U.S. History - Topic 06 Great Depression

Question 1

Which of the following is not a long-lasting legacy of the Great Depression?

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Huge Direct Relief government work programs

Question 2

What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?

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It paid young men to build parks, and trails and plant trees

Question 3

provided power to the southeast United States and built a series of dams that still exist

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The Tenessee Valley Authority

Question 4

What caused the dust bowl

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Intensive over farming and drought

Question 5

Why did many banks fail during the early Great Depression?

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They loaned out money for people to buy stocks on Margin., Many people tried to withdraw their $ at the same time. (Bank Runs)

Question 6

Which of these was not one of the causes of the Depression

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mass production of consumer goods leading to cheap goods

Question 7

Who did conservatives expect to help the needy and unemployed

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Wealthy philanthropists/individuals, private organizations and churches

Question 8

Slang term for villages of shacks made of wood, sheet metal and plastic inhabited by homeless.

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Hoovervilles

Question 9

who was the Government most likely to provide jobs for during the Depression

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Unemployed men with families

Question 10

which of these was NOTone of the key problems FDR was trying to solve with the new deal

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Healthcare

Question 11

Hoover was...

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A conservative president

Question 12

This is FDRs agency designed to help farmers and stabilize crop prices

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Agricultural Adjustment Act

Question 13

Pick the pres... I was blamed for not doing anything during Great Depression

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Herbert Hoover

Question 14

What is social security?

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Unemployment insurance, old age insurance, disability insurance

Question 15

What was the result of the Great Depression for worker&#x27;s unions

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Government increased protections for Unions, through the Wagner act.

Question 16

Of the following groups, who suffered the most during the Great Depression?

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Minority groups

Question 17

economic theory that if tax breaks and loans are given to businesses it will help the economy

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Trickle-Down economics

Question 18

Why did the stock market crash in 1929?

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people bought too many stocks on margin

Question 19

Created to regulate the stock market

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Securities Exchange Commission

Question 20

Created so that if a bank ran out of money that its depositors would not lose all their money.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Question 21

What was Roosevelt's plan to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression called?

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The New Deal

Question 22

This program was created by Hoover to loan money to big businesses to stabalize them and allow them to hire more workers

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Reconstruction Finace Corporation (RFC)

Question 23

Pick the Pres... Trickledown economics

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Herbert Hoover

Question 24

I was open to Keynesian economics and direct relief to help people and save the economy

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Franklin Roosevelt

Question 25

The creator of this cartoon was expressing his concerns about

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Expansion of executive power during the Great Depression

Question 26

This is the agency that set prices and set minimum wages during the Great Depression.

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National Recovery Administration

Question 27

Which Law protected workers rights to Unionize?

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National Labor relations Board (Wagner Act)

Question 28

What did the Works Progress Administration do.

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A Little bit of everything, roads, bridges, dams, art, photography, etc.

Question 29

Pick the Pres.. I came up with the three Rs, relief, recovery, reform to save the economy

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Franklin Roosevelt

Question 30

I ordered the bonus army out of Washington DC using the Military, which turned into violence.

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Herbert Hoover

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