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Questions to Review for U.S. History exam on Great Depression.
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What was the major problem facing the farmers during the 1920s?
Overproduction
Dust Bowl
McNary-Haugen Bill
Inability to purchase equipment
2
Hoover believed in all of the following
EXCEPT
Faith in Industry
Laissez-Faire
Rugged Individualism
Assistance to the people
3
As President FDR's first attack on the Great Depression was on the...
Banks
Stock Market
Unemployment
Prohibition
4
Which alphabet agency was created under Hoover?
SSA
ABC
CCC
RFC
5
What was Congress' nickname under FDR?
Billion Dollar Congress
Lame Duck Congress
LIberalites
100 Days Congress
6
Who dispersed the Bonus Army?
American Expeditionary Force
Washington D.C. Police
State Militia
U.S. Military
7
The darkest time in Hoover's Presidency was the
Hoovervilles
Dust Bowl
Dispersal of the Bonus Army
Black Tuesday
8
What group of people were affected the most during the Great Depression?
African-Americans
Elderly
Mexican-Americans
Women
9
Also known as the Wagner Act, this organization helps workers rights (unions)
TVA
PWA
NRA
NLRB
10
The Dust Bowl was caused by all of the following
EXCEPT
The over cultivation of the Great Plains
Soil Erosion
Drought
Farmers failure to use modern equiptment
11
Organization who insures banks/personal deposits up to $2,500
FDIC
SSA
HOLC
AAA
12
Organization that helped build McKnight Road.
PWA
WPA
NYA
CCC
13
Which tariff, passed under Hoover, was the highest in over 100 years?
McNary-Haugen
Tariff of 1930
Smoot-Hawley
Reciprocal Tariff
14
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation funded the
Small Business
Public Works
Banks and Industry
Farmers
15
Organization providing money to widows with children and handicapped.
TVA
CCC
AAA
SSA
16
Organization who gives loans to state/local govs to help provide money to the people in need.
FERA
TVA
HOLC
FDIC
17
What officially pulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
Regulating Business
Preparing for WWII
Court Packing
New Deal
18
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington?
Housing and Healthcare for Vets
Removal of Troops in Latin America
Bonus Money from WWI
Expanding Army
19
Who was the man behind SSA?
Herbert Hoover
Charles Coughlin
Huey Long
Francis Townshed
20
All of the following were reasons for the stock market crash
EXCEPT
?
Overspeculation
Overproduction
Strength of agriculture
Buying on Margin
21
As a result of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930,
Americanindustry grew more secure
The worldwide depression deepened
Americaneconomic isolationism ended
Duties onagricultural products decreased
22
Organization helping people get loans for homes and farms.
HOLC
TVA
PWA
NLRB
23
Organization that was declared unconstitutional in the Schechter v. U.S.
NLRB
PWA
AAA
NRA
24
When the bank holiday was declared, what did it do?
Fired all the bank employees
Closed all the banks
Banks went under control of the government
Gave money to the banks
25
Which group was hit hardest during the 1920s?
Women
Investors
Farmers
Businesses
26
Strongestcriticisms leveled against the TVA was seen as a particular threat to
only benefited the south
inefficient electricity
No gov control
1st stage of socialism
27
Organization that gives jobs to young men (17-29) to help conserve the country.
PWA
CCC
AAA
FERA
28
How many new justices could there be with FDR's court packing scheme?
15
13
9
17
29
What was FDR's address to the people known as?
Public Address
FDR Radio
State of the Union
Fireside Chats
30
Which is
NOT
one of Roosevelt's Three Rs?
Recovery
Rebuild
Reform
Relief
31
All would be known to
ride the rails
EXCEPT
?
Teenagers
None of the options
Migrant Workers
Bonus Army
32
What day was Black Tuesday?
October 29, 1985
October 29, 1929
October 25, 1929
October 25, 1985
33
This Organization was declared unconstitutional because it gave subsides to farmers
SSA
TVA
AAA
PWA
34
When FDR assumed the presidency inMarch 1933,
He knew exactly what he wanted to do
Congressrefused to grant him any legislative authority
He received unprecedentedcongressional support
mistakes as possible
35
The organizer of "Share the Wealth" was...
Herbert Hoover
Huey Long
Francis Townshed
Charles Coughlin