Stock prices fell because

investors began to sell off their stock

Which of the following was created to regulate the stock market

Securities and Exchange Commission

Developed fair practice codes for businesses

National Recovery Administration

During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed

depositors lost all their money

To pay for the public works programs the gov't

raised taxes and borrowed from banks

The Bonus Marchers were

WWI veterans protesting to get their veterans pay early

Farmers of the Great Plains lost crops due to

severe drought brought on by their own practices

helped employed with their mortgages

What was the first item of business FDR did to combat the depression?

restore confidence in the banking system

Before the late 1920's stock prices

inflated due to buying practices

The Emergency Banking Relief Act helped solve the banking crisis by

allowing banks to open only if they were found to be sound

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1
Awarded contracts to construction companies to build schools, dams, etc..
CWA
CCC
HOLC
PWA
2
What program was instumental in building of Fort Peck Dam?
CWA
REA
WPA
CCC
3
Charities set up ?? to provide a free meal to the poor
Rescue Missons
Breadlines
food pantries
Golden Corrals
4
Stock prices fell because
Stockbrokers refused to allow margin buying
company earning declined
investors began to sell off their stock
Germany refused to pay reparations from WWI
5
The NRA was declared unconstitutional
True
False
6
Herbert Hoover supported direct relief to the people during the Depression.
True
False
7
Which of the following was created to regulate the stock market
National Recovery Act
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Social Security Administration
8
The book "Grapes of Wrath" written by ?? depicts a family's life through the Depression.
Langston Hughes
Margaret Sanger
Ernst Hemingway
John Steinbeck
9
The AAA paid farmers not to produce
False
True
10
Developed fair practice codes for businesses
Committee for Industrial Organization
Labor Industry Board
National Recovery Administration
Wagner Act
11
During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed
the gov't quickly stepped in and ran the bank
depositors lost all their money
the gov't funded the deposits
the Federal reserve bank paid deposits up to $10,000
12
To pay for the public works programs the gov't
raised taxes and borrowed from banks
borrowed money form foreign governments
reduced inflation
printed money
13
Margin buying is
buying stock on credit
buying up failed farms for profit
no such thing this is a trick question
buying up banks that have failed
14
What program employed photographers to document the plight of the farmers?
Farm Security Administration
Committee of Information
Historical Preservation Administration
Humanities Administration
15
When a gov't spends more than it takes in in taxes is called
unbalanced budgeting
deficit spending
red spending
insufficient spending
16
What year did the Stock Market crash
1920
1939
1930
1929
17
The Bonus Marchers were
WWI veterans protesting to get their veterans pay early
Union workers protesting wages
Wealthy people handing out food to the poor
Farmers protesting to get the gov't to subsidize farm prices
18
Employed young men to plant trees, work in national forests, etc...
National Parks Service
Conservation Program Administration
Civil Conservation Corps
Civil Works Administration
19
In the 1930's the nations's money was based on
the gold standard
the total of our Gross National Production
trust in the value of a dollar
the world economy
20
Farmers of the Great Plains lost crops due to
severe drought brought on by their own practices
a wheat fungus
soil erosion from too much rain
hoards of grasshoppers
21
This program that provided economic development to the Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Administration
Tennessee Valley Job Corp
Tennessee Rural Electric Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
22
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff was a tax on imports.
True
False
23
The HOLC,
lowered mortgages when people lost their jobs
helped employed with their mortgages
helped the unemployed pay their mortgages
set up auctions so people could buy back their property
24
This program brought electricity to rural America
Electricity for All
America Lighting the Way Program
Rural Electric Administration
Rural Improvement Association
25
Insured people's savings
Federal Reserve Act
Emergency Banking Act
Securities Exchange Commission
FDIC
26
What was the first item of business FDR did to combat the depression?
control food prices
set up public works programs to provide jobs
restore confidence in the banking system
provide direct relief to the people
27
Before the late 1920's stock prices
reflected stock's true value
inflated due to buying practices
were low due to the depression after WWI
didn't change much
28
What is the only thing FDR felt the American people should fear?
the Depression
Success
Fear
contacting dust pneumonia
29
The Emergency Banking Relief Act helped solve the banking crisis by
closing banks until the Federal Res. could resupply them
allowing banks to open only if they were found to be sound
Putting all banks under control of the gov't
abandoning the gold standard
30
Provided retirement and unemployment benefits
FDIC
NRA
Social Security
NLRB
31
Which program hired workers directly to build airports, roads, etc..
PWA
CWA
CCC
NRA

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