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The Great Depression
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1
What New Deal program built dams and power plants to bring electricity to the rural south?
Tenessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Reserve Board
National Recervery Adminstration
2
The Stock Market crash in 1929 led to
the Dust Bowl
Bank failures
a rise in employment
Prohibition
3
The FDIC insured bank deposits and gave Americans confidence in the banking industry.
False
True
4
Most of the "Okies" that relocated out of the midwest during the Dust Bowl moved to...
Mexico
The Northeast
The South
California
5
A lasting legacy of the New Deal is increased government regulation of the economy.
False
True
6
The National Recovery Administration controlled which of the following...
both of the above
Setting a minimum wage
none of the above
Setting a minimum price for goods
7
The group of WWI veterans that marched on Washington DC in the 1932 was called the...
Share the Wealth Club
Bonus Army
Klu Klux Klan
Veterans Squad
8
What was the purpose of the Bank Holiday?
so the federal government could take over the banks
to create more banks
to give bankers the day off
To stop the run on banks and hopefully save the good banks
9
The buying of Installment Plans in the 1920's led to...
little or no debt
a decrease in consumer spending
increased personal debt
lack of consumer goods
10
Buying on Margin in the 1920's was a precursor to the Great Depression.
False
True
11
The main idea of the New Deal was that the government should let free market forces work the US out of the Depression.
True
False
12
Louisiana senator and governor who strongly criticized FDR and was assassinated before running for President.
Francis Townsend
Charles Lindberg
Huey Long
Father Charles Coughlin
13
Republican presidents in the 1920's encouraged economic growth by...
not interferring with business
increasing taxes
increasaing power of the government
encouraging immigration
14
The Wagner Act gave government protection and recognition to Veterans.
False
True
15
How did President Hoover first try to deal with the Great Depression?
Little government intervention
Banking reform
Social Gospel and small public works projects
Large Scale Government Intervention
16
The economic boom of the 1920's was caused primarily by the new economic policies of the League of Nations
False
True
17
This major American novel told the story of a Dust Bowl family...
The Great Gatsby
Gone With the Wind
Cannery Row
The Grapes of Wrath
