SAT US History: U.S. Economic History From 1899 To The Present

A banking boom throughout the United States Increased productivity of farmland in the Great Plains Increased technological development in industrial farming Mass migration of people from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas to California Increased food supplies throughout the United States All of these were consequences of the New Deal The development of new ideas about the role and scope of government The growth of America into a welfare state Political realignment in the Democratic and Republican Parties The expansion of Social Security Combine harvesting Drought Absence of dryland farming techniques El Niño–Southern Oscillation Deep plowing of Great Plain's virgin topsoil In 1928, the Fed increased the interest rate. The International Trade Organization banned open market operations. In the stock market crash, over 50% of wealth was lost. Commodity prices increased. The US never went off the gold standard. The skyrocketing unemployment rates. The influence of international Communism. The Rockefeller foundation's support of women working outside the home. The draft forcing men into military service and departure to war. The depression in the agricultural economy. bought up surplus crops and sold them to foreign markets was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first attempt to reform agriculture, later improved by the Agricultural Adjustment Act failed to avert the food crisis of the early 1930s ensured that farmers were able to survive throughout the Great Depression kept crop prices low and ensured there was enough food to go around The Dust Bowl Protectionist tariffs Over investment and speculation The Stock Market Crash of 1929 World War I debt payments helped protect American industry from the worst of the Great Depression was designed to protect American industry, but ignored American agricultural failings dramatically reduced American imports and exports is considered Franklin D. Roosevelt’s greatest failure propelled Herbert Hoover to an exalted position in public opinion A weak banking system Too much stock purchased on margin A shortage of crops leading to rapid food price inflation Lack of diversity in the United States economy Reduced trade with Europe due to crippling tariffs The minimum wage increased Trading with other countries increased Prices of fruits and vegetables increased Americans produced more consumer goods The country expanded into the West