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1
The Dust Bowl was located in the
Toilet
Northeast
West Coast
Midwest
2
The time period known in America as "The Great Depression" lasted between
1910-1918
1929-1942
1861-1865
1940-1955
3
Roosevelt was criticized for his plan to get his New Deal programs approved, when he
Suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus
Appointed himself to be Speaker of the House
Gave federal money to corporations
Tried to increase the number of Supreme Court justices
4
Which New Deal program protected and guaranteed people's savings in banks?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
5
What term best describes the radio broadcasts Roosevelt would make from the White House?
Fireside Chats
The Late Show, with FDR
Bathroom Banter
Kitchen Table Talkies
6
What name was given to the federal programs that increased the role of government?
Square Deal
Homestead Act
New Deal
Monroe Doctrine
7
What name was given to the growing number of homeless settlements during the Depression?
Shackies
Manorvilles
Hoovervilles
Roosevelt Towns
8
Which ethnic group experienced a vibrant cultural renaissance in Harlem during the 1920s?
Native Americans
Irish-Americans
Jewish-Americans
African-Americans
9
What factors led to the ecological disaster known as the Dust Bowl?
The stock market crash of 1929
Jagger Dalena sneezed too many times
Failure of the banking system
Poor farming methods combined with drought
10
What term could
best
describe Herbert Hoover's economic beliefs?
Laissez Faire
Communism
Democracy
Socialism
11
What New Deal program employed Americans by building bridges, roads and public buildings?
Marshall Plan
Works Progress Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
12
Which New Deal program provided retired workers with a pension?
Civilization Conservation
Social Security
Food stamps
Works Progress
13
Which term describes young women who turned against the values of their parents' generation?
Flappers
Isolationists
Abolitionists
Bootleggers
14
Which group of unemployed veterans marched on Washington, demanding early military payment?
The Gaslight Anthem
The Flappers
The Free Soilers
The Bonus Army
15
What happened on "Black Tuesday?"
World War II began when Hitler invaded Poland
Stock market crash of 1929
Herbert Hoover was re-elected in 1932
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was approved by Congress
16
Which of the following was
not
a cause
of the Great Depression?
Increased wages for factory workers
Poor banking policies
Buying stocks on margin (credit)
Overproduction and surplus of consumer goods
17
Critics of Roosevelt's policies will say that the
real
reason the Great Depression ended was
President Hoover gave tax breaks to the wealthy
The federal government stopped regulating banks
The economy simply readjusted itself naturally
America entered World War II, which stimulated the economy
18
What would you normally see during an economic depression?
Dancing bears wearing funny little hats
Increased investment in the stock market
Lower taxes
High unemployment rates
19
Prohibition refers to the
banning of alcohol production and sale
Stock market crash in 1929
Reparations Germany was required to pay
smuggling of illegal alcohol
20
Which president believed the economy would recover on its own, without government interference?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
21
What name was was given to the environmental catastrophe that ravaged American farmers?
Bowling Ball
Dust Bowl
Super Bowl
Taco Bowl
22
Which New Deal program was responsible for hiring workers to construct dams in rural areas?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Works Progress Administration