Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?

Securities and Exchange Commission

The main goal of the Bonus Army was to pressure the Hoover administration to...

Support the early payment of money promised to veterans

Which of the following was NOT one immediate effect of the Great Depression?

Immigration to Europe increased dramatically

Which of the agencies listed below is still functioning today?

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

Why did Congress pass the Wagner Act of 1935?

To protect the rights of organized labor

Which of the following explains the relationship between the Great Depression and the New Deal?

New Deal programs helped eased the problems of unemployment

Who was Frances Perkins?

First female Cabinet member in US history

What did Herbert Hoover promise in his 1929 inaugural address?

To eliminate poverty from America

How did the public respond to FDR’s Court Packing scheme?

Many felt FDR was trying to become a dictator

What is a Hooverville?

Shantytowns inhabited by unemployed Americans outside cities

Social Security was intended to assist which groups?

Retirees, single mothers, and the disabled

The Supreme Court played what type of role in FDR’s New Deal programs?

Declared many of the New Deal programs unconstitutional

What was the purpose of FDR's fireside chats?

To encourage Americans to be confident in the banks/gov't

What did the Works Progress Administration do?

Constructed roads, public buildings, and parks

What did people begin to do once the stock market crashed?

They rushed to the banks to withdraw their savings

What did the 20th Amendment do?

Moved presidential inauguration date from March to January

How did the FDIC impact people’s view of the banks during the Great Depression?

Restored some confidence in the nation’s banks

Which of the following was NOT a criticism of the New Deal?

It severely limited the powers of the legislative branch

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Great Depression Review

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A review of the content (Great Depression and New Deal) covered in USHC-6.3 and 6.4.

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1
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
Works Progress Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Securities and Exchange Commission
2
The main goal of the Bonus Army was to pressure the Hoover administration to...
Support the early payment of money promised to veterans
Strengthen the nation's defenses
Bring American troops home from overseas
End the military draft
3
Who was president when the Great Depression began?
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
4
Which of the following was NOT one immediate effect of the Great Depression?
Fathers abandoned their families
Unemployment climbed all the way up to 25%
People went to soup lines and bread lines
Immigration to Europe increased dramatically
5
Which of the agencies listed below is still functioning today?
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
6
This is where investors pay for 10% of a stock's worth and borrow the rest of the money:
Rugged individualism
Buying on margin
Stock speculation
Overproduction
7
Why did Congress pass the Wagner Act of 1935?
To offer social services to elderly citizens
To provide electricity and flood control
To limit U.S. intervention in foreign conflicts
To protect the rights of organized labor
8
Which of the following explains the relationship between the Great Depression and the New Deal?
The depression was over before the New Deal
The New Deal ended the Great Depression
The New Deal made the depression worse
New Deal programs helped eased the problems of unemployment
9
What were the migrants displaced by the Dust Bowl known as?
Exodusters
Carpetbaggers
Okies
Scalawags
10
Who was Frances Perkins?
FDR's wife
Leader of American Federation of Labor
First female Cabinet member in US history
Social worker and founder of Hull House
11
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
No regulation of big business
Uneven distribution of wealth
Lack of agricultural jobs
Overproduction
12
What was the name given to the day on which the stock market crashed in 1929?
Watergate
Hoover's Humiliation
Black Tuesday
The Stock Market Plummet
13
What did Herbert Hoover promise in his 1929 inaugural address?
To develop new federal programs to tackle the depression
To increase the power of the federal government
To provide subsidies to struggling farmers
To eliminate poverty from America
14
How did the public respond to FDR’s Court Packing scheme?
Was proposed by Huey Long, not FDR
Support for this plan was unanimous
Many felt FDR was trying to become a dictator
This secret act was never made known to the public
15
What is a Hooverville?
Nickname for all of America during Depression
Shantytowns inhabited by unemployed Americans outside cities
Conferences Hoover held with business leaders
Town in Ohio named for Hoover
16
Social Security was intended to assist which groups?
Retirees, single mothers, and the disabled
The residents of the Hoovervilles
African American laborers
All unemployed Americans
17
The Supreme Court played what type of role in FDR’s New Deal programs?
Supreme Court and New Deal never interacted with one another
Actively supported FDR’s New Deal
Once WWII started, Supreme Court took responsibility for it
Declared many of the New Deal programs unconstitutional
18
The black leaders who advised President Roosevelt were known as the...
Brain Trust
The Big Four
The Big Three
Black Cabinet
19
What was the purpose of FDR's fireside chats?
To convince the Supreme Court of the New Deal's validity
To encourage Americans to be confident in the banks/gov't
To convince big business owners to support the New Deal
To warn Americans of future financial disasters
20
What did the Works Progress Administration do?
Provided electrical power to Tennessee Valley
Gave farmers subsidies to avoid overproduction
Put young men to work digging ponds, planting trees, etc.
Constructed roads, public buildings, and parks
21
What did people begin to do once the stock market crashed?
Continued to speculate on stocks
They engaged in buying on margin
None of the above
They rushed to the banks to withdraw their savings
22
What did the 20th Amendment do?
Limited presidents to only two terms in office
Ended Prohibition
Gave women the right to vote
Moved presidential inauguration date from March to January
23
What were two basic causes of the Dust Bowl during the early 1930s?
Strip mining and toxic waste dumping
Overfarming and severe drought
Clear-cutting of forests and construction of railroads
Overpopulation and urban sprawl
24
How did the FDIC impact people’s view of the banks during the Great Depression?
Restored some confidence in the nation’s banks
Provided loans to everyone who lost money in the depression
Encouraged people to pull their money out of the banks
Took over all the banks and started the IRS
25
Which of the following was NOT a criticism of the New Deal?
The New Deal was an attempt to institute socialism
Its policies did not go far enough
The wealthy were forced to pay for its programs
It severely limited the powers of the legislative branch

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