Why did so many banks fail at the beginning of the Great Depression?

Too many deposotiers tried to withdrawal their money

The Emergency Banking Bill gave Franklin D. Roosevelt the authority to do what?

Temporary close banks while they got their accounts in order

How did the New Deal affect the voting patterns of Blacks?

many shifted their votes from Republicans to Democrats

Supreme Court invalidated New Deal programs and progressive state laws, FDR attempted to ?

Pack the Supreme Court with justices he chose

The. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created too?

Insured bank deposits p to $5,000

Why did farmers lose their farms in the early 1930s?

Could not earn enough from farming to pay morgatages

The most popular movies helped theater-goers do what?

escape the gloom of the depression

Herbert Hoover expected the Reconstruction Finance corporation to?

Get American back to work through trickle-down economics

How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the role of the first lady?

the role changed from ceremonial to political involvement

Which of the following best characterizes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first hundred days in office?

pushed congress to pass. Legislation to improve the economy

The stock market crash led to?

Unemployment for millions of workers

Why did volunteerism fail?

Businesses & citizens acted in their individual best intrest

Which policy would John Maynard Keynes consider pump priming?

Funding public-works projects tops unemployed people to work

Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington D.C.?

seek early payments of the money promised by congress

How did farmers contribute to the problems of the dust bowl?

Using intensive farming techniques that removed praire grass

The Great Depression led to high unemployment as many companies did what?

Instituted production cutbacks, which led to major layoffs

Francis Perkins, a social worker, was the first?

Female cabinet member in United States history

What were the goals of the New Deal?

provide relief, reform, & recovery

Why did the stock market crash?

investors lost confidence in the market & sold shares

Huey Long’s Share the Wealth program proposed what?

Pay higher taxes that would then be distributed to the poor

What factors contributed to the economic problems of the 1920s?

Americans purchased many consumer goods on credit

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The Great Depression ch.12-ch.13

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1
Dust Bowl refugees from the Great Plains, who headed west to look for work?
Dirty people
Okies
Exodusters
Dust Runners
2
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s unofficial group of Black advisors were known as?
TVA
Jackson
New Deal coalition
Black Cabinet
3
What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to pull the nation out of the Great Depression?
Pay farmers to destroy their livestock
give banks a chance to organize
Share the Wealth
New Deal
4
Why did so many banks fail at the beginning of the Great Depression?
To many investors tried to open accounts
the Fedral reserve put to much money into circulation
Too many deposotiers tried to withdrawal their money
the stock macket collapsed to slowly
5
The Emergency Banking Bill gave Franklin D. Roosevelt the authority to do what?
take over banks and pay depositors with government bonds
Temporary close banks while they got their accounts in order
sell ailing banks to the highest bidder
Close accounts of people with poor credit
6
How did the New Deal affect the voting patterns of Blacks?
Most continued to vote for the republican party
The new Deal had no effect on Blacks voting patterns,-
a majority supported Huey Long
many shifted their votes from Republicans to Democrats
7
Supreme Court invalidated New Deal programs and progressive state laws, FDR attempted to ?
Pass a law abolishing the Supreme Court
Ignore Supreme Court's rulings
remove half the justices
Pack the Supreme Court with justices he chose
8
The. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created too?
created despite strong objections from FDR
Was establisgulate the stock market
ensured Social Security payments
Insured bank deposits p to $5,000
9
At first, what did hoover rely on to relieve the depression?
Mandatory unionization in all factories
federal money and government grants
Volenteerism &local government
Laws forbidding buisness to fire workers
10
Why did farmers lose their farms in the early 1930s?
could not keep up with the growing demands for crops
Could not earn enough from farming to pay morgatages
refused to grow the crops that American s wanted to purchase
Paid off mortgages to Quickly, resulting in heavy bank fines
11
The most popular movies helped theater-goers do what?
Learn job skills
escape the gloom of the depression
Understand the First World War
find out about federal programs
12
Herbert Hoover expected the Reconstruction Finance corporation to?
succeed without any funding from the government
Get American back to work through trickle-down economics
Provide homeless people with small loans to buy new ousting
Subsidizing workers willing to relocate
13
How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the role of the first lady?
Became an elected position with congressional voting rights
she created a new cabinet position for herself
Created newspaper that all first ladies have to write
the role changed from ceremonial to political involvement
14
Impoverished people in the cities often waited for free food from public agencies in?
Hoovervilles
Welfare lines
Bread lines
tenant farmers
15
Which of the following best characterizes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first hundred days in office?
avoided direct action and sent problems to committees
pushed congress to pass. Legislation to improve the economy
Abolished the banking system & government building projects
Concentrated on programs that strengthen buisness
16
Dorothea Lange’s photographs of migrant workers did what for the American people?
were lost in the Dust Bowl
Angered many unemployed mothers
helped win aid for the workers
Appeared in The Grapes of Wrath.
17
The stock market crash led to?
Unemployment for millions of workers
Brief period of rising profits
higher farm prices
increased factory production
18
Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced this act to help retirees.
Works Progress Admiinstration
Social Security Act
Obamacare
Fair Labor Standards
19
Why did volunteerism fail?
banks made to many loans to struggling businesses
Businesses & citizens acted in their individual best intrest
Herbert Hoover supported government intervention
Charitable organizations took control of local relief effort
20
Which policy would John Maynard Keynes consider pump priming?
Funding public-works projects tops unemployed people to work
regulating the stock market to restrict speculation
raising taxes on the poor to discourage immigration
Setting up tariffs to protect United States firms
21
Who wrote the book Grapes of Wrath?
Byron Writer
Walt Disney
John Steinbeck
J.K. Rowling
22
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington D.C.?
march in support of Herbert Hoover reelection
Demand higher pay for veterans
seek early payments of the money promised by congress
Start a soup kitchen for jobless veterans
23
How did farmers contribute to the problems of the dust bowl?
moving off the plains
damming western riveres and using irrigation tehniques
Using intensive farming techniques that removed praire grass
Putting new layers of topsoil down
24
The Great Depression led to high unemployment as many companies did what?
lost their workera to farming, which offered better pay
Closed to punish workers
Instituted production cutbacks, which led to major layoffs
moved their products to Asia, where labor costs were lower
25
Francis Perkins, a social worker, was the first?
person to speak out against the threat posed by Nazi Germany
Female vice president in the United States history
Person appointed by fdr to the supreme court
Female cabinet member in United States history
26
What were the goals of the New Deal?
Increase spending on defense and trade
Create schools protet farmers
provide relief, reform, & recovery
Reform government and decrease spending
27
Why did the stock market crash?
The federal reserve increased the money supply
depositers lost their investments and made runs on banks
Germany ceased reparations payments
investors lost confidence in the market & sold shares
28
Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Securities Exchange Commission to?
ensure bank deposits
Regulate the stock market
pay farmers to destroy their livestock
Give banks a chance to organize
29
Huey Long’s Share the Wealth program proposed what?
Pay higher taxes that would then be distributed to the poor
be encouraged to contribute to charities
be paid subsides for increasing their spending
Pay lower taxes so they could create new jobs
30
What factors contributed to the economic problems of the 1920s?
Wages increased at the same pace as worker productivity
Americans purchased many consumer goods on credit
Farmers sold crop surpluses to pay off their debts
Investors lost confidence in the stock markt

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