Great Depression Questions

Question 1

The Bonus Army was a group of World War I veterans who were promised a bonus in 1945 but wanted to receive them in 1932

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What were 2 major results of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Increase in Unemployment, People losing life savings

Question 3

From 1930-1932, how much did unemployment increase?

Accepted Answer

4 Million to 12 Million

Question 4

Overproduction led to factory workers losing jobs and prices dropping

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

You're going to pass your quiz

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

As a result of the Dust Bowl, farmers were forced to sell their farms and move to where?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 7

What were 3 major New Deal Programs?

Accepted Answer

Public Works Administration, Tennesee Valley Authority, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Question 8

The Great Plains suffered a huge drought in 1931, it became known as?

Accepted Answer

The Dust Bowl

Question 9

What were 2 causes of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Overproduction, Bank Closings

Question 10

What event was a major spark to the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

The Stock Market Crash

Question 11

Businessmen absolutely loved the New Deal

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

What were the 3 goals of the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Reforms to prevent another depression, Relief for the unemployed, Plans for Recovery

Question 13

An increase in homelessness led to an increase in shanty towns called what?

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 14

President Hoover send the Army to disband a camp of World War I veterans camping out in Washington D.C.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

FDR had a Court Packing Scheme that would increase the number of Supreme Court judges from 9 to 15

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The New Deal ended the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

The Stock Market Crash on October 29, 1929 was known as what?

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Question 18

What did Franklin D. Roosevelt promise to Americans to help with the effects of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

The New Deal

Question 19

What were 2 Recovery Plans in the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Agricultural Adjustment Administration, National Recovery Act

Question 20

What were 2 prevention reforms in the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Securites and Exchange Commision (SEC)

Question 21

FDR wanted to reduce the number of Supreme Court judges

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Herbert Hoover defeated Franklin Roosevelt in the 1932 US election

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

11 New Deal Plans were ruled Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

True

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