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Ch 25 Great Depression
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Test prep for Social Studies Chapter 25 on Great Depression and Dust Bowl
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1
Which group suffered most in the Dust Bowl?
bankers
truckers
welders
farmers
2
Businesses were hurt by the stock market crash because they
had lent all their money to Hoover
had no one that wanted to work anymore
lost their savings in failed banks and had to close/cut back
had no workers to make goods
3
After Supreme Court blocked several N D programs, Roosevelt tried passing act to appoint 6 SCJ
False
True
4
Businesses were hurt by the stock market crash because they
lost all their money gambling
They got rich too fast
had no one that wanted to work
lost their savings in failed banks and had to close/cut back
5
The _____ employed more than 8.5 mil people from 1935-43, building roads, bridges and airports.
PMS
CCC
CIO
WPA
6
Americans regained faith in banks after President Roosevelt signed a law that did what?
required all bank presidents to be fired
the treasury department to print all new money
allowed only healthy banks to remain open
required all the farmers to get their money back
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Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath?"
John Jacob Jingle Himer Smith
R. L. Stein
John Steinbeck
Woody Guthrie
8
Herbert Hoover lost the election in 1932 mainly because Americans
lost confidence in him or blamed him for the Depression
thought he would spend too much government money
thought he would raise taxes
worried about his priorities
9
Critics who thought the New Deal went too far claimed that
the new laws gave the president too much authority
the government should take over all the wealth
the programs didn't help the rich
the cost of the new programs could bankrupt businesses
10
People who could not afford to buy stocks at full price began to do this
buying on margin
doing without
selling stocks
buying on credit
11
Critics thought the New Deal went too far claimed
it would make all the banks fail
the programs were too expensive
the new laws gave the president too much authority
It gave Hoover too much power
12
Convinced her husband to create NYA to help young workers stay in school
Martha Washington
Harriet Hoover
Meleah Trump
Eleanor Roosevelt
13
What happened on black Tuesday?
Half a million workers lost their jobs
The stock market crashed
Over 2,000 banks closed
there was a solar eclipse, causing the sky to go dark
14
A group called _____organized workers into unions based on industry not skill level.
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Tennessee Valley Authority
PLC's
CCC
15
He authorized $1.2 billion in aid in the first year of depression
Donald Trump
Thomas Jefferson
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
16
An African American educator appointed to Roosevelt's administration.
Mrs. Putnam
Mary Ingles Wilder
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mary McLeod Bethune
17
Grasses and trees were planted in the Dust Bowl to try and stop this.
drought
soil erosion
farming
the wind
18
The passage of the Social Security Act was the first time the gov. took citizens well being res
True
False
19
One of the major causes of the Great Depression was the ______ of goods
subproduction
overproduction
loss of production
underproduction
20
1st Lady convinced husband to create NYA to help workers stay in school.
True
False
