Federal government shouldn't intervene in a financial crisis

What practices caused the Dust Bowl?

Plowing the soil too much and removing the prairie grass

What did the Wagner act do?

Protected Americans from unfair management practices and allow for unions

What is direct relief?

a giving of money or food by the government directly to needy people

Roosevelt used the Emergency Banking Act (Bank Holiday) to

Reinstate/restore the people's trust in banks

Definition of speculation?

Buying stocks at great risk anticipating prices will rise.

What is overproduction?

Companies made more goods than could be sold

What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

Farmers were forced to leave plains

Oklahoma farmers moved to California for more opportunities.

FDR used Fireside Chats in order to

Ease the minds of citizens dealing with the depression & explain policies

Which of the following was a criticism of the New Deal?

Increase in federal power and debt

What longterm effect (affects us now) did the New Deal have on the USA

permanently increased size of government

Which was not a goal of the New Deal?

reclaim- to take back control of the economy

Make shift towns built and occupied by homeless people.

what was the New Deal?

A set of federal programs launched by Franklin D. Roosevelt

The purpose of the Mexican Repatriation Act of 1935 was to

reduce competition for American jobs during the Depression

The Agricultural Adjustment Act helped farmers because it

sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices.

Who were the bonus marchers?

WW1 Veterans seeking early payment

Informal talks given by FDR over the radio

Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

growing number of homeless people

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1
President Hoover was blamed for the Great Depression, and homeless camps were were named __________ after him.
Herbert towns
Hoovervilles
Depressionvilles
Presidentvilles
2
Franklin D Roosevelt did more than Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression
False
True
3
What lead to the stock market crash?
a car crash
long period of speculation
borrowed money
who knows
4
Hoover believed the
Federal government shouldn't intervene in a financial crisis
banks should be regulated
Federal government should intervene in a financial crisis
Federal government should provide unemployment benefits
5
What practices caused the Dust Bowl?
Having a lot of livestock
Buying seeds from the government
Plowing the soil too much and removing the prairie grass
Planting corn
6
What did the Wagner act do?
Allowed employers to fire workers at will.
Protected Americans from unfair management practices and allow for unions
Made Unions illegal because they hurt the economy.
Set a minimum wage and banned children under 16 from working
7
What is direct relief?
a giving of money or food by the government directly to needy people
a giving of land by the government directly to needy people
a taking of money or food by the government directly from the wealthy
a taking of land by the government directly from the wealthy
8
Okies traveled to...
Minnesota
Texas
California
Kansas
9
Who was helped by the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
Unemployed Mothers
congress
Farmers
Radio talk show hosts
10
Roosevelt used the Emergency Banking Act (Bank Holiday) to
Flood banks with money to jump-start the economy
Test out his emergency procedures 🆘
Reinstate/restore the people's trust in banks
Give the banks a break
11
What does Social Security do?
All of the above
Pays benefits for disabled workers
Provides benefits to surviving family members of decreased
Provides income after retirement
12
Buying on Margin is?
Buying stocks with credit.
Buying stocks with Monopoly money.
Buying goods during the depression.
Buying stocks.
13
FDR believed that the best way to mitigate the effects of the depression was
government action
create bread lines
rely on the States
to enlist the help of charities
14
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
bank failures
high levels of unemployment
speculation in the stock market
overproduction and surpluses
15
Definition of speculation?
Buying stocks at great risk anticipating prices will rise.
Persistent demands by a bank's depositors to withdraw money.
A specified amount of money.
A system for buying and selling stocks in corporations.
16
When did the Stock Market Crash?
1928
1929
1932
1939
17
(TVA) Tennessee Valley Authority
Created agriculture jobs in undeveloped regions.
Water power
all of the above
Dams and rivers
18
Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks
without any risk.
by pooling money with others.
without using a broker.
with mostly borrowed money.
19
What is overproduction?
Companies not meeting demand in the number of products consumers wanted
a closure of banks for inspection
Sending naturalized citizens back to their country of origin.
Companies made more goods than could be sold
20
Where did the Dust Bowl mostly hit?
Great Plains
Texas
Europe
Southeast
21
What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?
Farmers were forced to leave plains
Unemployment decreased gradually
Flooded the plains
Kentucky fried chicken
22
what were Okies?
Oklahoma farmers.
Oklahoma farmers moved to California for more opportunities.
Oklahoma drug dealers.
Women in the 1930s who became so desperate they did anything
23
FDR used Fireside Chats in order to
Explain why Hoover messed up the US economy
Ease the minds of citizens dealing with the depression & explain policies
Explain the specifics of FDR's budget
Worry the people about issues in the great depression
24
Democratic president who created the New Deal to counter the effects of the Great Depression.
FDR
FOR
RDF
Herbert Hoover
25
Which of the following was a criticism of the New Deal?
Increase in state spending
Increase in state power
Increase in federal power and debt
Increase in state welfare
26
What longterm effect (affects us now) did the New Deal have on the USA
permanently increased size of government
caused World War II to begin
brought the USA out of the Great Depression
27
Which was not a goal of the New Deal?
relief- provide immediate help to those in need
recovery- put money into consumer's hands to spend on goods
reform- to prevent what caused the Great Depression
reclaim- to take back control of the economy
28
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Overfarming
Earthquakes
Not enough livestock
Floods
29
Hoovervilles were?
Government housing during the depression.
Make shift towns built and occupied by homeless people.
President Hoover lived there and not the White House
A house that president Hoover built.
30
President Herbert Hoover supported direct relief
False
True
31
what was the New Deal?
A set of federal programs launched by Theodore Roosevelt
A set of federal programs launched by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stabilized banks,cleaned up financial mess left by dust bowl
32
The purpose of the Mexican Repatriation Act of 1935 was to
prevent communist influence on labor unions
protect national security
reduce competition for American jobs during the Depression
fulfill terms of a global peace treaty
33
The Agricultural Adjustment Act helped farmers because it
created jobs for 2 million U.S. citizens.
sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices.
attracted industry with the promise of cheap power.
regulated the stock market and made investments safer.
34
To get the Bonus Army marchers to leave the capital, General MacArthur:
paid them their bonus
Used force and drove them out
negotiated with the veterans’ leaders
gave a patriotic speech
35
Image shows a 'bank run' as depositors withdrew their money. How was faith restored in banks
Alphabet Soup laws
Security and Exchange Commission
Social Security
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
36
Who were the bonus marchers?
A sub-unit of the CIO
People who were dependent on Welfare
WW1 Veterans seeking early payment
Steel workers who participated in sit-down strikers
37
What caused the Dust Bowl?
severe thunderstorms
long periods of heavy rain
lack of sunshine
severe drought and high winds
38
Fireside chats
Established a system for the buying and selling of shares
Informal talks given by FDR over the radio
Herbert Hoover's idea to fix the depression
Theodore Roosevelt talks on television
39
Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
growing number of homeless people
availability of easy credit
tariffs on foreign goods
crisis in the farm sector

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