Chapter 13 The Great Depression

This is who the Republicans nominated to be President in 1928

• Herbert Hoover

• Calvin Coolidge

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• George Bush

Hoover gained attention as Secretary of Commerce by coordinating the Belgium Relief Program and was head of the Food Administration during ________________________.

• World War I

• World War II

• Cold War

• Vietnam War

Between 1923-1929 worker output per person jumped _____ but worker wages went up ______.

• 32% / 8%

• 10% / 2%

• 55% / 25%

• 3% / 1%

Between 1923-1929 corporate profits from worker output skyrocketed by _______.

• 65%

• 25%

• 50%

• 95%

During the 20's the wealthiest ________ of the population earned about the same amount as the bottom ___________.

• 1% / 42%

• 5% / 50%

• 9% / 5%

• 42% / 1%

60% of the American families had early incomes of less than _________________.

• $2000

• $10000

• $5000

• $30000

24,000 of the wealthiest families had annual incomes of more than _________________.

• $100,000

• $200,000

• $500,000

• $1,000,000

The stock market crashed on __________. A day they called black tuesday

• October 29, 1929

• September 27, 1929

• October 15, 1929

• November 1, 1929

After the stock market crashed this guy was forced to close several factories putting 75,000 people out of work

• Henry Ford

• Herbert Hoover

• Nikola Tesla

• Steve Jobs

By 1933 nearly ______ of americans had lost their jobs

• 25%

• 30%

• 20%

• 50%