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Great Depression Brinkmeyer
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1
The name of FDR's plans and policies to get America out of the Great Depression?
The Square Deal
The Fair Deal
The Great Society
The New Deal
2
The "banking holiday" meant that
Every banker got a free vacation
All banks had to close temporarily to prevent further panics
Everyone got a day off from work
the day the SEC was formed
3
Breadlines/Soup Kitchens were
Places for those to find food
speakeasies in the 1920's
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Fireside Chats were
President Hoover's speeches to the people
talks that Okies and hoboes had around their campfires
President roosevelt's weekly radio speeches
when Eleanor Roosevelt would go to the Hoovervilles
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What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
A huge fire destroyed most of the city
The worst stock-market crash in US history occurred
A huge Civil War battle was fought in Manhattan
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Which of the following best describes First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt?
she made sure to decorate White House for every holiday
she served as a US Senator
she followed traditional, more passive, role of First Lady
she took an active role as First Lady
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Dorthea Lange
photojournalist of the 1930's
Wrote Gone With the Wind
Wrote The Grapes of Wrath
Produced a play about the Depression-era worker
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Social Security Act
A program to build cheap housing for homeless Americans
a program to feed unemployed Americans
A job program to pout Americans back to work
A program to give retirement pensions and aid to blind and disabled people
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What is the purpose of the FDIC?
Protects home values
Protects money given to workers
Protects the bank buildings
Protects money put in banks
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What caused the Dust Bowl?
A drought along with too much farming
Not enough people lived in that area
The people did not farm the land enough
Too much rain caused flooding
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I was known as "The New Deal President" in the 1930's.
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Law of Supply & Demand
Both
Neither
When supplies becomes scarcer, prices rise
when supplies become plentiful, prices tend to drop.
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The Hoover Dam was originally called
Colorado Dam.
Beaver Dam.
Roosevelt Dam.
Boulder Dam.
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Public work projects were
Community outreach programs that taught lift skills
None of the above
Art projects done by unemployed school teachers
Government funded projects to employ people
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
hired unemployed men to work on public service projects
offered benefits to the old or unemployed
paid farmers not to grow certain crops to raise the prices
brought electricity to the country for a good price
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In what ways did the New Deal help Americans?
It helped people pay taxes
It protected people from discrimination
It provided jobs, food, and shelter for those in need
It improved education for all citizens
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Causes of Great Depression
income inequality
shaky banking practices
overproduction
all of the above
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Speculation (stock market) is when you try to make a quick profit
True
False
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Who was President when the Great Depression began?
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Millard Fillmore
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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What did the Bonus Army want?
to avoid WWII
jobs working for the U.S. military
Early payment of money owed from WWI
loans to help pay off their mortgages
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Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
The New Deal tried to start too many new programs
Banks had to close because they did not have enough money
Many businesses had a surplus of goods that couldn't be sold
People bought stocks on credit or borrowed money
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"Buying on margin" refers to...
using relief money to repay debts
buying expensive consumer items on credit
borrowing money to pay for stocks
offering commission-based jobs
