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1
Did lack of public confidence have a direct effect on Hoover's loss in 1932 election
No
Yes
2
Which piece of legislation was NOT part of Roosevelt's "First 100 Days"
Fireside Chats to explain to America his plans
Nationalized the Steel Industry
Bank Holiday's to reform banking industry
Got congress to pass the Emergency Banking Relief Act
3
This large building project did help produce jobs during the depression
Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge
Tampa Stadium
Hoover/Boulder Dam
4
Another name for transient person during the depression
Hobo
Homeless
Hoover person
Unemployed
5
Which was not a reason Europe would suffer in the Great Depression
Keiser Willihelm still leading Germany
Unable to export goods to US due to low demand
Still trying to recover from WWI
Germany having to pay war reparations
6
What is a bull market?
Running of the bulls in Spain
Livestock auction
Stock market declines in value
Rising stock prices
7
This place a very high tariff on imports to protect American manufactures
Hoover-Palmer Tariff
America First Tariff Act
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Import Restriction Act
8
This required disclosure of all Corporate information prior to release of a stock offering.
Federal Securities Act
Stock Disclosure Act
Bond redemption Act
Security and Exchange Commission
9
When you buy stocks in hopes of making a quick profit is called
IPO
speculation
spot market
risk buying
10
The one event in Washington DC sealed Hoover's fate
Tainted-Rain Act
Smoot-Harley Act
Failure to end child labor
Bonus Army riot
11
What was the major cause of bank failures
Bank investment in stock market
FDIC
To much government control
Hoovers policies
12
Which of the following is not a member of the American Liberty League
Huey Long
Charles Coughlin
Dr Francis Townsend
Charles Wilson
13
What was the basis of McNary-Haugen Bill?
Ended the Great Depression
Price supports for key farm products
Maximum wholesale pricing
Establish the TVA
14
What immigrant group was primary target of deportation during the depression?
Latinos
Germans
Jews
Irish
15
During a economic depresssion what normally happens
all the above
Banks/manufactures might fail
Income and Spending Drop
Unemployment Rises
16
The National Labor Relations Act aka as ...... , allow for the right of collective bargaining
Labor Standards Act
Wagner Act
Fred Taylor Act
Labor rights act
17
Paying for stocks with small down payment and borrowing the rest of money needed for purchase
market spread
good luck
buying on margin
Unrestrained buying
18
Act lowered mortgage rates & allowed farms to refinance their farm loans to avoid foreclosure
Refinance Act of 1930
Federal Saving and Loan Act
Feeral Home Loan Bank Act
Bank Adjustment Act of 1929
19
Foreclosure was a method banks used to do what?
forgive a mortgage loan
refinance a property
entend payment time on mortgage
take back a property
20
Which one of these did Pres. Hoover not believe in.
handouts would weaking Americans Moral Fiber
Trickle Down economy
Goverment should control recovery
ruggged individualism
21
This John Steinbeck novel would describe the experience of one tenant farmer and his family
Hope for a better life
Grapes of Wrath
Westward Visions
California Dreams
22
The era lasted from 1929 - 1940
WWII
Great Depression
Roaring 20's
Roosevelt's was President
23
Severe drought and overuse of land caused this event in the Mid-west
Drought
Okies
Dust Bowl
Puppy bowl
24
Roosevelts campaign platform.
Happy days are here again
Socialism
Stand up <br>America
New Deal
25
Reconstruction Finance Corporation did what?
Government took total control of banks
emergency financing for banks and large business
Restructured Banking Industry
Lower interest rates to pruchase farm equipment
26
Hoover was criticized for not doing this
Giving out food stamps
not making direct relief to individuals
making direct relief payment s to individuals
Making people wait 30 days for payments
27
Farmers from midwest moved primarily to what part of country as result of dust bowl
North
Northeast
West
South
28
Glass-Stegall Act of 1933 established the......
Ended Unfair Banking Lending processes
Federal Deposit Insurance Act
Banking Reform and Recovery Act
Prevent Banks from speculating on stocks
29
What is
"black tuesday"
End of segreation in South
Lusatania sunk
crash of stock market
Titanic sinks
30
What was another name for shantytowns
Hooverville
Boxville
none of the above
Hells Kitchen
31
To provide old-age insurance, unemployment comp. and aid to families w/dependant childern
Social Security
Ponzi Act
Welfare Act
Government Assistance Act
32
How did Roosevelt finance his new deal programs. Basis of Keynesian Economics
Borrow money from China
Sale of New Deal Bonds
Confiscation of wealth
deficit spending