US History STAAR Review - The Great Depression

Question 1

Which New Deal agency provides power and jobs to individuals in Tennessee?

Accepted Answer

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 2

Fears of an FDR dictatorship led to the passage of the 22nd Amendment, which restricted -

Accepted Answer

the number of terms a president can serve.

Question 3

Which of the following New Deal agencies is still with us today?

Accepted Answer

Federal Housing Authority, Social Security Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Question 4

Which New Deal agency enables individuals to find/gain loans for a home?

Accepted Answer

Federal Housing Authority

Question 5

Because of court packing and 4 terms in office, many feared that FDR was becoming

Accepted Answer

a dictator

Question 6

What is the massive movement of African-Americans from South to Northeast in the 1920s-40s?

Accepted Answer

Great Migration

Question 7

This oil scandal is the reason Harding is considered one of the most corrupt presidents.

Accepted Answer

Tea Pot Dome

Question 8

Why was the Red Scare considered "red"?

Accepted Answer

Red = fear of communists.

Question 9

This scheme by FDR would have led to him appointing many Supreme Court justices.

Accepted Answer

Court packing

Question 10

This group of people played a large role in gaining Prohibition.

Accepted Answer

women

Question 11

What caused the Dust Bowl?

Accepted Answer

Poor farming techniques, Overcropping of land, Drought

Question 12

What is ONE factor that led to the Great Migration?

Accepted Answer

Racial violence in the South, Better economic opportunities in the North

Question 13

How did the war economy affect the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

It decreased unemployment.

Question 14

Harding's __________________ involved a focus on post-war recovery, business, and isolationism.

Accepted Answer

Return to Normalcy

Question 15

This term was Hoover's fix to the Depression, focusing on individual effort and grit.

Accepted Answer

Rugged individualism

Question 16

This collection of government aid laws was FDR's solution to the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 17

"Buying on margin" led to the collapse of the stock market because -

Accepted Answer

Investors were unable to pay back their loans.

Question 18

These events occurred when individuals were unable to take out money deposited in banks.

Accepted Answer

Bank panic/run, Bank failure

Question 19

During the Red Scare, what groups were targeted for persecution and deportation?

Accepted Answer

Anarchists, Socialists, Communists, Immigrants

Question 20

This word describes a tax on imports or exports.

Accepted Answer

tariff

Question 21

Which New Deal organization allowed the government to regulate the stock market?

Accepted Answer

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Question 22

This refers to the ability of judges to declare a law or presidential action unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

Judicial review

Question 23

During the 1920s, this describes the explosion of African-American art, music, and literature.

Accepted Answer

Harlem Renaissance

Question 24

Which amendment led to the banning of alcohol in the United States?

Accepted Answer

18th Amendment

Question 25

Which of the following contributed to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Bank failures, Stock market crash, Bank runs, Smoot-Hawley tariff

Question 26

Which New Deal agency provides power and jobs to individuals in Tennessee?

Accepted Answer

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 27

Which New Deal agency works to insures your money in banks (up to $250,000)?

Accepted Answer

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Question 28

The Dust Bowl affected which part of the country?

Accepted Answer

Great Plains

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