Black Tuesday can best be described as

The Dust Bowl, The day the stock market crashed

What was a soup kitchen?

Place set up by churches and charities to feed the poor

Informal talks given by FDR over the radio

To gain support for his New Deal programs FDR attempted to

raise the number of justices from 9 to 15

Programs associated with the New Deal

Emergency Banking Act and Social Security

What was FDR's Brain trust about?

a group of advisors to help FDR with the depression

Why did people call these shacks "Hoovervilles"

They felt he did not help them and were angry

One cause of the stock market crash was

investors buying stocks on margin

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1
Black Tuesday can best be described as
The day the New Deal was introduced
The day FDR got re elected
The Dust Bowl
The day the stock market crashed
2
Herbert Hoover’s policy toward the depression was
a laissez faire
a Democratic
aggressive
to offer social welfare programs
3
What was a soup kitchen?
A new kind of restaurant in the 1930s
Part of FDR's New Deal
a government plan set up by Pres Hoover
Place set up by churches and charities to feed the poor
4
The area that was hardest hit by the dustbowl was the ______.
Deep South
Northeast
Midwest
West Coast
5
FDR's Fireside chats
Informal talks given by FDR over the radio
Herbert Hoover's idea to fix the depression
Theodore Roosevelt talks on television
Established a system for the buying and selling of shares
6
This is a risky way to purchase stocks
buying stocks on margin
buying stocks in bulk
using a credit card
none of the above
7
To gain support for his New Deal programs FDR attempted to
reduce the number of justices
Have the Supreme court go on a Spring break
None of the above
raise the number of justices from 9 to 15
8
One contributing factor to the Depression was
People buying items on credit
A surplus of imports
restrictions on immigration
World War II
9
What was a lasting program of the NewDeal ?
The Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security
10
Hoover or FDR?
Hoover
FDR
11
What did FDR do to help the economy in his first 100 days?
Bank Holiday
gave out checks of 500 to each family
opened more soup kitchens
Said people did not have to pay rent for 2 months
12
Programs associated with the New Deal
Immigration Quota Act and Alien and Sedition Act
Emergency Banking Act and Social Security
Morrill Act and Prohibition
Sherman Anti trust Act and Securities Act
13
What was FDR's Brain trust about?
a group of advisors to help FDR with the depression
The government soup kitchen advisory
Hoover's advisors to construct the dam project
The department of motor vehicles
14
What were the "3 Rs" of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Really, Really, Riled
Right, Real, Rigor
Reckless, Reduction, Remediation
15
FDR's plan to remedy the Great Depression was
The New Deal
The Square Deal
The trail of tears
The Fair shake
16
TRUE OR FALSE FDR WON AN ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE IN 1932
FALSE
TRUE
17
When was the Dust Bowl
1880’s
1940’s
1930’s
2000’s
18
Why did people call these shacks "Hoovervilles"
They supported Pres Hoover
They wanted Pres Hoover to be reelected
They enjoyed living this way
They felt he did not help them and were angry
19
One of Hoover's few Depression Projects was the Hoover Dam
False
True
20
One cause of the stock market crash was
farmers selling too many goods to Europe
investors buying stocks on margin
none of the above
World War 1

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