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The Great Depression
The Great Depression
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Spoiler alert...it was depressing
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1
Roosevelt's radio programs were called
Travels with FDR
State of the Union Addresses
Fireside Chats
Public Works Programs
2
Who made up the "Bonus Army"?
Retired people
Labor union members
Men from Hoovervilles
WWI Veterans
3
Which was NOT one of Roosevelt's New Deal goals?
Relief
Reduce
Recovery
Reform
4
Roosevelt's most trusted advisers were called the
Tammany Ring
Brain Trust
Big Four
Kitchen Cabinet
5
Some criticized the New Deal because
ended collective bargaining.
it didn't help the elderly.
created a large number of government agencies and spending.
expanded the Supreme Court.
6
A share of ownership in a corporation is called a
Certificate of Deposit
Bond
Dividend
Stock
7
She acted as FDR's "eyes and ears" while traveling.
Francis Perkins
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mary McLeod Bethune
8
Who are these men?
Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt
Truman and FDR
Coolidge and Hoover
Hoover and FDR
9
Which social group faced hard times even before the 1930s?
Consumers
Farmers
Investors
Bankers
10
Which New Deal agency was set up to provide unemployment insurance and pensions for retirees?
The National Recovery Administration
The Works Progress Administration
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Social Security Administration
11
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Buying on Margin
Stock Certificates being used as currency
High tariffs
Overproduction
12
This novel by John Steinbeck was influential in drawing attention to which social problem?
Tenement Life
The Dust Bowl
Hoovervilles
Child Labor
13
Was this cartoonist a critic or supporter of FDR?
Who was FDR?
Critic
Supporter
A doctor
14
The beginning of FDR's presidency when many laws were passed
The New Deal Period
The Bank Holidays
The Hundred Days
The Fireside Chats
15
The President of the US during the stock market crash of 1929 was
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
16
A time when a union negotiates with management for workers' benefits.
Strike
New Deal
Collective Bargaining
Public Works Programs
17
How did FDR solve the banking crisis?
Told Americans to remove their money from the banks
A "Bank Holiday" & passed Emergency Banking Relief Act
Established the FDIC
Closed the stock market
18
What is this?
A Homeless Shelter
People at Walmart on Black Friday
A Hooverville
A Soup Kitchen
19
Spending more money than the government brings in from taxes.
Tariffs
The New Deal
Deficit spending
Collective bargaining
20
What's the cartoonist's main point?
Hoovervilles didn't exist during the Depression.
Hooverville had its own newspaper.
Hoover was not acknowledging the Depression was a problem.
Poor people enjoyed living in Hooverville.
21
When the government hires workers to build schools, highways, or playgrounds, these are
Welfare Programs
Consumer Programs
Public Works Projects
The W.P.A.
22
Which New Deal program was designed to prevent people from losing their life savings in banks?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
National Recovery Administration
Works Progress Administration
Social Security Administration
23
Where was the Dust Bowl?
The Atlantic Coast
The Pacific Coast
The Great Basin
The Great Plains
24
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was an attempt to
Teach farmers new technology.
Help farmers get loans to expand their farms.
Help farmers get better prices for their crops.
Teach farmers to work in factories.
25
Who was the main character in this film?
Joe Lewis
Jimmy Braddock
Russell Crowe
Rocky Balboa
