Question

What event had weakened Florida’s economy immediately before the start of the Great Depression? A) the freezing of orange trees B) the end of Florida’s land boom C) the start of another world war D) the building of Florida’s railroads

Answer 1

B) the end of Florida's land boom

Florida land boom of 1920s was Florida's first real-estate buble, which eventually bursted in 1925. The land boom left behind entire new cities such as Coral Gables, Hialeah, Miami Springs, Opa-locka, Miami Shores, and Hollywood. By the time, the Great Depression began in the rest of the nation in 1929, Floridans were already accustomed to economic hardships.