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Duplicate of 8th Grade: Great Depression and New Deal
Duplicate of 8th Grade: Great Depression and New Deal
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What year did the stock market crash?
1930
1928
1918
1929
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Decine in world trade, bank failures, _____....all led to the Great Depression.
money for farmers
increased consumer spending
buying stocks on margin
decrease military
3
Which step (3Rs) hoped to prevent future Depressions from reoccurring?
Reform
Relief
Recovery
4
Who marched in the Bonus Army?
WW1 veterans
The President and his wife.
Immigrants
Farmers
5
What was NOT an overall outcome of the New Deal?
Decreased governments role in the economy.
Created jobs for Americans
Increased Americans' confidence
Changed the role of government
6
What happened to the Bonus army?
The Bonus army vanished without a trace
They were escorted out of DC peacefully
After recieving their bonus, they were forced out of Washington DC
They were forced out of Wash. DC without recieving their bonus
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Bank failures, accounts wiped out, stock market crash...all describe
Great Depression
WWI
New Deal
Progressivism
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The biggest criticism of FDR's New Deal was that it
led to racist and segregationist policy.
undermined the power of the federal government.
dramatically increased the power of the federal government.
didn't do enough to save the global economy from ruin.
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What happened to the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
decreased sharply
increased sharply
stayed the same
10
Why were these agencies known as alphabet agencies or "alphabet soup"?
They only served soup in the cafeteria.
Campbell's soup was really popular because it was cheap.
FDR liked to eat soup.
The agencies were known by their initials.
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What was a Hooverville?
A rich neighborhood
Shanty town built by homeless people
A store for the homeless
A hotel
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What did the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation do?
regulate stocks
insure bank deposits
help the poor
provide work
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What was the Supreme Court's reaction the National Industrial Recovery Act?
They declared it unconstitutional
They approved
They disagreed
They supported
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What are the 3 categories of the New Deal?
Farming, Planting, Law-Making
Relief, Legislation, Selling Stock
Relief, Recovery, Reform
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What action did President FDR take to limit bank failures?
created bank stands
declared a "bank holiday"
reducde value of the dollar
created Federal Reserve
16
Court Packing is:
Hoover's plan to add additional members to the Supreme Court
FDR's plan to add additional members to the Supreme Court
A court packed full of people
Packing a suitcase and going to court
17
Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?
Wilson
Truman
Hoover
Roosevelt
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What was Roosevelt's goal to increase the justices called?
Court-packing
Justice for all
Supreme Court increase
New Deal
19
What was the purpose of the Works Progress Admnistration (WPA)?
help farmers
build roads/buildings
control stock market
insure bank $
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Why did WWI veterans march to Congress...
to get bonus early
to get a job
to protest for women
to relieve workers
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A criticism of Roosevelt's court-packing plan was that it would give the ______ branch of gov't too much power.
legislative
judicial
executive
22
Which 'R' was meant to temporarily reduce the pain of hunger and poverty?
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Reconstruction
23
What was Roosevelt's program to end the Depression called?
New England
Great Society
New Freedom
New Deal
24
The stock market affected the _____ population; while the Dust Bowl affected ____ population.
Southern, Norhern
city; city
rural; urban
urban; rural
25
All are goals of FDR's New Deal Agencies except
Recovery
Remember
Reform
Relief
26
What step of the New Deal(3Rs) provided immediate aid to those suffering?
Recovery
Relief
Reconstruction
Reform
27
What was the purpose of "Fireside chats?"
restore confidence during economic trouble
Tell citizens where fires sprang up
encourage citizens to report communism
provide instructions for enemy
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What step of the New Deal w(3Rs) as designed to bring the economy back to normal?
Relief
Reform
Recovery
29
FDR faced no opposition and everyone supported the New Deal.
False
True
30
What affected the Great Plains region?
Communist uprising
tornado
Dust Bowl
stock market crash
31
What is the name of the government backed retirement plan called?
Reform bill
recovery bill
Medicaid bill
Social Security Act
32
President Hoover felt it was not the position of the government to get too involved in the economy.
False
True
33
What were Public Works?
Public piece of arts
Free pieces of Work candy
Government financed building projects
Public workout's to create a buff community
34
Who had the idea of rugged individualism?
FDR
Hoover
citizens
T Roosevelt
35
The Okies:
won the state championship in 1934
played jazz music
had to move due to the Dust Bowl
were farmers who refused to move
36
How did New Deal legislation impact the role of state and federal government?
did nothing
limited federal govt
extended federal govt
37
Put these in order: New Deal (1), Great Depression (2), WWI (3), Roaring 20s (4)
2, 3, 1, 4
3, 4, 2, 1
3, 4, 1, 2
3, 1, 4, 2
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Which New Deal program provided public works jobs foryoung men aged 18-25?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Industrial Recovery Act
Works Progress Administration
