4.9 Boom and Bust in Florida

Question 1

A responsibility of the Federal Art Project during the Great Depression involved

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setting up art classes for residents.

Question 2

Land buyers in Florida who participated in speculation bought

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cheap land, waited for the price to rise, and sold it for a profit.

Question 3

Which best explains why hundreds of citizens died during the Miami Hurricane of 1926?

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It struck with very little warning.

Question 4

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speculation

Question 5

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credit

Question 6

During Florida’s land boom, sellers who took advantage of investors by encouraging them to buy properties sight unseen were

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committing fraud.

Question 7

Migrant workers moved to Florida during the Great Depression to work

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on farms and orchards.

Question 8

During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps

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set up facilities at state parks.

Question 9

The Great Depression marked a period of

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high unemployment.

4.9 Boom and Bust in Florida Answers