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Who did the people elect to be president after Herbert Hoover?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
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Home-Owners Loan Corporation; loaned money at low rates to homeowners who couldn't make payment
HOLC
CWA
PWA
FERA
3
Social Security Administration; pension systems for retirees, unemployment insurance, disabled
SSA
AFL
REA
CIO
4
Agricultural Adjustment Act; paid farmers to kill their livestock and not plant their fields
FDIC
TVA
AFL
AAA
5
The AAA actually paid people to kill livestock even though there were starving people.
True
False
6
Which is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Lack of Educated Profressionals
Agricultural Problems
Easy Credit
Uneven Distribution of Wealth
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Why didn't Hoover want to give direct assistance to the needy?
He thought that people could fix themselves
The government didn't have the money
None of the above
He didn't want people to become too needy
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National Recovery Administration; New Deal agency that promoted production, price, and wages
NRA
HOLC
CWA
FERA
9
Works Progress Administration; built highways, dredged rivers, promoted conservation
HOLC
WPA
CWA
PWA
10
Civilian Conservation Corps; planted forests, dug trails, dug irrigation gifts, fought fires
CCC
FDIC
RFC
TVA
11
October 29,1929; stock prices fell sharply in the great crash; spark of the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Black Tuesday
Bread Lines
Great Depression
12
FDR passed 15 bills in his first 100 days in office.
True
False
13
Additional legislature by FDR to solve problems created by the Great Depression
Second New Deal
Welfare State
Sit-Down Strike
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Gov't that assumes responsibility for providing for the welfare of the poor, elderly, sick, etc
Welfare State
Sit-Down Strike
Second New Deal
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Securities and Exchange Commission; regulated the stock market and made if safer to invest
AAA
SEC
TVA
CCC
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Where did the UAW hold a sit-down strike in December of 1936?
Maryland
Minnesota
Michigan
Montana
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What is the date of Black Tuesday?
October 20, 1929
October 31, 1939
December 19, 1929
September 4, 1928
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation; loans to railroads and big business
CCC
RFC
FDIC
SEC
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Central and Southern Great Plains that suffered from drought and dust storms
The Dust Bowl
Okies
Hoovervilles
Hoover Dam
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Dust storms blew as far east as Boston and New York.
True
False
21
Built as part of Hoover's public works projects
Okies
Hoovervilles
Dust Bowl
The Hoover Dam
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Which of the following is NOT a way that home life changed during the Great Depression?
Families went hungry and bread lines began
People had more kids in the 1920s
Water replaced milk
Women tried to find jobs as maids
23
Elected president in 1928; gave people little relief at the beginning of the Great Depression
Black Tuesday
Herbert Hoover
Bread Lines
Great Depression
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1929 to 1941; a period in which the U.S. economy faltered and unemployment soared
The Great Depression
Bread Lines
Herbert Hoover
Black Tuesday
25
General term used to describe Dust Bowl refugees during the Great Depression
Hoover Dam
Dust Bowl
Okies
Hoovervilles
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Federal Emergency Relief Act; gave federal funds to local agencies to help the unemplyed
WPA
FERA
PWA
NRA
27
Tennessee Valley Authority; Gave electricity to the Southwest United States
FDIC
AAA
RFC
TVA
28
Programs and legislation enacted by FDR to promote economic recovery and social reform
New Deal
FDR
Bonus Army
29
Hoover asked the wealthy to share their wealth to help people out of the depression.
True
False
30
Agriculture was having problems even in the Roaring 20s.
True
False
31
What is a Hooverville?
A town set up by President Hoover
Public bread lines
A place where kids could go to get better schooling
Shanty towns where homeless people lived
32
Banks felt the effects of the Great Depression first.
False
True
33
What tarnished FDR's reputation?
The COC
The WPA
The Court-Packing Bill
The New Deal
34
A lot of men left their families out of shame from not being able to provide.
False
True
35
In what ways were minorities affected by the Great Depression?
African-Americans were "first to be fired, last to be hired"
Mexican-Americans struggled to fin and keep jobs
All of the Above
Mexican-Americans were pushed out of America
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Minorities weren't affected by the Great Depression.
False
True
37
What dates do we use for the Great Depression?
1932-1945
1943-1946
1926-1933
1929-1941
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President after Hoover; enacted the New Deal legislation & helped U.S. out of the Depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
New Deal
Bonus Army
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American Federation of Labor; represented skilled workers
SSA
CIO
AFL
UAW
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Why did the U.S. increase tariffs?
To get more money from Britain
None of the Above
To combat international trade agreements
To promote buying American goods
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Line of people waiting for food from charities and public agencies
Herbert Hoover
Bread Lines
Great Depression
Black Tuesday
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Public Works Administration; built bridges, dams, power plants, government buildings
FERA
NRA
HOLC
PWA
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Rural Electrification Act; government money to build power lines in rural areas
AER
RAE
REA
ERA
44
What did the Bonus Army want?
Better jobs
Better public transportation
Bonuses promised to them by Congress
More housing
45
What is Black Tuesday?
The day the Stock Market crashed
The first Tuesday after elections
The day after Thanksgiving
The first Tuesday of winter
46
A group of WWI vets who marched to Washington D.C. in 1932 to demand early payment of a bonus
The Bonus Army
New Deal
FDR
47
Which of the following is a way that family life changed during the 1920s?
People had more kids
Children stayed in school to try to get better jobs
More people grew gardens
A lot of men left their families
48
Labor protest where workers stop working and occupy the workplace until their demands are met
Welfare State
Sit-Down Strike
Second New Deal
49
Which of the following is NOT a state in the Dust Bowl?
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Mexico
New Hampshire
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Congress of Industrial Organization; the new and improved AFL
CIO
REA
UAW
SSA
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Federal Deposit and Insurance Corporation; insured bank deposits up to $5,000
TVA
AAA
FDIC
CCC
52
People say Hoover's only success was the Hoover Dam.
True
False
53
United Automobile Workers Union; staged a sit-down strike in 1936
CIO
HOLC
UAW
AFL
54
The RFC didn't work because the money didn't reach the people who needed it the most.
True
False
55
Civil Works Administration; provided jobs on public projects
NPA
PWA
CWA
WPA
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Makeshift shanty towns set up by the homeless during the Great Depression
Okies
Hoover Dam
Dust Bowl
Hoovervilles
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Which if these is NOT a reason for the Dust Bowl?
Farmers didn't harvest soon enough &the crops turned to dust
Farmers had taken away the natural grass on the plains
Farmers planted new crops that stripped away the top soil
Drought
