*HELP PLSS* DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. invested in stocks, betting that the market would continue to climb so they could make a quick profit.

A. Speculators B. Okies C. Bailiffs D. Stockbrokers

2. Stock prices first began to decline in late 1929 because

A. stockbrokers stopped margin loans. B. company earnings declined. C. several companies went bankrupt. D. investors began to sell their stock.

3. The stock market crash weakened the nation’s banks because
A. banks had invested their deposits in the stock market. B. investors no longer had money to deposit in banks. C. banks depended on their stock for operating funds. D. investors could no longer afford to take out loans from banks.

4. The Depression had deep roots in the economy of the 1920s, including overproduction, high tariffs, missteps by the Federal Reserve, and
A. the uneven distribution of income. B. an inadequate money supply. C. deficit spending by the government. D. excessive reliance on export sales.

5. Which group of people living in California were forced from the United States during the Great Depression? A. Chinese Americans B. African Americans C. Native Americans D. Mexican Americans

6. Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because A. the soil lost its fertility. B. frequent rains eroded the soil. C. a fungus depleted the soil of nutrients. D. a terrible drought dried the soil.

7. During the 1930s, many Americans preferred movies, radio programs, and other forms of popular entertainment that A. focused on the homeless and unemployed. B. evoked indignation at social injustice. C. provided a release from daily worries. D. created thrills with new special effects.

8. President Herbert Hoover hoped that increasing government funding for public works projects would
A. reduce the budget deficit. B. spur the construction industry. C. provide jobs lost in the private sector. D. help reduce farm foreclosures.

9. President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed
A. only state and city governments should dole out relief. B. federal relief would only shorten the Depression. C. charities could provide sufficient relief. D. individuals could take care of themselves.

10. Thousands of World War I veterans came to Washington, D. C., in 1932 to lobby Congress to
A. give bonus payments to war veterans and their families. B. pass legislation giving veterans their promised bonuses early. C. provide public works jobs for unemployed veterans. D. provide military jobs for family members of veterans.