Great Depression/New Deal

Question 1

Hoover believed that the problems of the Great Depression should be solved at the local and state level. What is this?

Accepted Answer

Localism

Question 2

FDR protected workers rights to unionize and strike. A popular form of striking in the 30's was

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Sit Downs

Question 3

Overall, the causes of the Great Depression can be summed up as:

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Decline in farming, massive unemployment, stock market crash, bank runs

Question 4

True or False: FDR beat Hoover in the 1932 election by a mere 500,000 votes.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 5

Why was Hoover's response so limited during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

He believed the federal government shouldn't give direct aid to Americans

Question 6

Based upon FDR's New Deal, what is his view of the role of government in the lives of its citizens?

Accepted Answer

The gov. should provide for people when they can't themselves

Question 7

The pieces of a company, sold to the public as ownership rights

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Stocks

Question 8

Periods of economic growth are often followed by periods of economic decline. This is according to the

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Business Cycle

Question 9

What happened during the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

Accepted Answer

People sold more stocks than they bought

Question 10

African Americans were given equal access to job opportunities created by New Deal programs

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Hoover believed Americans can succeed with hard work and perservance. They don't need the government. What is this?

Accepted Answer

Individualism

Question 12

The FLSA, a direct result of codes established by the NRA, gave all of the follow rights to workers except

Accepted Answer

Guaranteed family income - share the wealth

Question 13

Why does a company need shareholders to buy stock?

Accepted Answer

To help companies raise money to expand their business

Question 14

Why is important for us to look at the value change of GDP from one year to the next

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It tells us whether the economy is growing or retracting

Question 15

How did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff affect U.S. trade with other countries?

Accepted Answer

Other countries enacted import taxes on American-made goods

Question 16

In July 1932, WWI Veterans were forcibly removed by Hoover from grounds of Washington D.C. This was called the

Accepted Answer

Bonus Army Incident

Question 17

FDR utilized the ___________ to communicate directly to the American people.

Accepted Answer

Radio

Question 18

Why were bread lines a common phenomena during the GD?

Accepted Answer

People didn't have jobs to support their families with food

Question 19

Why did so many banks fail at the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Too many people tried to withdrawal their money at once

Question 20

Why was FDR's first 100 days in office so important?

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He passed 15 bills that attempted to reverse the economic downturn

Question 21

This New Deal program insures bank deposits up to 250,000 as of 2018; 5,000 back in the 30's

Accepted Answer

FDIC

Question 22

The 1920's is often termed ________________; to signal the great economic prosperity that eluded the early 30's.

Accepted Answer

The Roaring 20's

Question 23

Many _________________, who were citizens of the U.S., were deported during the New Deal Era

Accepted Answer

Mexican Americans

Question 24

The name given to FDR's programs that tried to get America out of the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 25

The Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in U.S. history, took place

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1929-1933

Question 26

This New Deal Program attempted to bring electricity to rural peoples through the construction of dams

Accepted Answer

TVA

Question 27

Why were farmers partially to blame for the Dust Bowl?

Accepted Answer

They used farming practices that deprived (took out) the soil of nutrients

Question 28

Through Volunteerism, Hoover encouraged everyday Americans to do what?

Accepted Answer

To give money to charties that provide for the poor and needy

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