U.S. - Unit 10: Great Depression & New Deal

Question 1

(3) A Shantytown is BEST described as...

Accepted Answer

A community of makeshift homes

Question 2

(13) What was an effect of 50% of the American population living in poverty?

Accepted Answer

consumer goods were not being sold

Question 3

(11) What was the purpose of the Federal Deposits Insurance Commission (FDIC)?

Accepted Answer

Insure bank deposits and restore people's faith in the banking system

Question 4

(7) Which of the following was a criticism FDR's New Deal programs?

Accepted Answer

It made people too dependent on the federal government

Question 5

(4) Which of the following states would have been MOST affected by the Dust Bowl?

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma

Question 6

(12) What was the purpose of the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)?

Accepted Answer

It limited the production of crops to help raise prices

Question 7

(6) Which of the following would BEST describe a result of the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

The federal government became more involved in the U.S. economy

Question 8

(9) Why did many banks start closing after the stock market crash?

Accepted Answer

Many people distrusted banks and withdrew their money

Question 9

(3) What is a "Hooverville"?

Accepted Answer

Areas where homeless families lived in the Great Depression

Question 10

(10 - bold + answer) The purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority was to bring _____________ to Tennessee and the South

Accepted Answer

electricity

Question 11

What was FDR's reason for creating a "Second New Deal"?

Accepted Answer

To help groups of people who had been excluded from the original New Deal

Question 12

(15) How was Roosevelt's approach to the Great Depression different than Hoover's?

Accepted Answer

FDR got to work immediately; Hoover waited to see what would happen

Question 13

(19) What is the best description of FDR's plan to reorganize the federal judiciary?

Accepted Answer

A plan to "pack the court" with judges who would support FDR's plans

Question 14

(add to 11) Where might you find a sign for the Federal Deposits Insurance Commission (FDIC)?

Accepted Answer

A bank

Question 15

Why did the Supreme Court declare certain parts of the New Deal unconstitutional?

Accepted Answer

Some programs were an "overreach" of the federal government's power

Question 16

Which of the following was an immediate effect of the New Deal programs?

Accepted Answer

Americans were put back to work

Question 17

(20) Which of the following were causes of the Dust Bowl?

Accepted Answer

Nationwide drought, Wind storms, Unusually long dry season, Poor farming techniques

Question 18

(18) Who was FDR's greatest opponent?

Accepted Answer

Huey P. Long

Question 19

(1) Which of the following were factors that led to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Overproduction & underconsumption, Banking panic, Stock Market speculation & disparity in wealth

Question 20

(8) What was the purpose of the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)?

Accepted Answer

regulate and stabilize the stock market to prevent another crash

Question 21

(14 - just write "bank runs" as one answer to 14) How did "bank runs" worsen the Depression?

Accepted Answer

Many banks had to close due to a shortage of cash

Question 22

(5) Which choice best describes Hoover's response to the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

He did not act until the Depression was too far gone to fix

Question 23

(2) What were the effects of overproduction & underconsumption?

Accepted Answer

The prices of goods fell

Question 24

What was the purpose of the New Deal programs?

Accepted Answer

Jumpstart the economy during the Great Depression

Question 25

(14) Which of the following are true about bank failures during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

the FDIC was created to insure bank deposits, thousands of US banks closed, many people lost their life savings that were in banks

Question 26

(17) Which of the following were problems the nation was facing at the beginning of FDR's first term?

Accepted Answer

2 million homeless people, Bank closures, Massive unemployment, Americans had no confidence in the government, Farm prices down

Question 27

(20) What were some of the consequences/effects of the Dust Bowl?

Accepted Answer

1/3 of residents moved away, Health problems, Crop damage, Environmental damage

Question 28

(16) Which of the following were things the Public Works Administration worked on?

Accepted Answer

Roads, Bridges, Dams

U.S. - Unit 10: Great Depression & New Deal

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