Great Depression Test Review

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was most helpful to

What New Deal policy had the greatest long term impact on the American Economy?

What was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president?

Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs?

Which was not a cause of the dust bowl?

Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?

This program reflected Roosevelt's concern for the natural environment? 

Established the FDIC 

Authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and close those that were unsound 

Created under the Wagner Act continues to act as a mediator between management and labor 

In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles" people conveyed their 

Monitored the stock market and enforced laws regarding the sales of stock and bonds

Created jobs building dams and flood control projects 

Which of the following was not an effect of the Great Depression?

Who helped organize the "black cabinet" 

who were least likely to be part of the New Deal coalition?

An example of the psychological stress caused by the GD was the rise in the number of 

The SCOTUS ruled this was unconstitutional on the grounds that its provisions were local matter

Within a few years, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act led to

created jobs in the construct of airports, libraries, etc.

Required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings

Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920s included the fact that 

By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to 

This required corporations to provide complete, truthful information on stock offerings

Which of the following New Deal pieces of legislation was declared unconstitutional? 

Provides programs that aid needy families with children and the disabled 

One long-range effect of the Great Depression was that many people 

Who claimed the New Deal policies were inadequate and proposed a program Share Our Wealth

Provides and old-age insurance program 

All of the following were important cause of the Great Depression except 

Created through the Glass-Steagall Act, originally protected up to $5000 of a bank account 

Put hundreds of thousands of young men to work building roads, parks, planting trees etc 

Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?

Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food to the poor?

Provides for unemployment compensation 

What does buying stock on margin mean?

The aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act was to 

Provided a pension for retired workers, spouses, disabled, elderly and single mothers 

Created and admin that set fair prices and established labor standards 

Protected the rights of workers to join unions and established the NLRB to settle disputes 

Which of the following increased in the 1920s?

Put 3 million young men to work building roads and helping with soil erosion 

Who made up the Bonus Army?

During the Great Depression the overall unemployment rate was 

Set a national minimum wage and prohibited factory labor of children under 16

This rebuilt dams and provided hydroelectric power to an impoverished region 

Herbert Hoover's approach to the Great Depression was based on a belief in 

Paid farmers to lower production with the goal of raising crop prices and farm income 

After the stock market crash, how did Hoover try to help the economy?

Continues to monitor the stock market and enforce laws regarding the sales of stocks and bonds

Provided for bank inspections and a means for making federal loans to solid banks 

Provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people