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Chapter 14 and Chapter 15
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1
This agency gave young people jobs, mosty part-time.
CCC
SEC
NYA
PWA
2
This agency helped farmers and eventually was thrown out by the Supreme Court.
AAA
TVA
WPA
CCC
3
Was FDR considered by some to be a Socialist?
Yes
No
4
The Glass-Steagall Act formed this agency which is still around today. It insures bank deposits
FDIC
TVA
WPA
CCC
5
Who painted the American Gothic?
Edward Hopper
Andy Warhol
Thomas Hart Benton
Grant Wood
6
What is it called when someone purchases stocks with money from a bank loan?
Buying on Margin
Parity
Alfred E. Smith
Speculation
7
Who wrote the "Grapes of Wrath"?
Zora Neale Hurston
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
8
This woman led the Division of Negro Affairs in the NYA. Was also in the Black Cabinet.
Frances Perkins
Marian Anderson
Mary McLeod Bethune
Eleanor Roosevelt
9
Which opponent of FDR spoke out against Jews?
Huey Long
Francis Townsend
Charles Coughlin
Mrs. Roosevelt
10
They were a comedy team on radio and then television.
Laurel and Hardy
Burns and Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson
Pat and Mike
11
This agency helped provide power to southern places and flood control. DAM!
REA
TVA
CCC
FHA
12
Which opponent of FDR was called the Kingfish and came from Louisiana?
Francis Townsend
Huey Long
John Maynard Keynes
Charles Coughlin
13
The Dust Bowl was in all of these states EXCEPT.
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
14
Which one was NOT an opponent of FDR in the 1930s?
Father Charles Coughlin
John Maynard Keynes
Senator Huey Long
Dr. Francis Townsend
15
Which man WROTE "War of the Worlds"?
H.G. Wells
Orson Welles
16
Which man produced and introduced "War of the Worlds"?
H.G. Wells
Orson Welles
17
Since Hoover didn't approve of Direct Relief, where should poor people get help?
Your mom
Churches, and local agencies
State Government
The Federal Government
18
Which one was NOT a program instituted by Hoover to help get the country out of the Depression?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank
National Credit Corporation
19
Who painted "Nighthawks"?
Vincent Van Gogh
Edward Hopper
Thomas Hart Benton
Grant Wood
20
The Bonus Army wanted the passage of the ___Bill that would give a bonus to veterans early.
Patman
Patrick
Patnode
Patch
21
This established the highest tariff in U.S. History.
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
22
Which military people were NOT present to disperse the Bonus Army crowds in DC ?
Major Eisenhower
Gen. MacArthur
Gen. Bradley
23
What did Franklin D Roosevelt call his program to fix the economy?
Deficit Spending
The Brain Trust
The New Deal
Fireside Chats
24
Who is this woman who was the first woman cabinet member?
Marian Anderson
Dorothea Lange
Eleanor Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
25
Which one is NOT still in existence today from the New Deal?
FDIC
TVA
CCC
SSA
26
How much did a movie cost during the Great Depression generally?
5 cents
$1 million
10 Cents
25 cents
27
Is the practice of buying on margin illegal today?
No
Yes
28
On what day did the Stock Market crash?
Black Thursday
Black Tuesday
Kinda grey Wednesday
Purple Rain
29
What was the name of the major project that Hoover started in Nevada/Arizona?
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Boulder Dam
The Hoover Dam
Las Vegas casinos
30
Did Herbert Hoover approve of Direct Relief to the poor?
No
Yes
31
Who was the president at the outset of the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
32
This agency is still around today and regulates the stock market. It put Martha Stewart in jail
FHA
HOLC
SEC
SSA
33
Which one of the following in NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Tariffs
Crisis in the farm sector
Stock Market crash
Unequal distribution of income
34
Which was NOT part of the original plan for Social Security?
Aid to families with dependent children and the disabled.
Medicare: Health insurance for the elderly.
Unemployment compensation.
Retirement pension for people over 65.
35
This woman was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall in DC. Sang outisde at Lincoln Mem
Marian Anderson
Dorothea Lange
Eleanor Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
36
What is the word that was given to the shacks that poor people lived in during the Depression?
Slums
Ghetto
Shantytowns
Hoovervilles
37
Who wrote "Native Son" a Pulitzer Prize winner about a man trying to survive in a racist world?
Richard Wright
John Steinbeck
Langston Hughes
Ernest Hemingway
38
Who sang "This land is your land..."?
Arlo Guthrie
Cab Calloway
Duke Ellington
Woody Guthrie
39
This man was the leading man in "Gone With the Wind."
Humphrey Bogart
Frederick March
Orson Welles
Clark Gable
40
Who was the famous photographer of this woman and her family?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Georgia O'keefe
Zora Neale Hurston
Dorothea Lange