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The Great Depression and the New Deal
The Great Depression and the New Deal
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Quiz over Hoover, FDR, and the New Deal
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1
What was the Bonus Army?
WWI veterans who wanted Congress to give them their bonuses
WWI vets who wanted Congress to pay their mortgages
WWI veterans who wanted back in the war
An additional number of troops for the Army-- bonus army
2
Huey Long's plan to help people was based on what idea?
laissez-faire capitalism
fishless Tuesdays and meatless Mondays
redistribution of wealth
Social Security
3
In his second term, FDR did what to help the elderly?
He created the Social Security system.
He built resorts for the elderly in Miami.
He initiated Medicare.
He created retirement homes, paid for by the govt.
4
What is deficit spending?
all of the above
the government does not allow a deficit to take place
the government goes into debt to stimulate the economy
the government reduces its involvement in the economy
5
Why were there so many hobos in the Great Depression?
Many men quit work to have the freedom of riding the rails
Many men simply left home in search of work
The hobo life was great; there were plentiful jobs
Men didn't want to work; they wanted govt handouts
6
Why were there so many bank failures after the stock market crash?
Banks ran out of the government-insured funds.
Fewer people were needing money to expand or grow businesses
People relied too much on the government for help.
Credit had been overextended; people couldn't pay back loans
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One way in which FDR connected with the American people was through...
calling them on the phone directly
answering all their letters
going to many homes and visiting with the people
giving many "fireside chats" over the radio
8
What happened to the Bonus Army?
Hoover personally saw that every vet was taken care of
Congress gave them what they wanted
Hoover ordered the Army in to clear them out with fire & gas
Congress gave them bonuses and a little more
9
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself..." is referring to...
World War II
The Treaty of Versailles
The Great Depression
World War I
10
How did many Americans purchase consumer items in the 1920s?
They paid in installments.
They paid cash.
They used the barter system.
They used credit cards.
11
Hoover's political economic philosophy can be described as...
government welfare is necessary in a depression
government should never contribute to public works
a faith in rugged individualism and some govt. intervention
charities are not enough to help people in hard times
12
The Wagner Act can be described as _____________ toward labor.
neither; it concerned the banking industry
unfavorable
none of the above
favorable
13
Hoovervilles were...
Towns visited by President Hoover during his term
Neighborhoods unaffected by the Great Depression
Shantytowns on the edges of cities where the homeless lived
Homes near Washington D.C.
14
The most heavily-funded government program was the...
CCC
PWA
SEC
WPA
15
What happened in the Midwest in the early years of the Great Depression?
none of the above
Farming rebounded after years of decline
Foreclosures stopped, due to good weather
Drought and massive dust storms; many farmers left for CA
16
The Works Progress Administration provided jobs to...
campaign workers
singers and mimes
construction workers and other manual laborers
artists, professors, writers, and construction workers
17
Who were "Okies"?
Families who left the Dust Bowl and moved to California
Families that moved to northern cities during the 30s
Families that moved to Oklahoma during the Great Depression
Families who left America and moved to Europe
18
What were "bank runs"?
Banks were "running" out of money.
People ran to the banks to try and get their money out.
People ran away from banks, afraid to put their money there.
Bank owners tried to raise money by holding races.
19
Father Charles Coughlin blamed whom for the Great Depression in his radio show?
the Jews
Herbert Hoover
the Slavs
Henry Ford
20
Who wrote
The Grapes of Wrath
?
Earnest Hemingway
Sinclair Lewis
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
21
Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of the Great Depression?
Sick industries like coal and textiles
Unequal distribution of wealth
government-insured funds in banks
Buying stock on margin
22
FDR's New Deal did what in terms of govt.'s role in the economy?
there was no change from Hoover's time in office
decreased its role
reduced government's role to only a tiny bit
greatly increased its role
23
Who painted American Gothic?
Pablo Picasso
George Bellows
Grant Wood
Salvador Dali
24
The person who won the presidential election in 1932 was..
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
25
CCC stands for...
Comrade Civilian Company
Civilian Comrade Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corpse
26
What was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
It provided govt-insured funds for banks
It provided government funds to failing industries
It provided food stamps for the homeless
It provided government funds to the poor
27
The New Deal ____________ get the nation out of the Great Depression
didn't try to
didn't
did
none of the above
28
What does the following cartoon mean?
FDR was on the way to being a dictator because of New Deal
FDR hated dictators, like Hitler and Mussolini
FDR used a cane because he had polio
FDR's New Deal was not working
29
FDR pushed through legislation in what has come to be known as the "first _________ days."
150
10
100
50
30
FDR wanted to do what with the Supreme Court?
he wanted to do away with the court altogether
he wanted to combine the court with the legislative branch
he wanted to pack the court with 6 more justices
he wanted the people to elect the justices
31
The subject of
The Grapes of Wrath
was...
the unemployed in New York City
Okies traveling to California to find work
Blacks who had moved north to find work
People in Florida who were hurt by the stock market
32
Which economist developed the economic theory of deficit spending?
Marx
Smith
Hayek
Keynes
33
The Securities and Exchange Commission regulated...
the executive branch
the Federal Reserve
the stock market
banking
34
The BIG stock market crash occurred on...
October 20, 1929
October 29, 1929
October 10, 1929
October 31, 1929
