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Great Depression (Chapter 14 & 15)
Great Depression (Chapter 14 & 15)
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Review game about the Great Depression #ushistory #greatdepression
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1
Who said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin Roosevelt
Huey Long
None of the above
Herbert Hoover
2
Borrowing money to purchase stocks is called...
Buying on Margin
Speculation
Black Tuesday
Installment Plan
3
Herbert Hoover's initial reaction to the Great Depression could be described as...
Restrained
Activist
Liberal
All of the above
4
What results because of
"deficit spending
"?
Balanced Budget
Debt
Surplus
Equality
5
Who made up the Bonus Army?
Business leaders
Unemployed factory workers
WWI veterans
Dust Bowl farmers
6
What were farmers experiencing in the decade before the Great Depression?
They paid off their debts
They were producing too many crops
Crop production decreased
Crop prices rose
7
The enactment of New Deal program showed that...
corporations should operate w/o gov't interference
state government should control commerce
the Constitution was no longer relevant
the Federal government was concerned w/ people's well being
8
Why did women support FDR?
He appointed women to his cabinet
They felt sorry for his paralyzation
He refused to participate in deficit spending
They appreciated the jobs they got through the CCC
9
Who is the coolest?
Mr. Terranova
the gullible kid that looked up at the ceiling
the blue dot on the ceiling
Mr. Simon
10
What folk musician was very popular during the Great Depression?
Bob Dylan
Woody Guthrie
Hank Williams, Jr.
Michael Jackson
11
President Franklin Roosevelt tried to add members to the...
Congress
unemployed
all of the above
Supreme Court
12
Dust Bowl sufferers moved where?
West
South
East
North
13
What was the unemployment rate, at its worst, during the Great Depression?
10%
15%
25%
50%
14
Which New Deal law gave workers more power to organize unions?
Wagner Act
Works Progress Administration
Federal Securities Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
15
What field did President Roosevelt first address in his First Hundred Days?
Banking
Farming
Supreme Court
Electricity production
16
What did some men do during the Great Depression?
joined the Supreme Court
Left their family and rode trains illegally
Got jobs in the National Youth Administration
None of the above
17
What happened on Black Tuesday?
Unemployment went up
People sold their stocks
Stock market went up in value
A higher tariff was passed
18
Which group was most affected by unemployment during the Great Depression?
minorities
Irish Americans
None of the above
Farmers
19
What event convinced Hoover to more actively use the gov't to deal with the problems of the GD?
Bonus Army
Black Tuesday
1930 midterm elections
All of the above
20
Why did banks fail after Black Tuesday?
People took their money out of the banks
Too many farmers took out loans
The government took over the banks
Too many people were taking out loans
21
What was the goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
Get farmers to grow more
Get food prices to drop
All of the above
Get farmers to grow less
22
This image is of what?
Dust Bowl
Black Tuesday
Bonus Army
Soup Kitchen
23
What ended the Great Depression?
none of the above
Hoover's policies
the New Deal
FDR's policies
24
Which New Deal law stated "Every [one] shall receive..at the age of 65...old-age benefit."
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration
Wagner Act
Social Security Act
25
New Deal programs like the Works Progress Administration work to help...
business owners
unemployed
farmers
banks
26
Which of the following was a cause of the Great Depression?
People specualted on stocks
Famers struggling with low prices
Factories weren't selling as much
Consumers not buying things
27
African Americans, women, and union members that supported FDR's policies were called...
Conservatives
Hoover fanatics
New Deal coalition
All of the above
28
Who ran for President in 1932?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
All of the above
Hoover & Roosevelt
29
Who criticized FDR's New Deal by saying it was destroying business and free enterprise?
None of the above
Huey Long
Conservatives
Father Charles Coughlin
30
The purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to...
provide money to Big Business
provide direct relief to the needy
help the homeless buy a house
pay farmers not to farm
31
Which of the following caused the Dust Bowl?
Crop Rotation
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Drought
Overproduction of certain crops
