Great Depression Test Review

Question 1

In the 1930’s, the enactment of New Deal programs demonstrated a belief that

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Fed Gov't must concern itself w/ people economic well-being

Question 2

This agency attempted to raise farm prices by paying farmers to lower farm output

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AAA

Question 3

Deficit spending by the Federal Government as a means of reviving the economy is based on idea

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purchasing power increases & economic growth stimulated

Question 4

The event in which WWI Veterans marched requesting early pension was

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Bonus Army

Question 5

The term for periods of economic growth and decline

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Business Cycle

Question 6

Which of the following was a sign of an unsound economy during the 1920s?

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More goods were being produced than consumers could buy

Question 7

Which of the following was one of the causes of the Great Depression?

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Overproduction of consumer goods

Question 8

Job creation program which only lasted during the particularly tough winter of 1933-34

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CWA

Question 9

This agency provided electricity to rural areas

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TVA

Question 10

Which federal agency, created by New Deal, was intended to prevent problems in stock market?

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Securities and Exchange Commission

Question 11

Hoovervilles were named after the president who was helping to alleviate the problems of GD

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False

Question 12

A major result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was

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an expansion of the power of the Federal Government

Question 13

Primary purpose of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was to oversee stock market

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False

Question 14

A significant cause of the Great Depression of the 1930’s was that

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banking policies were unsound/led to overexpansion of credit

Question 15

A bear market is where stock prices are rising and people are buying stocks

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False

Question 16

Franklin Roosevelt’s radio speeches at night were called

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Fireside chats

Question 17

The Supreme Court declared some New Deal laws unconstitutional because these laws

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overextended the power of the federal government

Question 18

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was an attempt to

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end the Great Depression and restore a sound economy

Question 19

Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Great Depression?

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beginning of World War II

Question 20

Which of the following New Deal programs continues to affect the lives of American workers?

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Social Security Administration

Question 21

The term for buying stocks by not paying the full price for them upon purchase

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Margin

Question 22

A major effect of the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act, 1935) was that labor unions

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obtained the right to bargain collectively

Question 23

One difference between the administrations of FDR and Herbert Hoover is that Roosevelt was

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more willing to use gov't intervention solve economic probs

Question 24

Budgeted billions of dollars to fund building of civil works projects which created needed jobs

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PWA

Question 25

Opponents of the New Deal criticized President Franklin D. Roosevelt for

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expanding the role and size of the federal government

Question 26

main reason FDR attempted to increase the number of Justices on the US Supreme Court was to

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make the Court more supportive of New Deal programs

Question 27

In 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment brought an end to

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Prohibition.

Question 28

An immediate result of the Supreme Court decision in Schechter v. US and US v. Butler was that

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some aspects of the New Deal were declared unconstitutional

Question 29

The Dust Bowl was created by

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Drought and Overfarming

Question 30

Which of the following sets of New Deal Agencies were declared unconstitutional?

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National Recovery Act Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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