What is a Hooverville?

Makeshift houses that the homeless lived in

What is a margin call?

When a broker tells their client that they need to pay up

Highways are an example of what New Deal program that is still visible today?

The Public Works Administration (PWA)

banks began to fail in the 1920's because...

banks were not lending and people were not depositing

Overproduction is best described as...

When a business makes more than it can sell

What was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

Government works projects in forestry

Migrant workers from the Midwest escaping the Dust Bowl

What was the Bonus Army?

WWI vets demanding payment for their service in advance

When someone is evicted they...

Get kicked out of someone else's home

The native American Restoration Act was intended to...

Reverse the damage done by assimilation

What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency (AAA)?

To pay Farmers to reduce production

What was the NRA New Deal Program

The National Recovery Administration

What is Buying on the margin?

Paying for a portion of the stock and borrowing the rest

What was the purpose of FDR's New Deal?

To provide aid, jobs, and economic relief to the poor

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Great Depression Review

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Unit review for 11th grade Great Depression and 1930s unit

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1
What is a Hooverville?
The name given to President Hoover's economic policy
Soup kitchens and bread lines
Area in which the Dust Bowl took place
Makeshift houses that the homeless lived in
2
What is a margin call?
When someone predicts the closing price of a stock
When a broker tells their client that they need to pay up
When the president calls for a bank
When a company sells shares of their business to expand
3
Highways are an example of what New Deal program that is still visible today?
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
The Public Works Administration (PWA)
The National Recovery Administration (NRA)
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
4
_______ Established Chicago's first soup kitchen to help improve his image
Okies
Father Coughlin
President Hoover
Al Capone
5
A Shanty Town is...
A Ghost Town
A group of Hoovervilles
A place where Shanties live
An abandoned farm
6
Who is this Man
Francis Bacon
Thomas Jefferson
Nathaniel Hawthorn
Mr Bragg's Great Grandfather
7
banks began to fail in the 1920's because...
They were not lending out enough money
banks were not lending and people were not depositing
People preferred to buy things using gold and silver
because the President called for a bank holiday
8
Overproduction is best described as...
Part of the New Deal Program
When a business makes more than it can sell
When land is taken out of production
When a farmer buys more land to grow on
9
Who was President of the United States when the stock market crashed in 1929?
Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Teddy Roosevelt
10
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
Failed attempted at convincing farmers to reduce production
Government works projects in forestry
Another name for the Bonus Army
Great Plains soil restoration
11
Who were the Okies?
WWI vets demanding payment for their service during the war
The name given to people who rode the rails
California Farmers
Migrant workers from the Midwest escaping the Dust Bowl
12
Which New Deal program was responsible for building hydro electrical dam projects?
TVA
FERA
PWA
NRA
13
FDR's battle with _____ increased his ability to be empathetic to others
The Supreme Court
Hoover
Alcoholism
Polio
14
What was the Bonus Army?
The name Americans gave the Communist Army of Russia
The Army reserve, national guard, and peace corps combined
WWI vets demanding payment for their service in advance
Migrant Workers from the Midwest looking for work
15
______ was a form of escapism for many during the Depression
Farming
Travelling
Entertainment
Protesting
16
When someone is evicted they...
Get kicked out of someone else's home
Get kick out of their home
Buy some stock
Receiving aid from the government
17
The native American Restoration Act was intended to...
Reverse the damage done by assimilation
Given back land that was taken from Native Americans
Allow the building of casinos on reservations
Allow American "Right of Way" through reservations
18
What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency (AAA)?
To put Farmers back to work in the midwest
To pay Farmers to reduce production
To buy surplus crops from farmers
To kill animals
19
Senator Huey Long believed that rich people should...
Should not be allowed to own land
be set apart from the poor
Share their wealth
Pay more for things they buy
20
What was the NRA symbol?
A hammer and sickle
A Fist
A Gun
An Eagle
21
What was the NRA New Deal Program
The Native Ranchers of America
The National Rifle Association
The National Recovery Administration
The Naval Recon Academy
22
What is Buying on the margin?
Buying stocks low and then selling them at a high price
Paying for a portion of the stock and borrowing the rest
Buying/selling stocks right before the closing bell
Forcing a broker to pay for your stocks
23
What was the purpose of FDR's New Deal?
To increase taxes on the riches Americans through Socialism
Move the country away from Capitalism and towards Communism
To provide aid, jobs, and economic relief to the poor
To increase government spending and create a deficit
24
Father Coughlin Blamed ____ for the great depression.
African Americans
Immigrants
Jews
Women

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