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1
Which opponent believed that there should be a "shared wealth plan"?
Dr. Townsend
KKK
Sen Huey Long
Father Coughlin
2
Which Agency was originally created to control flooding and produce electrical power?
SEC
FCC
TVA
FHA
3
Which agency was created to lend money to businesses, banks, and insurance companies?
RFC
AAA
PWA
NCC
4
Homeless shack/shantytowns during the Great Depression were known as ______.
Hoover crossings
Hooverville
Hoovertowns
Hooverburg
5
__ is investing in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope that it will gain.
Overproduction
Laissez-faire
Speculation
Margin
6
What form of technology did people utilize during the Dep. to escape from hard times?
Radios
Cars
Telephones
Television
7
What is buying stocks by only paying a portion of what the stock is worth?
margin
gap
partial
in-full
8
Which opponent believed in international banking conspiracies and that Jews were behind it?
Long
Coughlin
KKK
Townsend
9
Who won the Presidential Election of 1936?
Thomas
Lemke
Landon
Roosevelt
10
Which tariff was implemented during the Gr. Dep and intensified it by raising taxes on imports?
Hawley-Smoot
Hawley-Smooth
Harley-Smoot
Harley-Smooth
11
Which date is known as Black Tuesday?
Oct. 29, 1930
Oct. 29, 1928
Oct. 29, 1921
Oct. 29, 1929
12
Who won the 1928 Presidential election?
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
FDR
Al Smith
13
On which date did the stock market initially crash?
Oct. 24, 1929
Oct. 27, 1929
Oct. 21, 1929
Oct. 29, 1929
14
Which Agency helped farmers and was an agricultural lender?
TVA
FCA
FHA
SSB
15
Which Agency solved issues with the market crash and protected investors?
SEC
FHA
FDIC
SSB
16
Which Agency insures bank deposits?
FCC
SEC
FCA
FDIC
17
What type of market encourages buying and has soaring stock prices?
Bear market
Bull market
Wolf Market
Cow Market
18
Which Agency was founded to help those with disabilities and the elderly?
SSB
SEC
FCA
FHA
19
Which President was elected in 1932?
Coolidge
FDR
Smith
Hoover
20
Which radical opponent believed that the govt should pay $200/mo. to those over 60?
Dr. Townsend
Sen Huey Long
Father Coughlin
KKK
21
Which of these major events caused farming to collapse in the Great Plains and Midwest?
the Great Depression
the Second New Deal
the New Deal
the Dust Bowl
22
The long drought in the Midwest during the Great Depression was known as what?
Dust Trough
Dust Bowl
Dust Pan
Dust Spoon
23
There was a lack of ___ in the stock market because of laissez-faire.
organization
regulation
structure
leadership
24
Who did FDR created the Revenue Act of 1935 in response to?
Townsend
KKK
Long
Coughlin
25
Which of these social classes was the LARGEST leading up to the Great Depression?
All of them were equal
Middle
Lower
Upper
26
How many pieces of legislation were created at the beginning of Roosevelt's first term?
17
16
14
15
27
What did FDR create in response to Dr. Townsend?
Reform Act of 1935
Social Security Act of 1935
Revenue Act of 1935
Banking Act of 1935
28
Which group(s) were treated unfairly in the workplace during the Gr. Dep. and New Deal?
Hispanics
Women
African Americans
All of these groups
29
Which group felt that the New Deal went too far in helping the American people?
Democrats
Radicals
Conservatives
Liberals
30
Which of these was a common perception of the economy and Pres. Hoover?
Hoover wanted the Gr. Dep. to happen.
The economy was already starting to fail when Hoover started
Hoover didn't care about the economy.
The economy was fine until Hoover became POTUS.
31
Who did FDR create the Banking Act of 1935 in response to?
KKK
Long
Coughlin
Townsend
32
The New Deal was meant to ______ banks and the stock market.
Reform
Recover
Revitalize
Relieve
33
Which opponent of the New Deal felt like the govt. didn't do enough to help the people?
Socialists
Radicals
Conservatives
Liberals
34
What did banks do during the Dep. to keep from going out of business?
Bank vacation
Bank holiday
Bank breaks
Bank celebrations
35
Which Agency was initially created to give jobs to construction workers and helped with loans?
FDIC
TVA
FCA
FHA
36
Within how many days did Roosevelt say that he would make changes during his first term?
50
75
125
100