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Unit 6: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6: Great Depression and New Deal
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Review of the 1920s and 30s
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1
Which New Deal program brought electricity to rural America?
TVA
WPA
AAA
CCC
2
How did New Deal legislation impact the role of state and federal government?
did nothing
extended federal government
limited federal government
3
Bank failures, accounts wiped out, stock market crash, all describe what?
Great Depression
WWI
Progressivism
New Deal
4
During the Dust Bowl, farmers moved from the Great Plains to where?
Florida
Las Vegas
Maine
California
5
What was the purpose of "Fireside chats?"
restore confidence during economic trouble
encourage citizens to report communism
inform citizens on progress of war
provide instructions for enemy
6
What did governors declare to prevent bank runs?
Bank holidays
Reduce value of the dollar
Bank stands
Create Federal Reserve
7
Who had the idea of rugged individualism?
Hoover
citizens
Roosevelt
Coolidge
8
What was a lasting impact of the New Deal?
Decrease in federal government power
Decrease in State Government power
Increase in size (power) of federal government
Increase in State government power
9
What gave unions the right to collective bargaining?
Hoovervilles
Wagner Act
deficit spending
Knights of Labor
10
What were Roosevelt's relief, recovery, and reform programs called?
New Deal
Great Society
New Freedom
New England
11
What affected the Great Plains region?
Stock market crash
Flooding
Dust Bowl
Earthquakes
12
Who advocated giving citizens over 65 an additional $200 a month to stimulate economy?
Francis Townsend
Father Coughlin
Ryan Wheeler
Huey Long
13
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?
Increased use of cars
Poor agricultural practices
Drought
Strong winds
14
Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?
Truman
Roosevelt
Hoover
Wilson
15
What did the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation do?
regulate stocks
insure bank deposits
provide work
help the poor
16
What year did the stock market crash?
1918
1928
1930
1929
17
What was the purpose of the Works Progress Admnistration (WPA)?
insure banks
build roads/buildings
help farmers
control stock market
18
What was Roosevelt's goal to increase the justices called?
Supreme Court increase
New Deal
Justice for all
Court-packing
19
What is the name of the government backed retirement plan called?
Reform bill
Medicaid bill
Social Security Act
recovery bill
20
What did the art, literature, and music depict during the Great Depression?
hard times
minorities
sports
prosperity
21
The stock market affected the _____ population; while the Dust Bowl affected ____ population.
rural; urban
urban; rural
city; city
poor; rich
22
How did New Deal legislation impact the role of state and federal government?
did nothing
extended federal government
limited federal government
23
Why did WWI veterans march to Congress?
To relieve workers
To get their bonus early
To get jobs
To protest for women's rights
24
Who took pictures of Americans that showed the Great Depression and Dust Bowl?
Jacob Riis
John Steinbeck
Dorthea Lange
Mrs. Wheeler
25
Put these in order: (1)New Deal, (2)Great Depression, (3)WWI, (4)Roaring 20s
3, 1, 4, 2
3, 4, 1, 2
3, 4, 2, 1
2, 3, 1, 4
26
To fight the Depression, Roosevelt did all of the following
EXCEPT
restore confidence in the banks.
provide money to pay stockholders for their losses.
provide direct relief to people.
set up public works programs.
27
Decline in world trade, bank failures, and what, all led to the Great Depression?
money for farmers
decrease military
increased consumer spending
overspeculation
28
What happened to the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
increased sharply
decreased sharply
It went all crazy-like
stayed the same
29
Roosevelt's court-packing plan would give the ______ branch of gov't too much power.
executive
judicial
legislative
30
What hurt commerce (or trade) in the 1920s?
Federal Reserve
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Dust Bowl
Bull Market
31
Who advocated taxing the rich in his "Share the Wealth" program?
Huey P. Long
Francis Townsend
Hoover
Father Coughlin
32
What was created to regulate the stock market?
Securities and Exchange Commission
National Recovery Administration
Federal Trade Commission
Social Security Administration
33
Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
Dorthea Lange
Jacob Riis