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1
What is a tariff?
A tax on employers
A tax on income
A tax on domestic goods
A tax on imported goods
2
What was offered to Mexican immigrants by the government?
Migratory Work
A $50 stipend to return to Mexico
One-way train ticket to the West
One-way train ticket to Mexico
3
Who benefits from social security? There are multiple correct answers.
Employers
Low income families with children
Elderly
Disabled
4
What does "100 Days" refer to?
The final 100 days of the Great Depression
The final 100 days of FDR's presidency
The first 100 days of the Great Depression
FDR's first days in office when many laws were passed
5
Buying on margin means to ______
Buy stocks at full price
Buy marginally good stocks
Borrow money to purchase stocks
Buy marginally poor stocks
6
What was the bonus army?
Current military who wanted their bonus early
Veterans who wanted their WWI bonus early
Public works employees who wanted their bonus early
Government employees who wanted their bonus early
7
Which forms of entertainment became very popular during the Great Depression?
Musicals and Plays
Dances and Sporting Events
Painting and Photography
Radio and Movies
8
The Dust Bowl was caused by all of the following except
Cattle stampeding over the plains
Over planting of wheat
Removing too much grass
A drought in 1931
9
What did Roosevelt give a high priority to when he first became president?
Restoring Germany
Joining WWII
Creating jobs
Raising tariffs
10
Which regions were directly affected by the Dust Bowl the most?
The West Coast and the East Coast
South-West and the Great Plains
North-East and the Great Plains
The North-West and East Coast
11
People blamed _______ for much of the Depression.
Herbert Hoover
Teddy Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
12
Which of the following are characteristics of fascism? There are multiple correct answers.
Led by a dictator
The country is more important than the individual
The people have a significant voice in the government
People's freedoms typically increase
13
Which of the following programs is
NOT
a government program created by FDR?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Emergency Relief for the Poor (ERP)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
14
What did the Hawley-Smoot Act do?
Lowered property taxes.
Raised tariffs (taxes on imported goods)
Lowers tariffs (taxes on imported goods)
Raised property taxes
15
Aspects of an unbalanced economy include ___? Two possible answers.
High demand and low supply
A large gap in wealth between the rich and the poor
Welfare programs
Over production of goods
16
What did the Fair Labor Standards Act do?
This act is made up
Ended child labor but didn't set a minimum wage
Set a minimum wage and ended child labor
Set a minimum wage but continued child labor
17
Which of the following are characteristics of communism? There are multiple correct answers.
There are no classes
Wealth is unequally distributed
Everyone working towards one goal
Working harder will increase your pay
18
What was FDR's economic plan called?
The New Field
The New Deal
Super Tuesday
Tax on Goods
19
Which of the following people pay into social security? There are multiple correct answers.
Retirees
Unemployed
Employers
Employees
20
Which of the following are characteristics of capitalism? There are multiple correct answers.
Supply and demand determine prices
The government is laissez faire (hands off)
Working harder guarantees more wealth
There is class equality
21
The period before the stock market crash was considered a _______.
Bust
Broach
Boom
Breach
22
Which of the following describes the Indian Reorganization Act
Restored Native American land
Removed Native Americans from their land
Gave Native Americans their own currency
Restored traditional tribal government
23
Which of the following are characteristics of socialism? There are multiple correct answers.
There is no class
Wealth is more evenly distributed
Typically has higher taxes
The government regulates many of the industries
24
What is a migrant worker?
Someone who travels from place to place for work.
Someone who migrates to a new country to find a job.
Someone who creates a farm.
25
Which labor union unskilled, skilled, African American and women laborers?
Labor for all Americans (AL)
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
26
Which of the following is
NOT
a benefit of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
It helped produce "Life in America"
It helped raise the minimum wage
It employed artists, writers and musicians
It kept about 2 million people employed
27
Which act launched the American welfare system?
The First New Deal
The American Welfare Act
The Social Safety Net Act
The Social Security Act
28
Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of the Great Depression?
A strong middle class
An unbalanced economy
Joblessness and Poverty
Credit Crisis
