Great Depression Review

Question 1

This term refers to putting a small amount down on a stock and borrowing the rest of the cost?

Accepted Answer

Buying on Margin

Question 2

To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as what?

Accepted Answer

speakeasies

Question 3

By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to do what?

Accepted Answer

raise the price of farm goods

Question 4

The overall unemployment rate for minorities such as African Americans and Mexican Americans?

Accepted Answer

was higher than the white population

Question 5

This term is the name of the most widely used measure of the Stock Market's Health?

Accepted Answer

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Question 6

Which of the two New Deal programs were found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

National Industrial Recovery and Agricultural Adjustment Act

Question 7

The Supreme Court ruled that the _______________ was unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Question 8

This term is used to describe the stock market crash of October 29, 1929?

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Black Tuesday

Question 9

Term for making extremely risky business transactions on the chance of making quick profits?

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Speculation

Question 10

The American public perceived many characteristics in President Roosevelt, but not what?

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Economic Conservatism

Question 11

This provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people?

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Question 12

The most widely used measure of the stock market's health is what?

Accepted Answer

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Question 13

Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt's first term as president?

Accepted Answer

the national debt

Question 14

This authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and close those that were unsound?

Accepted Answer

Emergency Banking Relief Act (Bank Holiday)

Question 15

This is an arrangement in which consumers agree to buy now and pay later for purchases?

Accepted Answer

Credit

Question 16

What is the term for buying a stock by paying a small % down and borrowing the remainder?

Accepted Answer

Buying on Margin

Question 17

This president's name was part of the word for shantytowns during the depression?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 18

President Roosevelt called his radio programs that informed Americans about the New Deal what?

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Fireside Chats

Question 19

Which of the following pieces of legislation were found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

National Industrial Recovery Act

Question 20

This established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

Accepted Answer

Glass Steagall Banking Act

Question 21

This reduced the flow of goods around the world due to increased taxes on imports and exports?

Accepted Answer

Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

Question 22

________ used music to express the hardships of American life during the Great Depression.

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Woody Guthrie

Question 23

This democrat lost the presidential election of 1928?

Accepted Answer

Alfred E. Smith

Question 24

This president was known for his involvement in scandal with the teapot dome?

Accepted Answer

Warren G. Harding

Question 25

In 1932 these two candidates ran for President?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover

Question 26

This is the largest of the jobs programs for adult men building our infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

Works Progress Administration

Question 27

The Harlem Renaissance refers to what?

Accepted Answer

a celebration of African-American culture in art

Question 28

Which of the following reached a new high during President Roosevelt's first term as President?

Accepted Answer

the national debt

Question 29

What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the FDR administration?

Accepted Answer

First lady who was an important domestic advisor.

Question 30

These were used to keep crop prices higher in the McNary-Haugen bill?

Accepted Answer

Price Supports

Question 31

The Dust Bowl occurred in what region of the United States?

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Plains states often called the America's bread basket

Question 32

This Republican won the presidential election of 1928?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 33

Raising the price of crops helped people during the Great Depression because ____________?

Accepted Answer

it put money in the hands of farmers.

Question 34

The first action that Franklin D. Roosevelt took as President was what?

Accepted Answer

Bank holiday closing the bank for five days

Question 35

The Civilian Conservation Corps was nicknamed what?

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt's Tree Army

Question 36

This is the period when unemployment skyrocketed for 1924 to 1940 and the economy plummeted?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression

Question 37

This term refers to making risky business transactions on the chance of making a big profit?

Accepted Answer

Speculation

Question 38

Which of the following of Roosevelt's ideas failed to become a law?

Accepted Answer

the reorganization of the Supreme Court

Question 39

The Great Migration refers to what?

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Migration of African Americans from the south to north

Question 40

This helped to create prosperity in a poverty stricken region by providing funds to build dams?

Accepted Answer

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 41

This put almost three million young men to work building roads or parks, and planting trees?

Accepted Answer

Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 42

"Hoovervilles" were called that because of what?

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They were an expression of the disgust people had for Hoover

Question 43

This required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings?

Accepted Answer

Federal Securities Act

Question 44

Who wrote the novel "The Grapes of Wrath"?

Accepted Answer

John Steinbeck

Question 45

This term refers to the Stock Market Crash of October 29, 1929?

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Question 46

Two projects completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps locally were?

Accepted Answer

Granite Peak and Eau Plaine Park

Question 47

This created an administration that set fair prices on many products and set labor standards?

Accepted Answer

National Industrial Recovery Act

Question 48

This candidate declared "Now this guarantees my election" after the Bonus Army incident?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 49

The two major events that FDR faced in his presidency were?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression and WWII

Question 50

During the Great Depression the overall unemployment rate was what?

Accepted Answer

25%

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