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The Great Depression and New Deal
The Great Depression and New Deal
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Chapters 9 and 10
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1
Roosevelt communicated with Americans successfully using. . .
TV Broadcasts
Fireside Chats
Live speeches all over the nation
Formal Addresses
2
The Federal Reserve mistakenly didn't do what prior to the Great Depression?
Raise tariffs
Raise interest rates
Lower tariffs
Lower interest rates
3
This author of Of Mice and Men wrote about the Dust Bowl.
T.S. Eliot
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
Ernest Hemingway
4
This program created the first nationwide child labor laws.
Fair Labor Standards Act
Federal Number One
National Labor Relations Act
Works Progress Administration
5
This economist believed that deficit spending was necessary to help the economy.
Thomas Malthus
Adam Smith
John Maynard Keynes
Franklin Roosevelt
6
After the market crashed, people ran here to pull their money out.
Stock market
Businesses
Banks
Their mattresses
7
This Louisiana congressman believed FDR needed to redistribute wealth in the US.
Herbert Hoover
Huey Long
Eleanor Roosevelt
Father Coughlin
8
Spending more than you make is called . . .
Surplus
Deficit
Saving
Credit
9
This provided a pension for the elderly and disabled.
Social Security
The Securities and Exchange Commission
National Labor Relations Act
Federal Number One Program
10
The first thing FDR did as president was close. . .
Roads
The government
Banks
Businesses
11
These wondering unemployed rode the rails looking for work.
Vigilantes
Workers
Hobos
Anarchists
12
Up to how many justices would FDR be able to add to the Supreme Court under court packing?
9
6
1
3
13
This is the practice of borrowing to buy stock.
Buying on the margin
Investing
Speculation
Optimism
14
This provided subsidies to farmers to produce less.
Rural Electrification Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Security Administration
15
This group is considered the "watchdog of the stock market".
National Recovery Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
16
This 1932 Democratic candidate's campaign slogan was "happy days are here again".
Al Smith
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
17
This was one state in the Dust Bowl.
California
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
18
This built a multitude of hydroelectric dams over the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
19
This New Deal program hired photographers like Dorthea Lange.
AAA
FSA
NRA
FCA
20
This contributed to loss of export sales for the United States.
A surplus of farm goods
Increased technology
Mass production of automobiles
The Smoot Hawley Tariff
21
Conservative Americans shied away from this 1928 candidate partially because he was Catholic.
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Al Smith
Calvin Coolidge
22
Because of high pay and benefits, many didn't join these.
Unions
Anarchists
Communist groups
Corporations
23
A group of shacks.
Hoover Flag
Hoover Hotel
Hooverville
Hoover blanket
24
This group nullified the NRA and AAA.
Congress
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Army
25
Of the "Three Rs" which was the most successful?
Reform
Recovery
Relief
26
This New Deal program created unions in industries where there weren't any.
National Labor Relations Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Industrial Recovery Act
27
This separated commercial and investment banks.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Bank Holiday
The Glass Steagall Act
The Securities and Exchange Commission
28
This provided jobs in the arts.
Federal Number One
National Recovery Adiminstration
National Labor Relations Act
Public Works Administration
29
She was Franklin Roosevelt's "eyes and ears".
Eleanor Roosevelt
Francis Perkins
Mary McCleod Bethune
Anna Roosevelt
30
What occurred on Black Thursday?
Shopping spree
Stock market crash
Bank runs
A dust storm
31
This provided jobs for young men in conservation.
Federal Number One Program
Public Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
32
This provides insurance on bank deposits.
National Recovery Administration
Glass Steagall Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
33
This administration brought companies together to create codes of fair competition.
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Recovery Administration
Works Progress Administration
Federal Number One Administration
34
This industry had encouraged Americans to use credit more often.
Advertising
Automobile
Consumer goods
Music
35
Whose campaign slogan was "two cars in every garage"?
Calvin Coolidge
Al Smith
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
36
Unemployment in the mid to late 1920s was around...
5%
3%
4%
2%
37
This gave $2 billion to banks in 1932.
Pubic Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
38
This regulated the Colorado River and provided electricity to people in the Southwest.
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Blackwater Dam
The Hoover Dam
The Grand Coulee Dam
39
This group marched to Washington in 1932 looking for early payment of WWI bonus.
US Army
Republicans
Bonus Army
Democrats
40
By the mid 1920s, many Americans were investing in this.
The Stock Market
Cracker Jacks
Airplanes
Pez