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The Great Depression
The Great Depression
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1
What was FDR's campaign promise in the 1932 election called?
The Delano Deal
The News Deal
The New Deal
The Square Deal
2
President Roosevelt's presidential campaign in 1932
called for large-scale federal spending
focused primarily on issues of international trade
emphasized thatere was no way out of the depression
3
All the following contributed to the Great Depression EXCEPT
Poor banking habits
Unstable European economies
Decline in spice trade from Asia
Poor harvests and farming
4
What was the day of the stock market crash called?
Sweet Sunday
Casual Friday
Green Monday
Black Tuesday
5
When FDR took office, how many Americans were out of work?
13 Million
19 Million
12 Million
14 Million
6
the 19th amendment...
no cruel punishments
moved the drinking age to 21
women the right to vote
santa is real
7
What was the most popular car in the world in the 1920s?
Ford Model T
Ford Model A
Lancia Lambda
Bugatti Type 35
8
Who won the 1928 election?
JFK
FDR
Herbert Hoover
Nixon
9
How did Ford convince his workers to stay at his company?
bought them all ice-cream
He paid them more
He gave them all free cars
gave them smoke breaks
10
One puprose of the Social Security Act was
to help investors recover their losses.
to give children a better education for better jobs.
to provide old age insurance/pension.
to make people feel safer about banks.
11
More automobiles on the road caused which of the following changes?
Increase in productiuon of fruit
Highway creation spiked
less factories
12
the phrase "Hundred Days" refers to...
the time all banks were closed by FDR
the worst months of the Great Depression
the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency
13
The largest consequence of Prohibition was
corruption of public officials
Class riots in New York and Boston
Bar fights
A massive rise in organized crime
14
Why did more people move to suburbs in the late 1920s?
suburbs provided for safer living conditions
Cars allowed working people to commute to town to work
There was no more room in the town for people to live
15
The Stock Market crashed in what year?
1919
1931
1929
1902
16
Many families affected by the Dust Bowl packed up and moved to...
Kansas
California
Europe
York
17
Which programs did Hoover implement?
Home Loan Bank Act
Lets Fly to the Moon!
Canada is a bad country act
Universal Health Care
18
Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?
farmers forced off their land by dust storms
Kittens and Puppies
Unemployed industrial workers and their families
World War I veterans and their families
19
President Hoover's public image was severely damaged by his ...
agreement to provide a fed role to the unemployed
decision to abandon the principle of "rugged individualism"
construction of "Hoovervilles" for the homeless
handling of the dispersal of the Bonus Army
20
The 18th amendment...
prohibited the sale and transportation of alchohol
freed the slaves
gave voting rights to women
Right to have bear arms in your living room
21
When did FDR become president?
1928
1930
1928
1933
22
What is another cause of the Great Depression?
High unemployment
The quick growth of the car industry
Collapse of the farming sector
Not having enough industrial workers
23
What is it called when there is more supplied than demanded?
Shortage
Surplus
Equallibrium
Swag
24
The government spending more money than what it takes in is
credit spending
deficit spending
'Murica'
incidental spending
25
What did Henry Ford create to increase production
Production lines
hired immigrants
provided health care to workers
26
What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
25%
53%
30%
20%
27
Where were most Fords built?
Chicago
Los Angeles
Houston
Detroit
28
What disease did FDR suffer from towards the end of his term?
Small Pox
Shingles
Polio
AIDS
29
Which president is given credit for saving the USA during the Depression?
Roosevelt
Santa Anna
Lincoln
Obama
30
__________________was especially deadly to the children and elderly during the Dust Bowl.
Yellow Fever
AIDS
Polio
Dust Pneumonia
