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Econ, the 1920s, and the Depression
Econ, the 1920s, and the Depression
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1
Which Minnesotan became a hero for flying solo across the Atlantic ocean?
Duke Ellington
Charles Lindbergh
Jack Dempsey
F. Scott Fitzgerald
2
Which New Deal program provided conservation jobs to young men ages 18-25?
AAA
TVA
Fair Labor Standards Act
CCC
3
Which of the following was NOT a result of FDR's court packing plan?
Fear that FDR was weakening checks & balances system
More challenging to pass New Deal laws
More Supreme Court justices were added to the court
FDR was weakened politically
4
Roosevelt's plan to end the great depression through relief, recovery, and reform is called:
The New Deal
The Square Deal
The Real Deal
The Fair Deal
5
What is the term for purchasing stocks by putting only a 10% deposit down?
Bank failure
Buying on a margin
Bull market
Installment buying
6
A place where poor people gathered during the Great Depression to live
Huntsville
Hoovervilles
Tenements
FDIC
7
Which New Deal program created jobs on public works projects and provided artists work?
CCC
PWA
TVA
WPA
8
In order to fight the depression, what was the FIRST thing FDR did after his inauguration?
Shut down the stock market
Created the Black Cabinet
Began the CCC
Restore confidence in the banks
9
On which day did the stock market crash?
March 3, 1933
December 7, 1941
October 29, 1929
November 11, 1918
10
Which New Deal program regulated the Stock Market?
SEC
TVA
CCC
FDIC
11
According to Hoover, which group was NOT responsible for providing help to needy people?
Private Charities
The Federal Government
Local Church Groups
State Government
12
What is installment buying?
Another word for the assembly line
Purchasing stocks with gradual small payments
Purchasing goods with gradual small payments
Money used to fund a presidential campaign
13
The ____ is when major drought took over the Southern Plains in the 1930s
The Drought Bowl
The Outback Bowl
The Orange Bowl
The Dust Bowl
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What was the term for Hoover's idea that people should help themselves out of the depression?
Volunteerism
Bonus Army
Rugged Individualism
Localism
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Which group began to experience the Depression during the 1920's?
Women
Stock Brokers
Artists
Farmers
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A time of temporary economic decline
Recession
Bear Market
Bull Market
Depression
17
Which is NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl
Homestead Act
Farmers depleting the natural vegetation
Farmers cutting down trees
Drought
18
What is the name for a period of time when stock prices continue to rise?
Recession
Margin
Bear Market
Bull Market
19
The day the Stock Market collapsed is known as...
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
Bloody Sunday
Armistice Day
20
Who was responsible for violently removing the Bonus Army out of the capitol?
WW I Veterans
President Roosevelt
General MacArthur
President Hoover
21
In 1932, what was the approximate unemployment rate for Americans?
10%
3%
25%
50%
22
FDR spoke directly to the people by doing what?
Using newspaper reporters
Using the telegraph
Making radio chats known as fireside chats
Making TV addresses known as fireside chats
23
Bonus! Who was the shortest president of all time measuring just 5'4"?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Franklin Delano Bluth
24
Which President used the campaign slogan "a return to normalcy"?
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding