Question

1. what were investors afraid the federal reserve board would do in march 1929?

stop sales of rca stock
force the stock markets paper value to match its real value
make it harder to buy and sell stocks on the stock market
end its policy of deregulation of the stock market

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the context of the 1929 stock market and Federal Reserve actions. Investors were concerned about the Federal Reserve making it harder to buy/sell stocks (e.g., through restricting credit for stock speculation). Option A is too specific to RCA. Option B: Forcing paper value to real value isn't what they feared in March 1929 (the crash was later). Option D: Deregulation wasn't a key policy fear then; the fear was stricter controls on stock trading (like making it harder to trade via credit restrictions). So the correct option is the one about making stock trading harder.

Answer:

C. make it harder to buy and sell stocks on the stock market