During the height of the Great Depression, approximately 25% of Americans were

Unemployed and could not earn income

Reform measures of the New Deal were designed to

Correct problems with banking and investment policies

Which of the following expands the economy?

An increase in government spending

How did installment plans affect the American economy in the 1920's?

Fueled the growth of the consumer economy

How did the New Deal reshape modern American capitalism?

It gave the government a larger role in the economy

One example of a Recovery program was:

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

One example of a Reform measure:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

What does the graph suggest about the effectiveness of the New Deal Programs?

The programs were able to employ an increasing # of people

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1
During the height of the Great Depression, approximately 25% of Americans were
Unable to vote
Homeless and living in Hoovervilles
Unemployed and could not earn income
Moving to California
2
What tariff was intended to help American business?
Mo-Money Act
Hawley-Smoot Act
Harvey-Dent Act
Tea-Tax Act
3
FDR came out with a what deal to help America combat the Great Depression?
Square Deal
Great Deal
Circle Deal
New Deal
4
Collapse of the nation's banking system led to:
Supply of money was increased
Increase in low protective tariffs
Federal Reserve created
Supply of money was restricted
5
What do you call the way the money supply is regulated by the Federal Reserve?
Banking Policy
Currency Policy
Foreign Policy
Monetary Policy
6
Social Security Act:
Was a relief measure
Offered minimum wage to all workers
Offered jobs to the unemployed
Offered safeguards for workers
7
Reform measures of the New Deal were designed to
Allow business to correct economic problems
Correct problems with banking and investment policies
End the use of alcohol in America
Eliminate the stock market
8
Which of the following expands the economy?
A decrease in government spending
An increase in government spending
An increase in taxes
A decrease in the money supply
9
How did installment plans affect the American economy in the 1920's?
Reinforced the demand for lower tariffs
Led to a sharp decline in average wages
Fueled the growth of the consumer economy
Inspired Americans to cut back on luxury items
10
How did the New Deal reshape modern American capitalism?
It reduced the power of the government in the economy
It allowed the government to make all economic decisions
It granted the government ownership over all major industry
It gave the government a larger role in the economy
11
One example of a Recovery program was:
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Hawley-Smoot Act
Works Progress Administration
Social Security Act
12
One example of a Reform measure:
Hawley-Smoot Act
Public Works Act
Public Policies Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
13
What does the graph suggest about the effectiveness of the New Deal Programs?
The programs were able to employ an increasing # of people
The programs were ineffective before 1933
The programs were most effective in 1929
The programs made people less willing to work
14
A rise in the level of prices of goods and services is called
Recession
Deflation
Inflation
Depression
15
During the 1930s, many farmers migrated west from the Great Plains because of the:
High farm prices
Baby boom
Dust Bowl
New technologies
16
Who said, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself?"
William Taft
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
17
What marked the end of the Great Depression
Spanish-American War
WWIII
WWII
WWI
18
The Works Progress Administration is what part of FDR's New Deal?
Relief
Reform
Reduce
Recover

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