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HUSH Great Depression and New Deal
HUSH Great Depression and New Deal
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Review of the 1920s and 30s
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Roosevelt's court-packing plan would give the ______ branch of gov't too much power.
executive
judicial
legislative
2
What was created to regulate the stock market?
Social Security Administration
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
National Recovery Administration
3
What did governors declare to prevent bank runs?
reduce value of the dollar
create Federal Reserve
bank stands
bank holidays
4
Why did WWI veterans march to Congress...
to get bonus early
to protest for women
to relieve workers
to get a job
5
What did the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation do?
regulate stocks
insure bank deposits
help the poor
provide work
6
What was the purpose of the Works Progress Admnistration (WPA)?
control stock market
help farmers
insure bank $
build roads/buildings
7
Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?
Truman
Hoover
Roosevelt
Wilson
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What was the purpose of "Fireside chats?"
restore confidence during economic trouble
provide instructions for enemy
encourage citizens to report communism
inform citizens on progress of war
9
How did New Deal legislation impact the role of state and federal government?
limited federal govt
extended federal govt
did nothing
10
What was Roosevelt's goal to increase the justices called?
Court-packing
Supreme Court increase
New Deal
Justice for all
11
Decine in world trade, bank failures, _____....all led to the Great Depression.
decrease military
money for farmers
increased consumer spending
overspeculation
12
Put these in order: New Deal (1), Great Depression (2), WWI (3), Roaring 20s (4)
2, 3, 1, 4
3, 1, 4, 2
3, 4, 1, 2
3, 4, 2, 1
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Who advocated taxing the rich in his "Share the Wealth" program?
Huey P. Long
Francis Townsend
Father Coughlin
Hoover
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Which New Deal program brought electricity to rural America?
CCC
AAA
WPA
TVA
15
What affected the Great Plains region?
Dust Bowl
tornado
stock market crash
16
What is the name of the government backed retirement plan called?
Medicaid bill
recovery bill
Social Security Act
Reform bill
17
Who had the idea of rugged individualism?
Roosevelt
Hoover
citizens
18
What was Roosevelt's programs called provide relief, recovery, and reform?
Great Society
New England
New Freedom
New Deal
19
Who (Catholic priest) wanted to the gov't to take over the banks?
Father Coughlin
Francis Townsend
Huey Long
20
What did the art, literature, and music depict during the Great Depression?
hard times
minorities
sports
prosperity
21
Bank failures, accounts wiped out, stock market crash...all describe
WWI
Progressivism
New Deal
Great Depression
22
Who advocated giving citizens over 65 an additional $200 a month to stimulate economy?
Francis Townsend
Huey Long
Father Coughlin
23
What happened to the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
increased sharply
decreased sharply
stayed the same
24
What year did the stock market crash?
1929
1930
1918
1928