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Great Depression and the New Deal
Great Depression and the New Deal
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This racehorse inspired underdogs across the country during the Depression?
War Admiral
Seabiscuit
Secretariat
Buttercup
2
The New Deal program built dams to provide cheap electricity to six Southern States was called?
TVA
Social Security Act
PWA
CCC
3
Who was the Presidential candidate in the Election of 1932 who promised to provide relief?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren Harding
Huey Long
Herbert Hoover
4
Who was the one who said the quote "I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people"?
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
5
This project helped land-owner farmers?
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Public Works Administration
6
What was Hoover's reaction to the Bonus Army?
He had them removed by federal troops.
He sent the first lady to meet with them.
He met with them and sympathized with their needs.
He granted them the bonus they requested.
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Which person was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "eyes and ears."
John Collier
Hattie Caraway
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ralph Bunche
8
The Southern Great Plains suffered an environmental disaster and became known as?
Rust Belt
Dust Bowl
Dead Plains
Framers' Bad Luck Plains
9
What was Roosevelt's purpose in "packing the courts"?
To gain more support for his New Deal programs
To give the Supreme Court more power to make decisions
To attempt to racially balance the Supreme Court
To allow the Supreme Court to equally represent citizens
10
Which situation is most likely to occur in an economic depression?
A sharp decrease in the number of available jobs.
A large number of companies open for business.
The government raises taxes to an all-time high.
New jobs are created by private businesses.
11
During the New Deal, African Americans were represented by?
NRA officials
Social Security
the AAA
the Black Cabinet
12
What event finally ended the Great Depression?
FDR's 4th term of office
World War II
FDIC
New Deal
13
To get aid to suffering people was called?
Relief
Recovery
None of these
Reform
14
The collapse of the stock market crash in 1929 was the ONLY cause of the Great Depression?
True
False
15
This New Deal program provided outdoor work to unemployed single men?
Securities & Exchange Commission
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Civilian Conservation Corps
16
FDR helped explain and gain support for his new policies by the use of?
fireside chats
social media
mailing of letters
the Internet
17
To buy stocks on this plan is to pay only a fraction of the stock price and borrow the rest?
default
relief
on margin
installment
18
What occurred when FDR tried to lower the government debt and spend less on New Deal programs?
panic
celebration
depression
recession
19
What was one of FDR's greatest strengths?
physical health
understanding of economic theory
ability to avoid the news media
warm and understanding approach to people
20
The Agricultural Adjustment Admin. paid farmers to reduce their supply and raise prices?
True
False
21
A long term effect of the New Deal on the United States has been the?
control of stock prices by the federal government
permanent reduction of the national debt
govt. should have more responsibility for nations well being
joint effort of business & labor to strengthen presidency
22
An organized system for buying and selling shares in corporations is called a?
market house
stock option
market boom
stock exchange
23
This New Deal alphabet soup program primarily fit into the category of Reform?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Public Works Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
24
Popular home entertainment of the Depression era was?
watching movies
listening to radio programs
sharing family stories
playing board games
25
Herbert Hoover was President at the beginning of the Great Depression?
True
False
26
The "boom" years of the 1920's are characterized by?
widespread consumer spending and increased buying of goods
regulation of businesses by government
limited money to invest and a decrease in factory workers
increased dependency on an agricultural way of like
27
The three R's of the New Deal were Relief, Redirection, and Reform?
True
False
28
The panic leading to Black Tuesday, with the heavy selling of stocks in a short period caused?
businesses to issue more stocks
prices of stock to drop
prices of stock to go up
people to buy more shares
29
Which New Deal program protect bank deposits?
Securities & Exchange Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
National Recovery Act
Federal Emergency Relief Agency
30
President Franklin Roosevelt's legs were paralyzed when he had?
a car accident
the flu
polio
a fall from a horse
31
This "R" goal of the ND worked to prevent another financial crisis like the Great Depression?
Relief
Recovery
Reform
None of these
32
Which act provided monthly pensions for retired people?
Townsend Act
Social Security Act
Revenue Act
WPA
33
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was primarily a relief program?
False
True
34
What was the immediate cause of the Dust Bowl?
a severe drought
extensive mining
the Great Depression
diseased farm animals
35
The homeless shanytowns that people lived in during the Depression were nicknamed?
Loservilles
Bad-luckvilles
FDRvilles
Hoovervilles
36
Payments to older people were called?
pensions
income taxes
state taxes
dividends
37
"Black Tuesday" refers to?
the end of Prohibition
the stock market crash of 1929
the 1928 election
the Mellon tax policies
38
In the 1930's the United States went into a severe economic state called the?
Great Downturn
Great Inflation
Great Recession
Great Depression
39
This "R" goal of the ND worked to get the economy moving by providing jobs to individuals?
Recovery
Reform
None of these
Relief
40
Congress created this organization to punish dishonest stockbrokers and speculators?
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Securities and Exchange Commission
41
Who was a critic of FDR who had a weekly radio show?
Francis Townsend
Alfred Landon
John Lewin
Father Charles Coughlin
42
When farmers bought equipment on credit and were unable to pay the loans they took this action?
defaulted
paid extra
did public works
sold equipment
43
President Roosevelt called his plan for the nation the New Deal.
True
False
44
Migrants from the Dust Bowl who moved to California to harvest fruits and vegies were called?
Hoboes
Okies
nomads
sharecroppers
45
Who was the photographer who took gripping photographs of migrant workers?
Walker Evans
Grant Wood
Dorthea Lange
Thomas Hart Benton
46
In 1932, this group marched on Washington D.C. demanding a promised payment?
the Payment Army
the Bonus Army
Hooverville
the RFC
47
What was Huey Long's idea to end the country's depression?
He wanted to take from the rich and give to the poor
He thought the poor should be responsible to help themselves
He believed the Catholic churches should provide charity.
He thought the government should leave businesses alone.
48
FDR counted on this group to help him guide the nation to recovery?
Brain Trust
Congress
SEC
None of these
49
Eleanor Roosevelt cared about minority rights?
True
False
50
This New Deal Program set minimum wages and abolished child labor?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
National Recovery Administration
Public Works Recovery