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The Great Depression
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1
Where did some homeless people live during the depression?
Hooverburgs
Hoover Towns
Hoovervilles
Hoover villages
2
One sign that economy was weakening in the 1920's was...
collapse of large businesses
uneven distribution of wealth
underproduction of goods
even distribution of wealth
3
What happened in the 1936 election?
FDR lost by a landslide
FDR won by a landslide
the Progressives took power
FDR packed the Supreme Court
4
FDRs program to spur economic recovery & provide relief for Americans
New System
New Frontier
New Deal
New Plan
5
Passed by Congress to protect domestic industries from foreign imports
19th Ammendment
21st Amendment
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
6
What did some people agree to do when a farm was auctioned?
hold a party
keep bids low
buy the farm
give seed to the farmer
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What was ended with the 21st amendment?
imperialism
depression
prohibition
capitalism
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Where would you find information about stock prices?
business cycle
Dow Jones Industrial Average
21st Amendment
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
9
Why did FDR cut back on relief programs in 1937?
wanted to lower social security tax
worried about rising nationa l debt
had lost faith in the government programs
wanted to put money in the people's hands
10
What criticism did many Progressives make of the New Deal?
It unfairly taxed hardworking people.
It didn't do enough to redistribute wealth.
It smacked of "Bolshevism."
It promoted a regimented society.
11
What was a New Deal legacy?
restored hope
lowered social security tax
started World War II
took hope from people
12
Who was Herbert Hoover's opponent in the 1928 election?
James Smith
Alfred E. Newman
Alfred E. Smith
John Smith
13
What was a cause of the Great Depression?
overproduction
uneven prosperity
stock market speculation
personal debt
14
Total amount of money borrowed that the federal government has yet to repay
national consumption
hundred days
national debt
national payment
15
Provided new jobs, cheap electric power, flood control and recreation for its region
Tennessee Valley Authority
national debt
hundred days
Social Security System
16
What was President Hoover's strategy for ending the Depression?
set up federal relief programs
lowering import duties
massive government spending
voluntary controls in the business sector
17
Who got preference for jobs under the New Deal
men and women
boys and girls
men and boys
women and girls
18
This repealed the ban on alcoholic beverages
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
22nd Amendment
23 Amendment
19
Purchase stock with the sole purpose of selling it to someone else for a profit
subversive
republican
speculator
fundamentalist
20
What was a major environmental crisis of the 1930s?
Rose Bowl
Sugar Bowl
Cotton Bowl
Dust Bowl
21
What did most Americans believe about the economy in the 1920s?
prosperity would continue
delighted with government control
happy that wealth was evenly distributed
the bubble was about to burst
22
What opinion changed in the 1932 election?
wheat production
gun control
government responsibilities
raising taxes
23
Funded through contributions, this established several types of social insurance
hundred days
Social Security system
national debt
New Deal
24
Why did FDR declare a "bank holiday" early in his administration?
to inspect financial health of the banks
to weaken the banking industry
to cut off the use of cash
to give people in the banking industry a well-earned break
25
Period in which economy grows, then contracts
tricycle
work cycle
business cycle
stock cycle
26
Who benefitted from the rise in the stock market in the 1920s?
rich
small business
middle class
poor people
27
Were working conditions of domestic workers addressed under the New Deal legislation?
don't know
yes
no
maybe
28
Who criticized the New Deal as being socialistic?
wealthy women
wealthy Republicans
wealthy Democrats
wealthy business owners
29
What was one goal of the repeal of Prohibition?
reopen failed banks
protest rent increases
support farmers
curb gansters
30
Why did FDR not support anti-lynching legislation?
didn't want to offend black people
didn't want to offend southern congressmen
didn't want to offend women
didn't want to offend big business
