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Great Depression
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1
Billy took out a loan to purchase stocks for Starbucks. This is called--
buying on margin.
tariffing.
underspeculating
money laundering.
2
What were the radio addresses given by FDR?
Fireside Chats
Fireside Stories
Nightly News
Radiocasts
3
A tariff is--
helpful during the Depression.
a tax on imported goods.
the cost of transport across the ocean.
illegal during the Depression.
4
Who went to Washington D.C. and demanded their money from the federal government?
Speculators
Investors
Okies
Bonus Army
5
Who said, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?”
Teddy Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
6
A slum created by whatever is available is a--
slum.
Rooseveltville
tenement.
shantytown.
7
What was FDR's plan to get the USA out of the Depression?
Fireside Deal
Real Deal
Old Deal
New Deal
8
What is another word for "surplus"?
overproduction
underproduction
9
What was the name for the massive environmental disaster in the Midwest in the 1930?
Blizzard Bowl
Migration Trek
Dust Bowl
Okies Migration
10
The Dust Bowl was caused by drought and--
the Federal Reserve.
the New Deal.
healthy crop rotations.
misuse of land and soil.
11
What is the nickname for the many New Deal agencies?
OMGSMHBBQ
Alphabet Soup
New Deal Bonanza
Fireside Soup
12
Hoovervilles earned their name because--
he gave money to the Bonus Army.
people blamed President Hoover for the Depression.
President Hoover helped the homeless.
FDR hated President Hoover.
13
Which event got the United States out of the Great Depression?
World War II
World War I
Spanish American War
Stock Market crash
14
What is the central bank of the United States?
Enterprise Inc.
White House
Federal Reserve
Congress
15
Which New Deal agency focused on young men 18-25 helping the environment?
SEC
CCC
TVA
FDIC
16
Black Tuesday was the day--
the Dust Bowl started.
Herbert Hoover was elected.
the Stock Market crashed.
WWI ended.
17
A surplus causes prices to--
do nothing.
stay the same.
drop.
rise.
18
Homelessness, unemployment, farmers going bankrupt, and failure of banks and businesses are--
impacts of the Depression.
impacts of the Jazz Age.
impacts of the New Deal.
impacts of the Bonus Army.
19
Farmers ________________ crops just before the Stock Market crash.
overproduced
under produced
few
grew the perfect number of
20
Which New Deal agency provides a federal pension, unemployment and disability compensation?
SEC
CCC
PWA
SSA
21
Which people wandered across the United States looking for farm work?
HUNDO P
Investors
Veterans
Okies
22
How did tariffs affect the USA during the Great Depression?
They helped farmers.
They made things worse.
They mainly hurt the Bonus Army.
They helped everyone.
23
Who did the AAA focus on helping?
Farmers
Banks
Speculators
Men ages 18-25
24
Who received the most help from the New Deal?
Farmers
Bonus Army
Speculators
Stockbrokers
25
Before and during the Depression the Federal Reserve had--
few and bad policies.
not been created.
great success.
been properly funded.
26
Which New Deal agency was controversial for competing against private businesses?
AAA
FDIC
TVA
CCC
27
Which organization insures banks?
TSA
FDIC
SEC
TVA
28
The Social Security Administration helps people that--
are poor farmers.
middle class.
have no other source of income.
were in the Bonus Army.
29
Which of the following is
not
one of the three "R"s of the New Deal?
Reform
Relief
Recovery
Readjustment
30
What was the great irony about the United States during the Depression?
The Dust Bowl had little impact on the lives of farmers.
The New Deal did nothing to help.
Despite high unemployment, people were happy.
In a land of plenty, there were people facing starvation.
