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Ch. 25 The Great Depression 6th Gr.
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Ch. 25 The Great Depression 6th Gr.
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Big band leader who played swing
Duke Ellington
Matthew O'Connor
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindberg
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Created jobs building roads and airports
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Social Security
Civil Works Administration
National Youth Administration (NYA)
3
Which New Deal program provided aid to the elderly, unemployed, kids and disabled?
Welfare
Social Security
National Youth Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)
4
Which New Deal program provided jobs planting trees and improving national parks?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Civil Works Adminsitration (CWA)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
5
Which is NOT an idea soil conservation experts had to prevent further Dust Bowls?
plant grass so the roots would hold soil
irrigation systems to prevent drought
new farming methods to protect the soil
plant rows of trees to break the wind
6
Gen. George Custer used force to evict the Bonus Army from its Hooverville in Washington, D.C.
false
true
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built roads, bridges, parks, dams, tunnels, airports, prisons, swimming pools, hospitals
CCC
TVA
WPA
Social Security
8
Which was NOT a popular form of entertainment during the Great Depression?
radio
movies
swing
television
9
Secretary of Labor and first female cabinet member
Francis Perkins
Eleanor Roosevelt
Count Basie
Amelia Earhart
10
What was one way in which many families coped with the Great Depression?
They left the country in search of a better life in Europe
They had their children take after-school jobs
They split up while individual members searched for work.
They bought more stocks in the stock market
11
What is the stock market called when it has declining, or falling, stock prices?
bear market
super market
bull market
loser's market
12
Wrote songs of loss and sorrow during the Depression
Elvis Presley
Douglas MacArthur
Woody Guthrie
Father Charles Coughlin
13
Used force to evict the Bonus Army from its Hooverville in Washington, D.C.
Herbert Hoover
Douglas MacArthur
Huey Long
Franklin D. Roosevelt
14
What was the outcome of the election of 1932?
Roosevelt won by a landslide
Roosevelt barely won the election
Herberty Hoover won by a landslide
Herbert Hoover dropped out of the presidential race
15
Period immediately after Roosevelt’s inauguration in which he started the New Deal
Good Old Days
100 Days
Bank Holiday
Happy Days
16
Economic recessions are normal, but they are shorter and less severe than depressions.
True
False
17
Which is NOT something that made FDR a uniqu president?
He was elected to 4 terms, but died during the 4th one
He was the first Democrat elected to office
he was stricken with polio and had to use a wheelchair
appointed the 1st woman and 1st African American
18
T or F: Hoover flag is an American flag with holes in it to show nobody could afford a new one
true
false
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T or F: It is generally agreed that the New Deal expanded the role of the federal government.
false
true
20
Which is true about the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO)?
Was organized by industry and had the first sit down strike
created jobs for painters, sculptors, and actors
Was organized to help children not drop out of school.
Provided free food in soup kitchens for poor people
21
What did the Emergency Banking Relief Act do?
gave the gov $1 bill to put in banks to guarantee deposits
"banking holiday" where only healthy banks could reopen
paid back people who lost money in the stock market crash
fired all bank employees
22
State many farmers from the Great Plains migrated to seeking jobs during the Dust Bowl
Texas
California
Minnesota
Alabama
23
Buying stock with borrowed money, which must be repayed
loans
charging
buying on margin
credit cards
24
Built dams and generators, bringing electricity and jobs to the TN River Valley.
Tennessee Volunteers
TN Valley Authority (TVA)
Social Security
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
25
Photographer who became famous during the Depression for her pictures of struggling Americans
Mary Mcleod Bethune
Shirley Temple
Dorthea Lange
Eleanor Roosevelt
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African American educator appointed to the Roosevelt administration’s Black Cabinet
Booker T. Washington
Mary Mcleod Bethune
Douglas Macarthur
Dorthea Lange
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In what part of the U.S. did the Dust Bowl originate?
the Great Plains, from North Dakota to Texas.
the Southeast, from Texas to Florida.
the West Coast, from California to Washington.
the East Coast, from Maryland to Maine.
28
T or F: A "Hooverville" is a skyscraper that has gone bankrupt.
false
true
29
Protest where workers occupy the factories they work in so scabs can’t take their jobs
stand up strike
picketing
sit down strike
boycott
30
The most popular art forms of the Depression era
reminded people of their folk roots.
portrayed glamour and luxury
focused on the sadness of the time.
offered an escape from reality.
31
Which is NOT an art form artists created in America during the Great Depression years?
cowboy ballads, folk songs, and spirituals
murals and sculptures in parks and public spaces
rock and roll music and television shows
swing music, radio shows and movies
32
What was the theme in both Woody Guthrie's songs and Steinbeck's novel
The Grapes of Wrath?
the fight for women’s right to vote
loss and struggle during the Great Depression
the hardships of slavery
discrimination, racism and poverty
33
What percentage of Americans were unemployed during the Great Depression?
25
50
20
10
34
Wrote songs of loss and sorrow during the Depression
Woody Guthrie
the Lone Ranger
John Steinbeck
Franklin D. Roosevelt
35
What finally ended the Great Depression?
the FDIC
the New Deal
WW II
Social Security
36
Critic of the New Deal who wanted the gov to nationalize the country’s wealth and resources
Huey Long
Father Charles Cougllin
Woody Guthrie
Herbert Hoover
37
What was NOT one of the causes of the Dust Bowl?
severe rain that flooded the soil and washed away many crops
overplowing and over planting by farmers
a severe drought that hit the Great Plains
loose topsoil that was blown away
38
Which program did Eleanor Roosevelt convince FDR to create to provide jobs for young people?
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
National Youth Administration (NYA)
39
T or F: Many jobs were available for farmers who moved to California looking for work.
true
false
40
Which is NOT something critics of the New Deal claimed?
gov should nationalize, or control, wealth and resources
did not do enough to help people, only businesses
only helped African and Mexican Americans
gave president too much authority and cost too much
41
Roosevelt's “court packing act” unsuccessfully attempted to
force the Supreme Court justices to pack up and leave.
allow the President to fire all the Supreme Court justices
pack all the Supreme Court justices into a trunk of a car
increase the number of Supreme Court justices.
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The normal up and down pattern of the economy
depression
business cycle
recession
stock market
43
famous photographer who took the picture "Migrant Mother"
Frances Perkins
Mary McLeod Bethune
Dorothea Lange
Eleanor Roosevelt
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How did FDR communicate with the American people?
called them on the telephone
sent them telegrams
fireside chats on the radio
held town hall meetings
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Senator from Louisiana who proposed the “Share the Wealth” program
Herbert Hoover
Huey Long
Frances Perkins
Father Charles Coughlin
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Federal aid to farmers included
railroad tickets to California so they could find work there
free education at any public college
applying chemicals to prevent dust storms and soil erosion
loans so they could pay mortgages, stabilizing prices
