Which event brought the boom of the 1920s to an end?
The 1932 presidential election
The Wall Street Crash
The end of Prohibition
Which of these industries struggled during the 1920s?
Farming
Motor cars
Electricity
Why did the laissez faire policy of the Republican presidents lead to the Wall Street Crash?
There was no regulation and not enough safeguards to deal with problems in the economy
American businesses struggled to sell surplus goods because the USA and foreign governments put tariffs on goods
Many Americans (eg farmers and agricultural workers) did not prosper during the boom
Roughly how many people were unemployed by 1932?
12 million
1.6 million
400,000
When was Black Tuesday?
22 October 1929
24 October 1929
29 October 1929
Which phrase reflects President Herbert Hoover’s belief about how the US people should have responded to the Great Depression?
A New Deal
Social welfare
Rugged individualism
What were Hoovervilles?
Sheets of newspaper wrapped around a person to keep them warm
Unofficial towns of temporary homes for the homeless made from cardboard boxes, tents and corrugated iron, named after President Herbert Hoover
Wagons that were pulled by horses, containing the possessions of someone made homeless during the Great Depression
Which of the following Hoover reforms helped American banks?
1932 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act
1932 Federal Home Loan Bank Act
President’s Organization on Unemployment Relief
The Bonus Marchers were a group of what?
Workers who wanted a bonus payment
Veteran soldiers from World War One
Politicians who wanted a bonus payment
What was the result of the Bonus Marchers incident for Hoover?
World War One veterans were given the money they were owed early
Hoover became more unpopular as he used troops to remove the Bonus Marchers from Washington, DC
Hoover won the 1932 election