What was the main purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission?

to regulate stock and bond markets against fraud

This political cartoon is most closely associated with which key historical concept?

Roosevelt’s Supreme Court Packing Plan

How did the Great Depression change the role of government in America?

The role of government greatly expanded.

Which statement best describes Charles Coughlin?

a priest who argued for more socialist policies during the Depression

“Hoovervilles” during the Great Depression consisted of

groups of makeshift homes in shantytowns.

Which statement is true about the impact of the Great Depression on the American people?

The Great Depression left large numbers of Americans without jobs or food.

What practice in large part caused the stock market crash, sparking the Great Depression of the 1930s?

people over speculating on stocks, using borrowed money

Which federal program hired young men to do jobs such as planting trees and building parks?

Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)

Which New Deal federal agency encouraged farmers to grow fewer crops to raise prices?

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

In 1932, a group of WWI veterans marched on Washington, D.C. Known as the “Bonus Army,” what did this group want?

wanted the payment of a bonus that they were supposed to receive in 1945.

What did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 do?

raised tariffs on imported goods & exported the Great Depression overseas

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1
What was the main purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
to provide employment for men in the armed forces and border patrol
to establish tariffs on imported commercial and agricultural goods
to regulate stock and bond markets against fraud
to restrict the manufacture and sale of alcohol
2
Which President developed the New Deal to help the United States through the Great Depression?
Woodrow Wilson
Barack Obama
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson
3
This political cartoon is most closely associated with which key historical concept?
Black Cabinet
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt’s Supreme Court Packing Plan
unemployment
4
How did the Great Depression change the role of government in America?
State governments became more important than the federal government.
The federal government became less involved in the economy.
The federal government decreased in size and scope.
The role of government greatly expanded.
5
What is the name given to people who buy stocks with the hopes of selling them in the future for a profit?
flappers
philanthropists
speculators
bootleggers
6
Which New Deal program is still in effect today?
Civilian Conservation Corps.
Social Security Administration
National Recovery Administration
Federal Music Program
7
Which statement best describes Charles Coughlin?
His “Every Man A King” campaign slogan resulted in his election as LA gov.
a loyal supporter of the New Deal throughout FDR’s presidency
He successfully defeated FDR in the presidential election of 1936
a priest who argued for more socialist policies during the Depression
8
“Hoovervilles” during the Great Depression consisted of
groups of makeshift homes in shantytowns.
pockets of the country that supported President Hoover.
deserted towns filled with foreclosed businesses.
poor urban immigrant communities.
9
Which statement is true about the impact of the Great Depression on the American people?
it led to greater equality between whites and African Americans
The Great Depression only affected working class Americans.
Immigration to America increased during the years of the Great Depression.
The Great Depression left large numbers of Americans without jobs or food.
10
What practice in large part caused the stock market crash, sparking the Great Depression of the 1930s?
people buying one stock and selling it the same day, called "day trading"
government investing the taxes it collected in the stock market
banks purchasing stocks, bonds, and land investments with deposits
people over speculating on stocks, using borrowed money
11
The Emergency Banking Relief Act was a New Deal measure designed to
prevent bank failures.
pump money into the economy
provide jobs to Americans.
regulate the stock market.
12
Which factor contributed to low agricultural prices at the onset of the Great Depression?
surpluses in farm production
decreases in American population
increases in wages
shortages in farm production
13
Which region was most affected by the Dust Bowl?
the Pacific Northwest
the Northeast
the West Coast
the Great Plains
14
Which federal program hired young men to do jobs such as planting trees and building parks?
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)
15
Which New Deal federal agency encouraged farmers to grow fewer crops to raise prices?
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
16
In 1932, a group of WWI veterans marched on Washington, D.C. Known as the “Bonus Army,” what did this group want?
wanted the payment of a bonus that they were supposed to receive in 1945.
They demanded that the government give them jobs.
wages for their service in World War I that they had never been paid
They called for the resignation of Herbert Hoover.
17
What did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 do?
It lowered tariffs on imported and exported goods.
It had no effect on the U.S. economy during the Great Depression.
It ended the Great Depression.
raised tariffs on imported goods & exported the Great Depression overseas
18
In the 1920s, people used installment plans to buy consumer goods such as
medicine
household appliances
food
gasoline
19
Which politician attempted to create new programs of wealth distribution, known as the “Share Our Wealth Society,”?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Huey P. Long
Frances Perkins

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