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6. What percentage of money fell in circulation between 1929-33?

  • 23%
  • 67%
  • 33%
  • 12%

7. What is the revisionist view?

  • The depression was down to a wide range of factors
  • The depression was down to Hoover
  • The depression was down to international problems and Hoover

8. How much did Hawley-Smoot tariff raise imports too?

  • 30%
  • 40%
  • 12%
  • 60%

9. What did Hoover agree to sign in June 1930?

  • McNarry Haughen Bill
  • Hawley Smoot Tarrif
  • Fordney McCumber

10. Wheat prices fell in the 1920's from....?

  • $3.40 to $1.20
  • $2.50 to $1
  • $1 to 0.50c
  • $4 to $1.50

11. How much did farm wages fall by?

  • 40%
  • 60%
  • 53%
  • 78%

12. Why did the Veteran's Bonus March almost destroy Roosevelt?

  • He lied about not having the moeny
  • He used tear gas, tanks and machine guns against the protesters
  • He ignored the protests

13. How much did Hoover cut his own state officials salaries by?

  • 20%
  • 5%
  • 16%
  • 34%

14. What is the post-revisionist view?

  • The depression was down to international problems and Hoover
  • The depression was down to a wide range of factors
  • The depression was down to Hoover

15. What was the uneployment rate in 1933?

  • 46%
  • 25%
  • 33%
  • 32%

16. How many banks collapsed in 1929?

  • 629
  • 345
  • 928
  • 12

17. What did Hoover do to the economy in 1932?

  • Trickle down economics
  • Supported sharp increases in taxes
  • Reduced government spending