American Life in the Great Depression

Question 1

How did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act contribute to the Great Depression?

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Foreign countries refused to buy American goods due to its passage.

Question 2

best

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economically prosperous

Question 3

About how many people moved away from the Great Plains states during the Depression?

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2.5 million

Question 4

In what year did the Great Depression begin?

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1929

Question 5

Who was Herbert Hoover?

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the president during the beginning of the Great Depression

Question 6

Many Americans faced social consequences of the Depression, but one direct economic consequence was

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unemployment.

Question 7

Which of the following is implied by significant population growth on the Great Plains between 1880 and 1930?

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More and more land was cleared for farming during this time.

Question 8

Which of the following led to dust storms during the 1930s?

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both farming and drought

Question 9

What was the name for people who decided not to settle in one place but instead traveled along rail lines during the Depression?

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hoboes

Question 10

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Millions of acres of productive farmland became barren desert.

American Life in the Great Depression Answers