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GREAT DEPRESSION
GREAT DEPRESSION
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1
How many banks closed by 1932?
1000
5000
3000
7000
2
What percentage of the population controlled over 90% of the country's wealth?
20%
30%
50%
10%
3
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the decline of the American economy?
NATURAL DISASTERS
LOW TARIFFS
BUYING ON CREDIT
OVERPRODUCTION
4
How much of the population was unemployed by 1932?
25%
15%
35%
45%
5
Who was elected president in 1932?
JFK
FDR
GWB
LBJ
6
This agency was created to help workers injured on the job and retirees.
SEC
FEMA
SSA
FDIC
7
The most popular of New Deal programs that put over 3 million young men to work in the 1930s.
WPA
FDIC
SEC
NYA
8
What is the subject of this cartoon?
CONGRESS
SUPREME COURT
STOCK MARKET
LIBERTY LEAGUE
9
Who is President Trump's Press Secretary?
Mike Pence
Melissa McCarthy
Mike Flynn
Sean Spicer
10
Which of the following was NOT popular entertainment during the 1920s?
BOXING
BASEBALL
TELEVISION
RADIO
11
Which of the following states was NOT part of the Dust Bowl?
Nebraska
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
12
Hoover Dam, built during the Depression, created this, the largest reservoir in the U.S.
LAKE MICHIGAN
LAKE LOTAWANNA
LAKE TAHOE
LAKE MEAD
13
Economic policy that promotes giving money to business and it will help everybody.
VOODOO ECON
CAPITALISM
TRICKLE-DOWN
WELFARE
14
Who was president during the beginning of the Depression?
COOLIDGE
HARDING
WILSON
HOOVER
15
The Stock Market Crash of Oct. 29th, 1929, was know as
BLACK THURSDAY
BLACK TUESDAY
BLACK MONDAY
BLACK FRIDAY
16
Which of the following was not one of the "Three Rs" of the New Deal?
RECOVERY
RELIEF
REFORM
REPLACE
17
America's national debt rose from $19.4 million in 1932 to over ___________ in 1939.
$30 MILLION
$40 MILLION
$60 MILLION
$50 MILLION
18
Where did James J. Braddock live most of his life?
PHILADELPHIA
NEW YORK
BOSTON
NEW JERSEY
19
This is the agency that insures the money people deposit in participating banking institutions.
SEC
FDIC
TVA
NRA
20
Which of the following is NOT a country from which President Trump tried to limit immigration?
Yemen
Iraq
Pakistan
Sudan
21
This New Deal program electrified much of the Tennessee River valley area.
TVA
SEC
FDIC
REA
22
Who did James J. Braddock defeat to win his boxing championship?
JOE LOUIS
MAX BAER
MUHAMMAD ALI
CORN GRIFFIN
23
Which U.S. state has recently experienced severe flooding?
Florida
Washington
Colorado
California
24
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration?
Give financial assistance to rural dwellers
Promote a decrease crop production
Supply farmers with important price supports
Foreclose on farms unable to pay mortgages
25
Creator of the "Share the Wealth" plan to take money from the rich to give to the poor.
H. HOOVER
HUEY LONG
FATHER COUGHLIN
DR. TOWNSHEND