• Hooverisms

Negotiating with management as a group.

• Collective Bargaining

• Deficit Spending

• Labor Union

• AFL-CIO

Spending more than the government takes in from taxes.

• Collective Bargaining

• Deficit Spending

• Overproduction

• Budgeting