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Great Depression and New Deal
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1
Who won the 1928 election?
Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
2
Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food to the poor?
direct relief
price supports
rugged individualism
speculation
3
When you buy stocks hoping to get rich quick:
speculation
living on credit
buying on margin
profit-taking
4
How did FDR communicate many of his New Deal reforms to Americans in the 1930s?
Meet the press
Fireside chats
Keeping up appearances
Face the nation
5
This originally protected up to $5,000 of an individual's bank account.
PWA
HUAC
FDIC
SSA
6
This New Deal program tried to get more affordable hydroelectric power to rural America
CCC
WPA
AAA
TVA
7
What role did Eleanor play in the Roosevelt administration?
She focused on being an excellent housewife.
She was an important adviser on domestic policy.
She served as a cabinet member.
She was an important adviser on foreign policy.
8
This term refers to the stock market crash on October 29, 1929.
Black Tuesday
Bloody Sunday
Black Monday
Black Friday
9
Which of the following increased in the 1920s?
prices for farm products
farmers' debts
foreign demand for U.S. farm products
domestic demand for U.S. farm products
10
One long-range effect of the Great Depression was that many people
grew to like President Hoover.
developed habits of saving and thriftiness.
came to believe in small government.
became risk takers in the stock market.
11
Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
overproduction & underconsumption of farm products
the Hawley-Smoot Tariff
a growing number of homeless people
access to easy credit
12
During the Great Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about
25-percent
10-percent
75-percent
100-percent
13
Who lost the 1928 election?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Alfred Smith
Walter Mondale
14
Who said the New Deal didn't go far enough and proposed a "Share our wealth" plan?
Francis Townsend
Eleanor Roosevelt
Huey Long
Charles Coughlin
15
What does buying a stock on margin mean?
paying less than the market price of the stock
buying the stock outside the regular stock exchange
buying the stock from someone else
borrowing money to help pay for the stock
16
The first action FDR took as president:
Tried to pack the Supreme Court
Declared a Bank Holiday
Appointed members of the "Brain Trust" to his cabinet
Created the CCC for jobs
17
Why did Americans call shantytowns "Hoovervilles"?
They saw it as a form of nationalism.
They supported Hoover's policies.
They equated Hoover with failure.
They were conveying their support for FDR.
18
Each of the following was one of FDR's 3 Rs EXCEPT:
recovery
reform
rehabilitation
relief
19
Which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional?
NIRA
TVA
CCC
WPA
20
This put hundreds of young, single men to work building roads, parks, planting trees, etc.
WPA
TVA
CCC
AAA
21
This Democrat won the elections of 1932 & 1936.
Teddy Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
22
Which of the following of Roosevelt's ideas failed to become a law?
federal housing loans
reorganizing the Supreme Court
regional planning authorities
federal pension program
