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6. did the wall street crash increase violence in society

  • yes
  • no

7. by 1931 how many families were receiving benefits?

  • 30,0000
  • 93,000 families
  • 56,000 familes

8. people who payed on the margin..

  • got huge profits
  • went bankrupt
  • gained money

9. Who was the President when the Wall Street Crash occurred?

  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Herbert Hoover
  • FDR

10. was they any unemployment benefit?

  • no had to rely upon families, charities + soup kitchens
  • yes Hoover introduced work schemes

11. how many marched onto Washington + set up Hoovervilles?

  • 20,000
  • 25,000

12. by an act of 1924 they were promised a bonus payment of

  • $500 in 1945
  • $400 in 1945
  • $250 in 1945

13. how many banks crashed?

  • 10,000
  • 20,000

14. Which was a long term cause of the crash?

  • black thursday
  • overproduction
  • panic selling

15. between 1929-33 farm incomes + wages fell by

  • 50%
  • 25%
  • 75%

16. how many suicides in 1932?

  • 45,000
  • 23,000
  • 30,000

17. Angry farmers in lowa attempted to hang which judge?

  • Charles Bradley
  • Bradley Higgins
  • Tom Bradley

18. in 1930, New York there was riot with farmers + police as

  • farmers went on strike
  • farmers refused to transport their foods to towns without a guarantee of a fair price
  • the police blockaded the roads

19. Chicago (industrial city) saw mass umemployment of

  • 40%
  • 60%
  • 50%

20. poverty worsen racism?

  • yes
  • no