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A review for 8th grade Social Studies
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1
To which state did most people move to during the Dust Bowl?
Oregon
Arizona
Nevada
California
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The area of dust-damaged farms across a 150,000 square-mile region during the 1930's.
The Big Dusty
The Barren Plains
The Dust Bowl
The Oakies
3
Which group are they trying to help?
Elderly
African-Americans
Women
Teenagers
4
Thousands of veterans who streamed into Washington demanding bonuses that they never received.
Social Security
Speculation
The Central Soldiers
Bonus Army
5
Roosevelt wanted to change the Supreme Court by
Choosing women and blacks to serve as Justices
Raising the number of Justices from 9 to 15
Having Justices elected instead of appointed
Reducing the number of cases the Court could hear.
6
How did the US involvement in WWII bring an end to the Depression?
The war gave unemployed American jobs in the military.
Factories began operating at full production for war supplie
The war's threat to nation caused us to forget econ. worries
It didn't; the New Deal ended the Depression
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Which description is NOT true of FDR?
Even before he took office he knew how to end the Depression
He had a disability & walked with braces or used wheelchair
Some Americans strongly disliked him and his programs
His friendly & informative manner inspired confidence in him
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What was the time frame of the Great Depression?
World War I to World War II
Stock Market Crash to 1930
World War I to Stock Market Crash
Stock Market Crash to World War II
9
Black Tuesday refers to the day when the
Bonus Army was broken up
Dust Bowl began
Stock market crashed
Banks were all closed
10
Who was Roosevelt's eye and ears during the Great Depression
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dolly Madison
Harry S Truman
John Garner
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This required workers & employers to pay into a fund from which they draw a pension when retire
Tennessee Valley Authority
Social Security
The New Deal
Works Progress Administration
12
Even before the Great Depression began, which group of people faced economic hard times?
Bankers
Farmers
Investors
Consumers
13
What person did Americans blame most for the economic hard times in the 1930's?
Douglas MacArthur
FDR
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
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A person who favors fewer government controls & more individual freedom in economic matters
Tea Party
Conservative
Liberal
Anarchist
15
The Dust Bowl was caused by all of the following EXCEPT
A drought
Overgrazing
Irrigation
Over plowing
16
President Franklin Roosevelt's programs to fight the Great Depression.
New Deal
Reshuffle
Black Jack
Second Hand
17
Roosevelt's first programs were passed with little debate by a session of Congress called the ?
New Deal
Crash of 1929
Bank Holiday
One Hundred Days
18
Who said this?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
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To use borrowed money to fund government programs.
Speculation
Social Security
Deficit Spending
Buying on Margin
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What were Roosevelt's radio broadcasts called?
Heads Together
Public Incentives
Hope at Home
Fireside Chats
21
An immediate effect of the Great Depression was the...
Beginning of the New Deal
Dust Bowl
Closing of many banks because they ran out of money.
Creation of the Brain Trust
22
1929-1941 where the US economy was in severe decline & millions of Americans were unemployed
Great Depression
Roaring 20s
WWII
New Deal
23
To pay a small part of a stock's price and then borrow money to pay for the rest
Investment capital
Speculation
Cornering the market
Buying on margin
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A person who favors government action to bring about social and economic reform.
Liberal
Conservative
Anarchist
Tea Party
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1. The buying and selling of a stock in the hope of making a quick profit.
Bonus Army
Deficit Spending
Social Security
Speculation
26
What was the main purpose of the New Deal projects during the Great Depression?
To give people jobs
To keep unemployed people busy and out of trouble
To provide public parks and recreation areas
To feed the poor and hungry people
27
What was the occasion of this quote?
Passage of the Social Security Act
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Creating the CCC
Start of the Bank Holiday
28
The stock market crash hurt many Americans because...
The price of farm goods fell.
Their stocks became worthless.
Prices of stock rose.
They had to wait in line to buy food.
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Who said, "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?"
Herbert Hoover
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mary McLeod Bethune
Franklin D. Roosevelt
