As social and economic conditions continued to get worse during the Great Depression, __________.
A. private charities ran out of money, forcing the unemployed to turn to local and state governments for help
B. most unemployed Texans refused to ask outsiders for assistance
C. the overall crime rate surprisingly fell
D. the suicide rate declined slightly
Question 2
When the stock market crashed in the fall of 1929, __________.
A. the Texas economy was hit harder than that of any other state
B. the Texas banking system was not affected at all by the crash
C. the Texas economy remained stable because the price of cotton remained high
D. individual Texans eventually suffered economic distress but perhaps not quite as much as residents of other states
