Which New Deal agency was created to support the banking industry?

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Which of the these was an effect that the Great Depression had on the relationship between the U.S. economy and the gov?

the creation of gov agencies to regulate the economy

Oklahoma farm families (Okies) migrated to California because

the Dust Bowl forced them to move

Which New Deal program regulated the stock market prices, including buying on margin?

Securities and Exchange Commission

The New Deal changed the political thinking in the United States because it supported the idea that the

government should become more involved in social/economic lives of people

The Great Depression in the U.S. was caused by

low margins and stock speculation

The Agricultural Adjustment Act sought to help farmers by

raising crop prices and lowering production

Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?

Italian immigrants who were executed for murder in Massachusetts

What was the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority?

to help the least modernized U.S. region with cheap hydroelectric power

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1
What was the name given to Franklin Roosevelt's radio speeches used to comfort the nation during the Great Depression?
Fireside Chats
Pappy O'Daniels Flour Hour
Golden Hour of the Shrine of the Little Flower
Share the Wealth
2
Which New Deal agency was created to support the banking industry?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Civil Works Administration
3
The Scopes Trial dealt with the teaching of what in public schools?
19th century British literature
geometry
evolution
geography
4
Which of the these was an effect that the Great Depression had on the relationship between the U.S. economy and the gov?
move away from democracy and back toward monarchy
stock market crash/bank failures led to more money in circulation
gov control of businesses and rationing of consumer goods
the creation of gov agencies to regulate the economy
5
Which New Deal program provided old-age pensions, benefitted accident victims, & aided dependent mothers/children?
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
6
What was the name of the first "talkie" movie?
The Great Train Robbery
Gone With the Wind
Birth of a Nation
The Jazz Singer
7
Since the 1930s the role of the federal government has concentrated on
protecting citizens' welfare
nationalizing the banking industry
returning to laissez-faire economic practices
allowing speculative investment practices
8
Oklahoma farm families (Okies) migrated to California because
the government forced them to relocate
new factories opened in California
the Dust Bowl forced them to move
sharecropping leases were not renewed
9
Which New Deal program regulated the stock market prices, including buying on margin?
Social Security Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
10
After the stock market crash and industrial depression, U.S. farmers
were largely unaffected
lost markets and farms
sold all they could grow
sold more internationally
11
Which of the following was the most immediate cause of the Great Depression?
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
stock market crash
bank failures
overproduction of goods
12
The New Deal changed the political thinking in the United States because it supported the idea that the
the President's foreign policy is more important than domestic policy
rights of workers are less important than the interests of business
government should become more involved in social/economic lives of people
Supreme Court should have an important role in the economy
13
The New Deal "Works Progress Administration" gave payments for work, a form of
social security
financial reform
social reform
direct relief
14
The Great Depression in the U.S. was caused by
low margins and stock speculation
German failure to make war reparations
taxes on U.S. businesses
tariffs on imports
15
The Agricultural Adjustment Act sought to help farmers by
providing a free labor force for the farmers
raising crop prices and lowering production
banning all imports of agricultural goods
seizing control of all agricultural land in the nation
16
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
Italian immigrants who were executed for murder in Massachusetts
organizers of the Palmer Raids
leaders of the Harlem Renaissance
heroes of World War I
17
The New Deal focused on all of the following except
economic recovery
relief for the needy
an end to racial segregation
financial reform
18
Who was known as the "Poet Laureate" of the Harlem Renaissance?
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Alain Locke
19
The Hawley-Smoot Act led in the long-term to
more international sales
crippled world trade
more import sales
booming European economy
20
What was the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority?
to boost industry prices and regulate minimum wage
to help the least modernized U.S. region with cheap hydroelectric power
to fund local relief agencies
to insure deposits up to $5,000

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