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6. When did the wall street stock market crash?

  • Thursday 27th October 1927
  • Thursday 29th October 1929
  • Tuesday 29th October 1929
  • Tuesday 27th October 1927

7. Maldwyn Jones said...

  • all of the above
  • '...business made huge profits,...'
  • '...jobs were generally easy to find,...'
  • '...standards of living rose appreciatively,...'

8. A transition needed to be made from... to...

  • A war economy to a consumer driven economy
  • A consumer driven economy to a war economy

9. Industrial output per worker rose by...

  • 58%
  • 43%
  • 37%
  • 50%

10. Hoover said...

  • 'We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poor house is vanishing from among us.
  • 'The people today are experiencing something that no other generation has experienced, we are finally at the cusp of beating poverty, with the poor house vanishing from among us.'

11. How many fridges were bought in 1929

  • 5 million
  • 1 million
  • 1 billion
  • 5 billion

12. How many Americans went to the movies each week?

  • 80-100 million
  • 80-100 billion
  • 65-95 million
  • 65-95 billion

13. The problem with the boom was...

  • It did not last forever
  • People thought it would last forever
  • It did last forever
  • People though it wouldn't last forever

14. The GNP rose from... (1919-1929)

  • $53.6b to $96b
  • $72.4b to $104b
  • $101.3b to $123b
  • $76.2b to $105b

15. Real wages rose by...

  • 26%
  • 18%
  • 32%
  • 47%

16. The boom of the 20's was...

  • Unrivalled and Unprecedented
  • Rivalled and Common

17. This became known as...

  • 'Black Tuesday'
  • Black Thursday'
  • 'White Tuesday'
  • 'White Thursday'