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