stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
The Great Depression Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
The Great Depression
The Great Depression
27 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
48 plays
History chapter 9
Flashcards
27 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
27
Answers
1
How did the WPA help?
created parks
built highways
started banks
built churches
2
What did the TVA provide?
irrigation
satellite radio
electricity
housing
3
__________ is a time in which the economy does not grow.
unemployment
depression
crash
boom
4
How did the AAA help farmers?
got them higher prices for their products
insured their crops
provided seeds
helped with harvesting
5
What did the FDIC gaurantee?
people would have jobs
banks wouldn't close
money would not be lost
people wouldn't loose their homes
6
Who was the president during the Great Depression?
Abraham Lincoln
Howard Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
7
A ________ is a new idea for a law.
veto
amendment
proposal
bill
8
Who took pictures of people escaping the Dust Bowl?
Dorothy Dandridge
Herbert Hoover
Dorthea Lange
Will Rogers
9
What set a minimum wage?
Fair Labor Standards Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Equal Rights Amendment
Works Progress Administration
10
Which of the following is a cause of the Great Depression?
the end of WWI
soup kitchens
The invention of the Model-T
the stock market crash
11
Where do people buy or sell stocks?
stockyards
stock market
banks
stock list
12
What helped people retire?
The New Deal
The CCC
The AAA
The Social Security Act
13
The dust filled winds of the Great Plains was known as:
Tornados
Dust Plains
Dust Bowl
Great Depression
14
Which state was not considered part of the Dust Bowl?
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Texas
15
What does unemployment measure?
available bank
people without jobs
homelessness
how much money people earn
16
Who is someone who buys stock in a company?
investor
lawyer
banker
president
17
Which president first set the minimum wage?
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
18
Who came up with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Herbert Hoover
Robert Hawley
Charles Curtis
Franklin Roosevelt
19
Did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff help America?
Yes
No
20
What program created jobs for people?
New Deal
Fair Labor Standards Act
Welfare Act
Social Security Act
21
What are pensions?
an idea for a law
a time when the economy doesn't grow
health benefits for workers
retirement money
22
Who could work for the CCC?
children
anyone
single women
single men
23
What were known as Hoover Blankets?
cardboard boxes
quilts
potato sacks
newspapers
24
When did the stock market crash?
1927
1930
1929
1928
25
________ is where a government does not spend more money than it receives in taxes.
depression
bull market
balanced budget
recession
26
What program built dams to control flooding?
ERA
TVA
CCC
WPA
27
Shantytowns were known as __________.
Hoovervilles
Lincolnlands
Trumanntowns
Hoovertowns
