- Because 1920s prosperity had depended on a few basic industries, one factor that likely contributed to the length and severity of the Great Depression was ______.Multiple choice question.a lack of technological innovationthe lack of public corporationsinability to compete with European companiesa lack of economic diversification
- South's and West's view of the Mexican American War
- What made moving west faster and cheaper?
- Select all that applyWhich statements are true regarding the American stock market before it collapsed in 1929?Multiple select question.Stock prices had been steadily ascending for a year and a half.Brokerage firms began to restrict credit to those buying stocks.The number of shares traded daily soared.The year and half before the collapse saw a period of boom and bust for stocks.
- Black Americans who left the rural South in the 1930s settled primarily in:Multiple choice question.the West.the urban South.California.the urban North.
- How many American banks, roughly, went bankrupt or closed to avoid bankruptcy between 1930 and 1933?Multiple choice question.4509004,5009,000
- At the end of the Depression, ______ women were working than had been doing so at the beginning.Multiple choice question.moreno moreslightly fewerfar fewer
- What forced Native Americans to assimilate into white American culture?
- Select all that applyWhich statements correctly describe the status of people of Mexican descent as the Depression worsened?Multiple select question.They lived exclusively in California and the Southwest.They emigrated from California to Texas.They were routinely denied relief benefits.They were often forced to leave the country.
- Okies were families that tried to escape the Dust Bowl by moving to ______.Multiple choice question.CaliforniaIowaKansasOklahoma
- The stock market boom of 1928 and the first half of 1929 was characterized by ______.Multiple choice question.steady trading volumesthe absence of speculatorssteadily diminishing dividendsthe use of credit to buy stock
- True OR false : The 1929 Black Tuesday crash of the stock market was the main cause of the Great Depression.
- choose all that applyWhich statements are true regarding farming conditions in the 1920s and 1930s?Multiple select question.Farm income significantly declined.A huge tornado wiped out crops in the Great Plains.There were not enough farmers available to work the land.Many American farmers lost their land.
- New industries such as plastics and electronics were developing in the 1920s. Their economic impact can best be described by which statement?Multiple choice question.They were able to compensate for the decline in the construction and automobile industries.They only positively affected international economies, not the American economy.Their impact was overshadowed by growth in construction and automobiles.They were too undeveloped to make up for the decline of industries like construction and automobiles.
- Which types of programs were among the staples of radio broadcasting during the 1930s?Multiple select question.soap operasadventurescomediessocial commentary
- What were the goals of the drafters of declaration of human rights?
- As banks failed, the nation's money supply ______.Multiple choice question.maintained equilibriumrose slightlyrose dramaticallydecreased significantly
- Who hired murders to kill Banquo and Fleance?
- How does Lady Macbeth keep the guards from stopping the murder of Duncan?
- What will happen without the protection of human rights?