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Great Depression and New Deal
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Test your knowledge concerning the Great Depression and New Deal.
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1
Which act or agency provided jobs for artists, musicians and women (8.5 million jobs)?
Glass Steagall Act
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civil Works Administration
2
What is the legacy of the New Deal?
Poker became a National sport
Saved 4.8 Million lives
FDR gets elected for four terms
Question of govt's involvement in our lives is addressed
3
Which of the following acts/ agencies does NOT work with Public Work projects?
CWA
AAA
PWA
WPA
4
Which of the following is NOT an affect of the Great Depression?
Hoarding
Decrease in Births
Increase in marriages
Less College attendance.
5
What is the name of FDR's program to help recover America's economy?
Deal or No Deal
The Keynesian Deal
The Fair Deal
The New Deal
6
What is a Hobo?
A rascal.
A light frame for the stage.
A famous clown during the Depression
An American who wanders place to place.
7
Which act or agency encouraged codes of fair competition in business?
Home Owner Loan Corporation
National Industry Recovery Act
The Emergency Banking Relief Act
Glass Steagall Act
8
What is the name of the group that wanted their $1,000 bonus early?
Hobos
National Credit Corporation
Bonus Army
NASA
9
Which of the following is NOT a way Hoover tried to fix the Depression?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Public Works
Downplaying the Depression
Hoovervilles
10
If a bank went bankrupt how did people get their money back?
They would receive paper bonds they could exchange later on
Al Capone provided loans to people.
The government would cover what the bank lost.
They didn't.
11
Which of the following does NOT go with President Hoover?
NOT ENOUGH
The New Deal
Downplaying the Great Depression
Charities and businesses should provide relief not the govt
12
What are government financed projects called?
Public Works
Hoover Dams
Civil Obedience
Waste of money
13
Which act/ agency required companies to tell the truth about their company's stock value?
Glass Steagall Act
The Truth Act
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Securities Act
14
Which act or agency was known for starting Industry in the South?
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Industry Recovery Act
Home Owner's Loan Corporation
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
15
How did FDR build trust with the American people?
He graduated from Harvard
His Court Packing Plan
The New Deal
Fireside Chats
16
Which act or agency helped farmers but was ruled unconstitutional?
HOLC
NIRA
AAA
CCC
17
What is it called when money was not being circulated evenly throughout the country?
Gospel of Wealth
Communism
Maldistribution of wealth
Unfair
18
Which of the following helped the U.S. get out of the Depression?
The Fair Deal
WWII
Stock Market Reforms
Boxing Marathons
19
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
High Tariffs
Overconsumption
Banks Collapsing
Overproduction
20
Which of the following is NOT a way people used to escape the Depression?
Alcohol
Radio
Movies
Television
21
Which plan potentially upset separation of powers?
Anti-Constitution Plan
The One Hundred Days
Court Packing Plan
The New Deal
22
Which of the following is NOT a part of the Chain of Doom?
People getting hired.
People getting fired.
People buying less.
More supply than demand.
23
African Americans shifted their support to which political party during the Depression?
Independent
Green
Democrats
Republican
24
Which act or agency would Bruce Banner be able to keep his home during the Depression?
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Homes Under Loan Comittee
Homes Unite Lending Kits
Home Only Leave Capable
25
Why did the Stock Market Crash?
All of the above.
Overproduction
Panic Selling
Margin Calls
26
What made companies and banks think the economy was expanding when it wasn't?
Hoover.
Interest rates were kept low.
Interest rates were kept high.
The installment plan.
27
Why were banks collapsing?
A rise in bank robberies
Bank runs
Banks gave out too many loans
Hoover was closing them down
28
Which act or agency provided a stipend to the elderly/ disabled?
HOLC
Social Securities Act
The Insurance Act
The Reformation Act
29
What is the name of the drought that took place in 1932 on the Great Plains?
The Apocalypse
The California Migration
The Sand Storm of 1932
The Dust Bowl
30
How did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff (any high tariff) cause problems?
It lowered taxes on imports.
European countries couldn't afford to do business w/ the US
It made the poor poorer and the rich richer.
It made Germany owe us 33 Billion dollars
31
Which act or agency encouraged marriage by employing single men for conservation projects?
HOLC
WPA
AAA
CCC
32
Which act or agency gave citizens assurance that their money would be put in a stable bank?
Emergency Banking Relief Act
The Securities Act
National Industry Recovery Act
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
33
Which of the following is a Cause of the Great Depression?
High Speculation
Keynesian Economics
Bad Attitudes
Chain of Hope
