Great Depression Quiz with Complete Solutions(SCORED A+)

What was most important as a cause of the stock market crash of 1929? - ANSWER-Stocks bought on margin had negative value when prices dropped. What connection exists between people's ability to buy goods and unemployment during the Great Depression? - ANSWER-Businesses cut employees because people were unable to buy goods. The fact that many clusters of shacks where the homeless lived were called "Hoovervilles" best supports the idea that - ANSWER-many blamed President Hoover for the Great Depression. Infer how members of the Bonus Army were most likely to feel about President Hoover. - ANSWER-Hoover was not doing enough to help people that were suffering. In what way did people in cities suffer more than those in rural areas during the Great Depression? - ANSWER-Many people in cities were not able to grow their own food. How did President Roosevelt's fireside chats relate to federal programs designed to help Americans during the Great Depression? - ANSWER-Roosevelt used the fireside chats to encourage public confidence in his programs. Opposition to deficit spending was based on the idea that - ANSWER-the government should not spend more than it takes in. Federal legislation passed during the first "hundred days" President Roosevelt was in office showed the - ANSWER-immediate necessity to deal with economic problems such as joblessness. Programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps showed President Roosevelt's belief that - ANSWER-government should provide direct relief to the jobless in an economic crisis. Which statement best summarizes conservative opinions about New Deal programs such as Social Security? - ANSWER-Government should not intervene in the lives of individual citizens. What evidence from the text BEST shows that the Black Cabinet had some political influence? - ANSWER-The existence of the Black Cabinet encouraged African Americans to support the Democratic Party.