The 1930s and the Great Depression

Question 1

An average of 75% of Americans were working during the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

During the Great Depression, this group often suffered in silence & rarely stood in breadlines

Accepted Answer

Women

Question 3

What was the name of photographer who took this picture?

Accepted Answer

Dorthea Lange

Question 4

A group of WWI veterans that marched on Washington to collect their WWI pension

Accepted Answer

The Bonus Army

Question 5

Franklin Roosevelt's communication with the American public on the radio were known as:

Accepted Answer

Fireside Chats

Question 6

To help improve the economy, Hoover developed this public works project that is named for him

Accepted Answer

Hoover Dam

Question 7

What was the highest tariff in U.S. history and is considered a cause of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Hawley Smoot Tariff

Question 8

A weather phenomenon that severely affected farmers on the Great Plains

Accepted Answer

The Dust Bowl

Question 9

What is the name for the day that the stock market plummeted?

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Question 10

An act that provided a pension for the elderly

Accepted Answer

Social Security

Question 11

Finish Roosevelt's quote, "the only thing we have to fear is______________________"

Accepted Answer

fear itself

Question 12

The travel industry continued to grow during the 1930s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Farmers and the working class more affected by the Great Depression than the very wealthy

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The average unemployment rate during the 1930s and the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

25%

Question 15

What was the practice of borrowing money to buy stocks?

Accepted Answer

Buying on margin

Question 16

This mouse became famous during the 1930s

Accepted Answer

Mickey Mouse

Question 17

The WPA and the Federal Art Project provided a living wage to this group of people

Accepted Answer

Artists

Question 18

This term refers to the act of engaging in the practice of investing in risky business

Accepted Answer

Speculation

Question 19

A form of aid from the US government in the form of a cash payment during the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

Direct Relief

Question 20

How many times was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

Accepted Answer

4

Question 21

This New Deal Act aided farmers during the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

AAA Agricultural Adjustment Administration

Question 22

Place where people could get free food during the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

Breadlines

Question 23

The large difference between the rich and poor that was a cause of the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

Unequal distribution of wealth

Question 24

Places where warm food was given to the needy during the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

Soup kitchens

Question 25

What was the opinion of Hoover's actions at the onset of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

He wasn't doing enough

Question 26

This form of entertainment was available with sound and color by 1939

Accepted Answer

movies

Question 27

The WPA and Federal Writers Project provided jobs for these people to "tell America's story"

Accepted Answer

writers

Question 28

An action by Hoover to lower interest rates and extend credit for homeowners and farmers

Accepted Answer

Federal Home Loan Bank Act

Question 29

This program put many men to work on projects like schools such as Penns Grove Regional High

Accepted Answer

PWA

Question 30

Communities of make-shift housing for the homeless

Accepted Answer

Shantytowns/Hoovervilles

Question 31

Measure of the stock market’s health in which the average price of top US stocks are reported

Accepted Answer

Dow Jones Average

Question 32

Who was the president responsible for instituting the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 33

Nickname for housing built by the government for the homeless that showed disgust for Hoover

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 34

The number of days in which many of the initial New Deal programs were passed

Accepted Answer

100

Question 35

These high taxes on imported goods were a cause of the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

High tariffs

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