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#GreatDepression #NewDeal A Quiz Quiz on these two subjects for U.S. History students
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What was FDR's plan to save the nation from the Great Depression called?
The Fair Deal
The Square Deal
The New Deal
The Great Society
2
Herbert Hoover believed govt should encourage good behavior, but not force it. This is called;
Paternalism
Private Charity
Please-ism
Volunteerism
3
What New Deal law gave Native Americans more control over their lives?
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
Indian Relocation Act of 1836
Indian Betterment Act of 1935
4
While the New Deal didn't solve the Great Depression it did give people what?
Depair
Intelligence
Hope
Charity
5
This program helped farmers limit their production in order to raise prices
TVA
Wagner Act
AAA
FDIC
6
What event actually got the United States out of the Great Depression?
The New Deal
The Great Recession
World War II
World War I
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How did FDR attempt to help women and African-Americans?
Gave them state jobs
Gave them legislative jobs
Gave them local jobs
Gave them federal jobs
8
This New Deal Program provided jobs to young men in conservation work.
WPA
SEC
FDIC
CCC
9
Where did many Americans go to live who lost their homes during the Great Depression?
The street
Bigger homes
Shantytowns
Rooseveltvilles
10
This was the method that FDR used to communicate with Americans about his New Deal
Fireside Chats
Public Speeches
Personal Conversations
Poolfront Quips
11
This program provided electricity for the first time to millions of rural Americans.
Wagner Act
TVA
AAA
FDIC
12
Herbert Hoover was reluctant to help Americans out because of his belief in;
Keynesian-ism
Paternalism
Rugged Individualism
Government Intervention
13
In the movie "Cinderella Man", how did James Braddock's family lose all their money?
Bank Failure
Stock Market Crash
He never had any
Broke his hand
14
What branch of government shot down some of FDR's New Deal Programs?
Judicial
Executive
Legislative
15
A Day that will live in infamy. When the Stock Market began its crash, $30 billion lost.
Black Friday
Black Tuesday
Black Thursday
Black Saturday
16
True or False: Most Americans in 1929 thought the economy was doing great!
False
True
17
What was the first area of the economy the New Deal targeted?
Stock Market
Industry
Banking
Jobs
18
This law regulated the Stock Market and made insider trading illegal?
Glass-Steagall
AAA
CCC
SEC
19
Farmers in the West were devastated when 3 feet of topsoil was lifted up and blown away.
Dust Bowl
Dust Devastation
Desertification
Soil Bowl
20
The practice of borrowing money to buy stock is called
Inflation
Buying on Margin
Gambling
Speculating
21
This was the final event that did in Hoover's reputation.
Black Tuesday
The Dust Bowl
Roosevelt Recession
The Bonus Army
22
What was FDR's group on informal advisors with lots of ideas called?
The Smart Men
The Brain Trust
The Cabinet
The Cerebrals
23
As many as 2 million men during the Great Depression left their families to become what?
Hobos
Migrant Workers
Dead
Employed
24
What political party did African-Americans begin to overwhelmingly support in 1934?
Democratic
Fascist
Republican
Socialist
25
Who was the United States President at the start of the Great Depression?
FDR
George Washington
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
26
The practice of buying stocks just hoping they will increase in value is known as;
Buying on Margin
Gambling
Inflation
Speculation
27
FDR was embarrassed when critics accused him of trying to?
Prolong the Great Depression
destroy Congress
Pack th Supreme Court
Fix the Great Depression
28
This New Deal Program guaranteed people's savings in banks up to $5,000 (today $125000)
FDIC
AAA
WPA
TVA
29
This law allowed Americans to unionize and forbid bosses from stopping them.
AAA
Wagner Act
TVA
FDIC
30
What is it called when everyone goes to the bank to pull their savings out before it closes?
A Bank Run
A Bank Failure
A Bank Rush
A Bank Bust
31
Why did New Deal programs not benefit African-Americans as much as Whites?
Many Programs were federally-run, and they discriminated
Many Programs were state-run, and they discriminated
FDR was a big racist
African-Americans didn't want to use New Deal programs
32
During the Great Depression, how did many Americans make ends meet?
They got relief from local governments
They got new jobs
They stopped visiting doctors
A and B
33
While Herbert Hoover refused to do massive jobs programs, what program DID he start to help?
The Emergency Banking Relief Act
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Works Progress Administration
The Hoover Dam
34
Who was the first female cabinet member under FDR?
Jane Adams
Marie Curie
Francis Perkins
Eleanor Roosevelt
35
The New Deal Coalition was made up of which groups?
Catholics & Jews
African Americans
Urban Dwellers and Southern Whites
All of the Above
36
At the beginning of his Presidency, FDR said that the only thing we have to fear is;
Bank Runs
Poverty
War
Fear Itself
37
Between 1929 -1933, how many banks in the United States failed?
60
6,000
600
60,000
38
What did Social Security do?
Unemployment Insurance
Disability Insurance
Old Age Retirement pension
All of the above
39
President FDR is the only President to have served how many terms?
3 terms
5 terms
4 terms
2 terms
40
This program provided over 8 million jobs to Americans by 1938
SEC
CCC
FDIC
WPA
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This law separated savings/loans banks from investment banks
Social Security Act
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Wagner Act
Glass Steagall
42
Many Americans got food during the Great Depression by;
Standing in Soup Lines
Getting it from the government
Stealing it
Saving to buy it
43
By 1932, how many Americans were unemployed?
15%
25%
100%
50%
44
What did the Federal Government do to assist migrant Mexican workers
Kicked them back to Mexico
Paid them for farmwork.
Gave them government jobs
Built Migrant camps for them
45
In 1938, FDR cut back on some of the New Deal and the economy immediately faltered, what was it
The 2nd Great Depression
Roosevelt Recession
The Long Depression
The Great Recession
46
Farmers were experiencing many problems all stemming from;
Slow housing markets
Low crop prices
World War I
Government price support
47
The Roaring 20s was not a roaring time for everyone, what was 1 cause of the Great Depression?
Social Inequality
Racial Inequality
Massive deaths from WWI
Wealth Inequality
48
How did the Great Depression effect children?
They suffered more stress
Their nutrition suffered
They couldn't attend school
All of the above
49
How did most Americans in the 1920s manage to afford new things?
Stealing money
Gambling on the stock market
Most didn't buy new things
Borrowing money
50
This influential and powerful woman encouraged FDR to never forget about the "Forgotten Man"
Francis Perkins
Jane Adams
Eleanor Roosevelt
Marie Curie
