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The Great Depression
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A review of Chapter 9
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1
What did the Emergency Relief and Construction Act provide?
Loans to businesses to create jobs and new facilities
Loans to banks for home construction loans
Loans to the state for direct relief
Funds to purchase agricultural goals
2
Daytime radio dramas were sponsored by makers of laundry soap and nicknamed...
guiding lights
detergent dramas
laundry stories
soap operas
3
Who wrote the
Grapes of Wrath
?
Groucho Marx
Richard Nixon
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
4
Hoover believed that only state and city governments should dole out...
loans
work programs
relief
soup kitchens
5
In the early 1930s, farmers retaliated against foreclosure by creditors and..
destroyed their crops to reduce supply and raise prices
stored their harvest until prices were raised
participated in coast-to-coast hunger marches
marched to Washington, D.C., in protest
6
A long period of rising stocks is known as....
a Bull market
a Bear market
a Margin call
a Crow market
7
What happened when Hoover ordered the military to drive out the Bonus Army?
Habeas Corpus suspended
Supreme Court ruled it to be unconstitutional
Reputation ruined
People approved
8
Which of the following contributed most to the start of the Great Depression in the 1930s?
Overproduction and the excessive use of credit
Immigration restrictions and a lack of skilled workers
High taxes and overspending on social welfare programs
U.S. war debts and the declining value of the U.S. dollar
9
To protect their loans, stockbrokers could issue a demand for immediate repayment, called a....
foreclosure
margin call
collateral
speculation
10
What best describes what happened on Black Tuesday?
Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army marchers.
The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional.
Bank runs forced many banks to stay open for longer hours.
Stock prices fell and American lost much invested money.
11
What happened when depositors lost confidence in their banks?
Many borrowed money from banks to invest in stocks.
Many depositors withdrew their cash from banks.
Many depositors called for government regulation of banks.
Many demanded that banks raise interest rates immediately.
12
Another name for a shanty town is
Hoovervilles
Tramp towns
Hobo towns
Bumvilles
13
Which region of the US did the Dust Bowl most affect?
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
Great Plains
New England
14
The stock market crash on 10/29/1929 was known as...
Black Blizzards
Black Friday
Black Tuesday
Black Monday
15
During the Depression, many unemployed people lived in...
government housing projects
their houses
Hoovervilles or Shantytowns
National parks
16
These provided free or low-cost food for the poor.
Soup kitchen
Public works
Medicare
NCC
17
What was one major campaign issue during the election of 1928?
Depression relief
Economic recovery
Social reform
Prohibition
18
What's now known as Hoover Dam was originally named
Colorado River Dam
Diablo Dam
Boulder Dam
Crowe Dam
19
Which of these drew Okies to California?
A promise of steady farm work
The prospect of plentiful factory work
A cheap home on large plots of land
A mild climate near the ocean
20
What severely dampened commerce and intensified the Depression in the U.S.?
The bear market
The farm shortage
The Federal Reserve
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff
21
Did movies produced during the Depression focus on the plight of the homeless and unemployed?
Maybe so
No
Go away
Yes
22
Which of the following were primary causes of the Dust Bowl?
Black blizzards and climate changes
Dam building
New fertilizers
Prolonged drought and uncultivated lands
23
During the beginning of the Great Depression, what happened when a bank collapsed?
The government stepped in and took over the bank.
The Chamber of Secrets was opened.
The government repaid up to 30 percent of the bank's loss.
Depositors lost their savings.
24
The income difference between the wealthiest people and the poorest people is known as the
wage percentage gap.
spending deficit.
per capita difference.
income gap.
25
In order to pay for public works, the government would have to...
Reduce inflation
Collect reparations
Print money
Borrow from banks
26
This was a key cause of the Depression...
over and out
overage
overproduction
overconsumption
27
The first feature-length animated film was...
Bambi
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Harry and the Basilisk Fang
The Wizard of Oz
28
When a person would make a risky investment in the stock market, hoping for a quick profit:
Speculation
Bull Market
Hooverville
Fundamentalism
29
The purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was...
to make loans to banks, railroads, agricultural institutions
to regulate the stock market
to administer public assistance programs
to manage public works projects
30
Hoover believed in...
Direct relief
Individual responsibility
Deficit spending
Borrowing money from Europe
