Depression/New Deal Test US 2

Provided a pension for retired workers, aided the disabled, the poor mothers, and the elderly

Main intention of the Hawley –Smoot Tariff Act

Democrats won both Senate runoff races in ___, giving control of the Senate to Democrats .

The members of the Bonus Army were ________.

Some Democratic politicians want Vice President Pence to invoke the ___ Amendment to remove the president from office.

Portraits like this one demonstrated the effect of the Depression. Who is the photographer?

What was the first major action Roosevelt took as President?

The purpose of the ___ was to insure savings accounts in banks.

The Dust Bowl was caused by all of the following except

During the 1920s, farmers suffered because

This painting by Grant Wood shows

What did conservative critics think about the New Deal?

Why did Hoover refuse to give food or money to the public?

A long period of decline in the economy with high unemployment and inflation

What is this called? (Hint: It was an insult to the President)

The Dust Bowl created a migration of people moving mainly west.

What is this?

Felt that the New Deal policies did not help the common person & proposed ‘Share Our Wealth’?

Which statement about BHS is FALSE?

Which of the following of Roosevelt’s ideas failed to become law?

Businesses that sell parts of their ownership, called shares, to investors are known as

What is this? (Hint: It is an insult to the President.)

Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

Deficit spending means that the government spends

The Grapes of Wrath, a novel about the hard lives of Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl

Two runny-nosed _____ tested positive for COVID at a Belgian zoo, in what might be a first for the species.

What happened during the "First Hundred Days?"

The use of risky techniques hoping to make a quick profit in the stock market is known as