Great Depression (Ch. 25 Review)

Question 1

Who won the 1928 Presidental Election?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 2

Who won the 1932 Presidential Election?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 3

What date is considered the start of the stock market crash, where 13 million shares were sold?

Accepted Answer

October 24th

Question 4

In 1932, what organization was created by Congress to lend money to businesses?

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Question 5

Why did FDR leave politics for a while before becoming president?

Accepted Answer

He was diagnosed with polio.

Question 6

What nickname was given to the workers that moved to California?

Accepted Answer

Okies

Question 7

Which New Deal program set up pension plans for elderly people?

Accepted Answer

Social Security

Question 8

What did FDR do two days after his inauguration?

Accepted Answer

Closed the banks

Question 9

What name was given to FDR's close group of advisors to develop relief programs?

Accepted Answer

Brain Trust

Question 10

What is an organized system for buying and selling shares in corporations?

Accepted Answer

Stock Market

Question 11

Who was Frances Perkins?

Accepted Answer

First female in president's cabinet

Question 12

Which New Deal program insured deposits for bank members?

Accepted Answer

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Question 13

Which president took the majority of the blame for starting the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Herbert C. Hoover

Question 14

What name was given to homes built and put together by old boxes and other leftover debris?

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 15

Which radio program was NOT popular during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Batman

Question 16

What term means someone failed to meet their loan payment and cannot pay any more?

Accepted Answer

Default

Question 17

What city did the Bonus Army make their march?

Accepted Answer

Washington D.C.

Question 18

What term means to create jobs by building highways, parks, and libraries?

Accepted Answer

Public Works

Question 19

Which state was NOT affected by the Dust Bowl?

Accepted Answer

Louisiana

Question 20

What are subsidies?

Accepted Answer

Grants given to farmers

Question 21

What name was given to FDR's weekly conversations over the radio?

Accepted Answer

Fireside Chats

Question 22

At its height, what percentage of Americans were unemployed during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

25%

Question 23

How many days long was the special session of Congress that dealt with Depression problems?

Accepted Answer

100 Days

Question 24

What was the purpose of the Bonus Army?

Accepted Answer

Demanded the $1,000 owed them from WWI.

Question 25

Which New Deal program oversees the stock exchange and brokerage firms?

Accepted Answer

Securities and Exchange Commission

Question 26

What state did FDR govern before becoming the president?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 27

When the Stock Market crashed, how many out of 100 people had money in the stock market?

Accepted Answer

1%

Question 28

What type of radio programs were popular during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Soap Operas

Question 29

About how many farmers migrated to California to become migrant workers?

Accepted Answer

400,000

Question 30

What did nearly two million men do during the Depression?

Accepted Answer

Abandoned their homes

Question 31

At his inauguration, FDR told Americans "The only thing we have to fear is...

Accepted Answer

fear itself."

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