What was the primary reason Franklin Roosevelt was able to win the presidency so easily?

America saw Hoover's efforts as a huge failure

What is meant by buying "on margin"

the investor borrowed part of the money to purchase stock

How did the economic collapse of 1929 and 1930 affect the average American worker?

By 1933 more than 25% of the workforce was unemployed

Which statement best describes the human toll of the Great Depression?

All types of people suffered in all areas of the country

Why was Roosevelt’s view of the role of government so revolutionary in 1932?

thought government should do all they can to help the people

How did President Hoover initially respond to the stock market crash?

by being optimistic and downplaying the situation

What was one of the results of the soaring stock market of 1928?

more and more inexperienced investors

What was a breadline?

long line of people waiting for free food

What was the significance of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?

monitor banks and approve those that were sound

Banks failed in 1929 and 1930 as a result of the market crash because _______.

customers defaulted on their debts and banks invested

What were the "Okies"?

Farmers from Oklahoma that moved west

Which statement best describes opponents of the New Deal?

They all thought its programs did not help people enough

What were shantytowns or Hoovervilles?

communities of homeless people living on public land

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1
What was the primary reason Franklin Roosevelt was able to win the presidency so easily?
Eleanore Roosevelt campaigned for her husband
The democratic party had a lock on the presidency
New York was the perfect grooming ground for a president
America saw Hoover's efforts as a huge failure
2
What caused the Dust Bowl?
farmers planted to much and had to burn produce
a series of tornados
massive drought
farmers cultivated too much land
3
What is meant by buying "on margin"
The investor would buy and then sell in the same day
purchase the cheapest stocks
the broker would invest in the stocks they thought were best
the investor borrowed part of the money to purchase stock
4
Who was the first African American Women to head a federal agency?
Mary Church Terrell
Ida B. Wells
Mary Mcleod Bethune
Bessie Smith
5
The New Deal focused on the 3 Rs
Recovery Redistribution and Relief
Ready Respect and Real
Relief Recovery and Responsibility
Relief Recovery and Reform
6
What principle did President Hoover cling to as the solution to the nation's economic troubles?
government interventions
modified socialism
social security
rugged individualism
7
How did the economic collapse of 1929 and 1930 affect the average American worker?
competition for jobs increased due to immigration
Wages remained stagnant
By 1933 more than 25% of the workforce was unemployed
unions gained more control
8
When too many people attempt to withdraw their money from a bank
margin call
investment ladder
bank run
withdrawal panic
9
Which statement best describes the human toll of the Great Depression?
Women had fewer problems because they did not lose their jobs
Problems were greatest in cities and for whites
All types of people suffered in all areas of the country
People in the rural South and West had the greatest problems
10
Why was Roosevelt’s view of the role of government so revolutionary in 1932?
He wanted people to like him more than his policies
governments concern should be defending against enemies
thought government should do all they can to help the people
wanted the presidency to be the chief executive
11
What law established the first federal minimum wage and abolished child labor?
National Labor Relations Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Social Security Act
12
How did President Hoover initially respond to the stock market crash?
by shutting down the stock market
by being optimistic and downplaying the situation
By extending loans
my immediately addressing Congress to help the needy
13
What was one of the results of the soaring stock market of 1928?
Decrease in consumer debt
more and more inexperienced investors
Stocks were really valuable
The US was able to pay off their debt
14
What was a breadline?
when someone was evicted
When people are rushing to get into the bank
long line of people waiting for free food
credit extended to out-of-people
15
What was the significance of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?
Regulate bank holidays
Create a national bank
create an influx of capital to ailing banks
monitor banks and approve those that were sound
16
Young men who rode railways from one place to another were called.
migrants
Hobos
wanderers
Baliffs
17
Banks failed in 1929 and 1930 as a result of the market crash because _______.
the govt shut down banks fearing panic
banks employed most of the brokers
people were keeping their cash in their house
customers defaulted on their debts and banks invested
18
What was the New Deal?
Herbert Hoover's recovery plan
Eleanore Roosevelt's name for her brave husband
The Republican plan to revitalize the economy
FDRs Recovery Plan
19
Roosevelt sent 15 pieces of recovery legislation to Congress, this came to be known as _______.
National Recovery Bills
The Brain Trust
The Hundred Days
The Initial Recovery
20
This legislation from the First New Deal created jobs for young men
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Civil Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corp
Public Works Administration
21
What did most Dust Bowl farmers do when they lost their land to the banks?
They refused to leave their land
They moved to more fertile land
The moved to the big cities
They moved west to California
22
What great literary work depicted the life of a family of "Okies"?
Animal Crackers
The Grapes of Wrath
The Guiding Light
The Sound and Fury
23
What led to a bull stock market in 1928?
Economic Prosperity
Repayment of Europe's war debt
Hoover's Election
Coolidge's Decision not to run for the presidency
24
One positive legacy of the New Deal for American workers was the creation of _______.
a balanced budget
a centralized central government
a public safety net
more powerful presidency
25
What were the "Okies"?
People who visited the homeless camps giving away free food
Farmers from Oklahoma that moved west
sports teams who put on games for the poor
Bankers that lost everything in the stock market crash
26
Which statement best describes opponents of the New Deal?
They all thought its programs did not help people enough
They were mostly religious groups that opposed it on moral grounds
They all thought its programs did not respect individual rights /property
Critics of the New Deal existed on both the left and the right
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What were shantytowns or Hoovervilles?
communities of homeless people living on public land
areas in the town where unemployed sought work
deserted homes were the tenants have been evicted
collection of migrant workers on failing farms

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