The Great Depression

Question 1

FDR entered office with no clear agenda (plan) or political ideology, but his administration...

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favored government intervention in the economy

Question 2

FDR's desire 2 change political balance on Supreme Court led 2 ______, (1st political mistake)

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court-packing plan

Question 3

Creditors foreclosed on nearly 1 million farms, so farmers destroyed their crops in order to...

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raise prices by reducing supply

Question 4

The GD was partly caused by 1920s overproduction, high tariffs, mistakes by the Fed Reserve &..

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the uneven distribution of income

Question 5

The stock market crash weakened the nation's banks because...

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banks had invested their deposits in the stock market

Question 6

Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks...

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with mostly borrowed money

Question 7

During the 1930s, many Americans preferred movies, radio programs, & other entertainment that..

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provided a release from daily worries

Question 8

During the Great Depression, charities set up _______________ to give poor people meals.

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soup kitchens

Question 9

The New Deal helped establish a new voting coalition for FDR and the Democratic Party by...

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creating many federal agencies and pgms that still exist now

Question 10

FDR's policies for ending the Great Depression became known as...

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New Deal

Question 11

The period between March 9 & June 16, 1933, when Congress passed 15 major acts was known as...

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Hundred Days

Question 12

The stock market took its deepest dive on October 29, 1929, the day now known as ...(Crash)

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Black Tuesday

Question 13

To regulate the stock market, Congress created the...

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Securities & Exchange Commission

Question 14

Who worked with African-Americans & women, bringing them into the New Deal Coalition?

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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 15

In search of work or a better life, many unemployed people...

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rode the rails

Question 16

As a result of the stock market crash, some banks suffered more losses and ...

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were forced to close

Question 17

____(who) invested in stocks, hoping (speculating) the market would go up and making a profit?

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Speculators

Question 18

To fight the Depression, the 1st thing that FDR set out to do was to...

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restore confidence in the nation's banking system

Question 19

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Great Depression because...

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a terrible drought dried the soil

Question 20

Pres Hoover's image (rep) was tarnished (bad) by the Bonus Marchers, as well as by the...

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lingering Depression

Question 21

At the time of the crash, the gov't didn't insure bank deposits, so...

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customers lost their savings if a bank collapsed

Question 22

Pres Hoover did not want the gov't to create (↑) many new jobs because it would require...

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increased gov't spending (Fed gov't gets bigger)

Question 23

The New Deal was only a limited success at ending the Great Depression but it did...

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give many Americans a sense of security and stability

Question 24

During the Depression, most peeps were able to enjoy which 2 popular forms of entertainment?

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movies and radio

Question 25

By 1934, Sen. Huey Long began criticizing the New Deal from the left and calling for...

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a massive redistribution of wealth

Question 26

Pres FDR triggered a new economic downturn (↓) in 1937 by...

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decreasing government spending

Question 27

The Social Security Act est that Fed Gov't should be responsible for...

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citizens, thru no fault of their own, were unable to work

Question 28

When the Senate voted down a bill promising immediate $1000 bonus to veterans of WWI, some vets

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camped in vacant buildings in Washington, D. C.

Question 29

The Fair Labor Standards Act abolished child labor, limited the workweek to 44 hrs, and...

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set the first minimum wage

Question 30

The first feature-length animated (animated=cartoon) film was...

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Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs

Question 31

During the Depression, newly homeless peeps put up communities of shacks that they called...

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Hoovervilles

Question 32

After the New Deal had been in effect for 2 years, the U.S. Economy...

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showed only slight improvement (improved a little bit)

Question 33

Stock prices began to fall in late 1929 because...

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investors began to sell their stock

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