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Provided a pension for retired workers and spouses; aided people with disabilities, poor mothers, needy elderly
Wagner Act
Social Security Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
Home Owners Loan Corporation
2
Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a crisis in the farm sector
tariffs on foreign goods
the availabiltiy of easy credit
a growing number of homeless people
3
Which was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?
thick layers of prairie grasses
high winds
overproduction of crops
drought
4
Created through the Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933, originally protected up to $5,000 of individual's bank account
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Securities Act
Home Owners Loan Corporation
5
Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
to increase farm production
to raise prices of farm products
to encourage more people to enter farming
to provid pensions for retired farmers
6
Created to reform stock market by providing a means to monitor the market and to enforce laws regarding sales of stocks
Social Security Act
Wagner Act
Federal Securities Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
7
Rebuilt dams and provided hydroelectric power to an impoverished region
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
8
In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles," people conveyed their
trust in Hoover.
disgust with Hoover.
grudging respect for Hoover.
patriotism.
9
An example of the psychological stress caused by the Great Depression was the rise in the number of
children who were malnourished.
men who stood in bread lines.
people who committed suicide.
women who worked outside the home.
10
Which of the following increased in the 1920s?
prices for farm products
domestic demand for US. farm products
farmers' debt
foreign demand for U.S. farm products
11
Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt's first term as president?
employment rates
tariff rates
per capita income
the national debt
12
What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president?
He established the Civil Works Administration to provide job relief.
He proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court.
He called the first meeting of the "Brain Trust."
He closed all of the nation's banks and ordered inspections.
13
Which candidates ran for president in 1932?
Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover and Alfred E. Smith
Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge and Franklin D. Roosevelt
14
Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?
unemployed industrial workers and their families
farmers forced off their land by dust storms
World War I veterans and their families
business and labor leaders who agreed to work together
15
Set a national minimum hourly wage and prohibited factory labor for children under 16
Fair Labor Standards Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Works Progress Administration
16
Buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit without considering risks is known as
profit-taing.
living on credit.
buying on margin.
speculation.
17
Put hundreds of thousands of young, single men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, flood-control
Works Progress Administration
Fair Labor Standards Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
18
What does buying a stock on margin mean?
paying less than the market price of the stock
purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange
buying stock for someone else
borrowing money to help pay for the stock
19
During the Great Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about
75%
10%
25%
100%
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One long-range effect of the Great Depression was that many people
grew to like President Hoover.
became risk takers in the stock market.
came to believe in small government.
developed habits of saving and thriftiness.
21
Dealt with problems of unemployment & poverty by creating jobs that ranged from the construction of airports, libraries
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Wagner Act
Works Progress Administration
Social Security Act
22
After the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to help the economy?
by asking businesses not to lay off employee
by lowering foreign tariffs
by funding handouts of food and clothing
by closing banks
23
Who wrote the novel
The Grapes of Wrath
about the grim lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl during the Depression?
Grant Wood
John Steinbeck
Dorothea Lange
Richard Wright
24
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?
Many men became unemployed.
Many people started farming.
Many families became homeless.
Many children had a poor diet.
25
Herbert Hoover's approach to the Depression economy was based on a belief in
the golden rule.
direct government relief.
separation of church and state.
voluntary cooperation.
26
What name was given to the men and boys who rode the rails as they searched for work?
speculators
hoboes
Bonus Marchers
Okies
27
Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?
deregulate the nation's banking system
regulate the stock market
increase crop production
decrease prices of farm goods
28
Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food to the poor?
Bonus Army
direct relief
price support
rugged individualism
29
Which of the following was the most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?
National Labor Relations Act
Works Progress Administration
Fair Labor Standards Act
Social Security Act
30
Within a few years, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act led to
more demand for American manufactured goods.
an unequal distribution of income in the United States.
Hoover's reelection as president.
a dramatic drop in world trade.
31
Protected right of workers to join unions & established the National Labor Relations Board to settle disputes at work
Fair Labor Standards Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
Wagner Act
32
Required corporations to provide complete, truthful information on all stock offerings
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Securities Act
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Social Security Act
33
Which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?
Social Security Act
Emergency Banking Relief Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
Wagner Act
34
Provided bank inspections by the Treasury Department and a means for making federal loans to solid banks
Wagner Act
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Securities and Exchnage Commission
35
Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920s included the fact that
most people did not own electric refrigerators.
demand for crops fell after World War I.
the Dust Bowl took much land out of production.
federal price-supports of corn and wheat were not effective.
