12. How did the president of Rochester Gas and Electric Kill himself?
13. By the end of 1929, what did hotel clerks supposedly ask customers trying to register for rooms?
14. Early in 1930, two men killed themselves by jumping from a window, hand in hand. Why?
15. According to a Depression joke, what did you get with each share of Goldman Sachs and Company stock?
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16. When was Black Thrusday?
17. Why did Babe Ruth say he deserved a higher salary than President Hoover?
18. What crimes by unemployed veterans camping in the streets of Washington did the Attorney-General cite, calling in the Army to evict them?
19. What was the veterans'theme song?
20. Who analyzed the eviction of the veterans: "MacArthur has decided to go into action in the field. There is incipient revolution in the air"?
21. What presidential candidate analyzed the eviction: "Thank God we still have a government in Washington that still knows how to deal with a mob"?
22. Which mayor of New York promised to "preserve the metropolis from the Red Army"?
23. What newspaper publisher wrote: "Whenever you hear a prominent American called a 'Fascist,' you can usually make up your mind that the man is simply a loyal American who stand up for Americanism"?
24. Why did Clarence Darrow say he would rather be a friend of the working man than a working man?
25. In 1930, Simeon D. Fess, chairman of the Republican National Committee, announced that a conspiracy was afoot to embarrass the administration through the stock market. What evidence did he cite for this belief?
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