Authorized President to regulate prices and wages

NIRA - National Industrial Recovery Act

Employed 8 million people with jobs in everything from construction to art

WPA - Works Progress Administration

Protected the price of crops; paid farmers not to grow

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

Buying stock "on margin" meant...

making only a small down payment

Which thing did President Hoover NOT try to help solve the Depression?

Providing direct relief to people

The Bonus Expeditionary Force marched on Washington to demand what?

immediate payment of bonus promised to vets

Target 18-24 year olds for jobs that include park restoration, tree planting, etc

CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps

Built dams and flood controls; brought electricity to seven states

TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

How did Hoover handle the Bonus Army?

US military removed them from the capital

Regulate the stock market and enforce laws.

SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)

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1
The Glass-Steagall Act established FDIC which...
prints additional money
outlawed the stock market
insures bank accounts
created the Federal Reserve
2
This failed plan would have given FDR the ability to appoint more Supreme Court justices.
Securities Act
Patman Bill
Court Packing Plan
Judiciary Act of 1933
3
The Supreme Court found NIRA and AAA to be _____.
Totally cool, totally legal
Unconstitutional
Not worth their time
Constitutional
4
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was established to...
outlaw anti-union cnotracts
provide money for construction of dams
Provide direct economic assistance to labor
Make loans to businesses/banks
5
Authorized President to regulate prices and wages
WPA - Works Progress Administration
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NIRA - National Industrial Recovery Act
6
FDR's group of advisers were known as:
Kitchen Cabinet
The Lads
The Brain Trust
Reconstruction Board
7
Employed 8 million people with jobs in everything from construction to art
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
WPA - Works Progress Administration
8
Protected the price of crops; paid farmers not to grow
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)
9
Rebuilding our military provided nearly endless jobs ending the Depression in...
1941
1935
the late 1930s
1937
10
Buying stock "on margin" meant...
purchasing only a few shares of stock
purchasing inexpensive stock
purchasing little known stock
making only a small down payment
11
Which of the following was the biggest factor in causing the Great Depression?
Teapot Dome scandal
Overuse of credit
Low income throughout the 20s
Globalization of American industries
12
Where did most Dust Bowl migrants go?
Nevada
California
Arizona
Oklahoma
13
Herber Hoover was initially like because of his succes in what position?
Secretary of State
Secretary of Commerce
Director of Belgian Aid (WWI)
Both Red and Yellow
14
Which thing did President Hoover NOT try to help solve the Depression?
Directly assisting banks/business
Keeping faith in industrial system
Providing direct relief to people
Relying on tradion of American rugged individualism
15
An unintended success of the New Deal was granting tribal autonomy to...
Corporations
Hispanic Americans
Native Americans
African Americans
16
Author who wrote Of Mice and Men.
Mark Twain
Stephen King
Henry David Thoreau
John Steinbeck
17
Hoover mishandled/mistreated ____ prompitng outrage from Americans.
The US Air Force
The Bonus Army
Former WWI Allies
The March of Dimes
18
The Bonus Expeditionary Force marched on Washington to demand what?
immediate payment of bonus promised to vets
passage of a lower tariff
punishment for those who had forced unemplyed veterans to leave
removal of American troops from Nicaragua
19
Target 18-24 year olds for jobs that include park restoration, tree planting, etc
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
SEC - Securities and Exchange Corporation
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps
WPA - Works Progress Administration
20
What law limited the availability of cheap foreign goods?
Davis-Bacon Act
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Revenue Act of 1932
21
Where did the Dust Bowl happen?
Midwest
Great Plains
the South
California
22
Goal of the New Deal which regulated banks and businesses to prevent future crash.
Relief
Reform
Recovery
Retribution
23
The demand and price of crops during the late 1920s was...
Decreasing
Increasing
Protected by subsidies
Stable
24
Hoover ____ taxes in 1932 to provid for the RFC.
Raised only corporate
Abolished federal
Raised
Lowered
25
The economy crashed on Black Tuesday in October of....?
1932
1930
1924
1929
26
The Social Security Act (1935) provides money for...
unemployment insurance
all of the above
retirees over age 65
those with disabilities (since 1956)
27
FDR's popular and frequent radio broadcasts to the American people.
Fireside Chats
Papa Roosevelt Loves You
National Public Radio
The State of the Union
28
Built dams and flood controls; brought electricity to seven states
SEC - Securities and Exchange Corporation
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
29
How did Hoover handle the Bonus Army?
US military removed them from the capital
The Patman Bill paid them their bonus.
The Bonus Army Bill
Hawley-Smoot Tariff protected their wages
30
The Gold Standard meant we needed more what to increase the money supply?
gold
silver
paper
bronze
31
Regulate the stock market and enforce laws.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
32
What president was blamed for the Depression?
Wilson
Coolidge
FDR
Hoover
33
Why did banks lose money and fail in the 1920s?
Issuing too much credit
World War I
Glass-Steagall Act
Speculating on stocks
34
Which President helped Congress repeal Prohibition?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Harry S. Truman

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