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The Great Depression
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Quiz covering the Great Depression during Hoover and Roosevelts Presidency.
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1
What is the name of this image?
Migrant Mother
Sad Face
Poor Farmers
Mother and Children
2
What happened on October 29, 1929?
the stock market crashed
the Beatles play their first concert
The first color film is shown
John T Scopes is on trial for teaching evolution
3
The Stock Market Crash is the ONLY cause of the Great Depression?
True
False
4
How did diminishing demand affect farmers and businesses in the 1920s?
Prices stayed the same
Farmers got RICH
Prices Increased
Prices Decreased
5
What does it mean, to speculate?
to borrow money
to lose money
ignoring risks to make a quick profit
to give money away
6
Which New Deal program was created to provide relief to farmers and workers?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Securities Act
Agricultural Asjustment Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
7
What was the name given for FDR's plan to escape the Great Depression?
The Best Deal
Square Deal
The New Deal
Round Deal
8
99% of Americas wealth in the 1920s was held by what percent of Americans?
%10
about %1
%20
%5
9
Who was the President when the Great Depression began?
Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
10
Eleanor Roosevelt did all of the following EXCEPT?
promoted racial equality
advised the President of America's suffering
supported racism
promoted womens rights
11
The New Deal programs did all of the following EXCEPT?
found gold
Regulated banking and stocks
Assisted Farmers
Created Jobs
12
What financed Hoover and Roosevelt's strategies to exit the Great Depression?
Deficit Spending
Secret money the government saved
Gold
European Countries
13
How did the Depression affect men and their families? Multiple right answers.
children were malnourished
suicide rates increase
women went to work
people were so happy
14
How did falling incomes affect consumer behavior?
They spent every last penny they had
people become thrifty
People buy less
People buy more
15
Who is this?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Warren Harding
16
Who was the president towards the end of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
William Jennings Bryan
Frankling D Roosevelt
Ronald Raegen
17
What was the Bonus Army?
WWI veterans who wanted to fight again
an elite force
an extra army
WWI veterans seeking a bonus government promised
18
Why did people in cities live in shacks and wait in bread lines?
because they had no money
because they had the best baker in town
shacks were actually luxurious
because they liked the outdoors
19
What was the Second New Deal?
eliminated unnecessary jobs
built on the programs created during 1st New Deal
solved the problems of the Great Depression
made the Depression worse
20
What did Hoover do to combat the Great Depression?
he did nothing
created public works programs to employ americans
gave Americans money
sent Americans letters
21
Who is this?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
22
What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president?
Called a meeting of the "Brain Trust."
established the Civil Works Administration
Closed all of the banks
Reorganized the Supreme Court
23
What ultimately will get the United States out of the Great Depression?
Public Works Programs
World War II
The New Deal
The Second New Deal
24
She was the first women to hold an official government position.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Francis Perkins
Amelia Earhart
Eleanor Roosevelt
25
What happened to banks and businesses in the economic collapse?
they did not make or lose money
sold out to investors
many of them closed
they made lots of money
26
Why was Hoover reluctant to help people during the Depression?
he believed Americans didn't deserve it.
He had no support
He favored government intervention
he though the economy could fix itself
