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1
Which group had the LOWEST unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
African Americans
Latinos
Whites
Asians
2
All of the following are causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT?
Installment Buying
Income inequality
Buying on Margin
Dust Bowl
3
What did not contributed to the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash
Hoovervilles
Unemployment
Overproduction
4
Insurance for banks that protected individual's deposits up to a certain amount of money.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Civilian Conservation Corp.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Agricultural Adjustment Act
5
The Wagner Act, part of the New Deal,
reformed the banking system
provided subsidies for farmers
promoted the growth of the union movement
allocated money for the reforestation of the Great Plains
6
Why was the banking industry one of the first to collapse during the Great Depression?
people didn't have any money in the banks in the first place
the banks invested everyone's money in failed penny stocks
the banking industry relied on the stock mkt for its income
ppl ran on banks bc lack of confidence in financial entities
7
This gov't agency develops rules to limit speculation in the stock market
FDIC
SEC
TVA
WPA
8
GNP stands for:
Gross national product
Gross national pizza
Gotham needs puppies
Green national parks
9
Which identifies and economic cause of the Great depression?
Speculators drove up stocks leading to a crash
France building the Maginot Line
France and Britain insisted Germany pay reparations
Manufacturers developed new consumer products
10
Which New Deal program restored confidence in the banking system and prevented bank panics?
SEC
CCC
FDIC
SSA
11
A lasting result of the New Deal has been the...
The President and Supreme court not working together
reduction of national debt
the expansion of the federal government
the federal government taking control of the stock market
12
Which president believed that the business cycle would always correct itself?
Hoover
TR
Obama
FDR
13
Retirement plan for citizens over the age of 65
Works Progress Administration
Farm Security Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Social Securities Act
14
The economy must take care of itself without government intervention was believed by whom?
Hoover
Roosevelt
Mellon
Smith
15
What effect did radio and movies have people during the Great Depression?
allowed people a reason to give up
allowed them to escape from reality
made them hate their lives more
gave people a reason to get stuck in a tornado
16
A socialist in the 1930s might argue that _____ is to blame for the Great Depression.
capitalism
welfare
imperialism
communism
17
Who proposed the "Share Our Wealth" Program that in some ways challenged FDR and his New Deal?
Father Coughlin
Senator Huey Long
Francis Townsend
Frances Perkins
18
Dr. Francis Townsend gained notoriety as a critic of the New Deal with his
National Union for Social Justice
$200 per month pension plan for the elderly
running for President against Roosevelt in 1936
share the wealth program
19
American believed the government should take an active role in solving economic problems led to
The election of Franklin Roosevelt in 1932
The election of Al Smith in 1928
The election of Teddy Roosevelt in 1932
The election of Herbert Hoover in 1928
20
The New Deal most closely embodies which economic theorists ideas?
Adam Smith - The Invisible Hand
Milton Friedman - Monetarism
Karl Marx - Modern Communism
John Maynard Keynes - Keynesian Economics
21
Residents from southern plains that migrated away from their homes as a result of the Dustbowl
Hoboes
Texans
Immigrants
Okies
22
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
The New Deal tried to start too many new programs
People bought stocks on credit or borrowed money
Many businesses had a surplus of goods that couldn't be sold
Banks had to close because they did not have enough money
23
Reduced crops to eliminate surplus and equalize prices
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Civilian Conservation Corp.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
24
Which president was responsible for creating the New Deal?
Warren Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
25
I interviewed my great grandmother about her life during the Great Depression & wrote a report.
Primary Source
Secondary Source
26
Stock Market Crash happened on this day:
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
Thanksgiving
Valentine's Day <3
27
What did the Bonus Army want?
to avoid WWII
loans to help pay off their mortgages
Early payment of money owed from WWI
jobs working for the U.S. military
28
What new deal program still exists today?
CCC
AAA
NEA
Social Security
29
Which agency created jobs to prevent flooding, to build dams,+ bring electricity to rural areas
Social Securities Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Farm Security Administration
Works Progress Administration
30
Not adding to the deficit, state/local gov't should provide relief+promote individualism is why
Hoover supported direct federal relief
Hoover opposed direct federal relief
Roosevelt opposed direct federal relief
Roosevelt supported direct federal relief
31
Which of these was not an effect of the New Deal?
It expanded the power of the federal government
It ended the Great Depression
It laid the foundations of the welfare state.
It attracted new groups of voters into the Democratic Party.
32
Why did many urban industrial workers support the New Deal?
It actively supported political machines.
It legalized collective bargaining and other union activity.
It eased regulations on businesses.
It nationalized city utilities.
33
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established in the 1930s to...
provide jobs and pave roads
organize the sports teams of the Southeastern Conference
insure bank deposits
regulate the stock market
34
Charles Townsend's plan to give the elderly $ to spend and stimulate the economy led to:
The Social Security Act
The Smoot Hawley Tariff
The WPA
The Wagner Act
35
Hoover paid bonuses to the "Bonus Army" to get them to disband
True
False
36
Who was President when the Great Depression began?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Millard Fillmore
37
Regulate stock market and restricted margin buying
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Civilian Conservation Corp.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Agricultural Adjustment Act
38
Americans fed up with the economy led to a 1932 victory for
Roosevelt
Smith
Hoover
Harding
39
To get the Bonus Army marchers to leave the capital, General MacArthur:
paid them their bonus
negotiated with the veterans’ leaders
gave a patriotic speech
Used force and drove them out
40
This is what happens if you stop paying the mortgage
Foreclosure
Budget Deficit
Relief
Black Tuesday
41
What was the Great Depression?
longest-lasting economic downturn in US history
Giant hole where meteorite that killed dinosaurs struck
The day everyone was very sad
large divot cut out of the ground by a golf club
42
Roosevelt’s Second New Deal policies exemplified which of the following philosophies?
Increasing government spending
Decreasing government spending
Balancing the national budget
Upholding laissez-faire economics
43
Hired unemployed citizens for public works projects, largest peacetime employer
Works Progress Administration
Social Securities Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Farm Security Administration
44
Which of the following established a minimum wage?
KGB
Fair Labor Standards Act
Social Security Act
FDIC
45
Hoover's policy to encourage ppl to endure the effects of the Great Depression w/o gov't help
foreclosure
social darwinism
speculation
rugged individualism
46
All of the following opposed the New Deal to some extent EXCEPT?
Supreme Court
John Maynard Keynes
Fr. Francis Coughlin
Huey Long
47
Which group of people had almost an early Great depression?
Middle class workers
College Students
Farmers
Women
48
Loaned money to farmers and migrant worker camps; hired photographers to document conditions
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
Social Securities Act
Farm Security Administration
49
The term that refers to a series of new laws passed by Congress to deal with the Depression
WPA
TVA
Supreme Court
100 Days
50
Which of the following is NOT true of FDR's New Deal?
Created lasting social welfare programs like Social Security
Reforms included FDIC & SEC to regulate/stabilize banks & stock market
AAA/NRA overturned by Supreme Court hence unsuccessful courtpacking plan
Unions were weakened & few jobs provided
51
Which of the following is NOT one of FDR's 3 Rs of the New Deal?
Recovery
Reform
Realism
Relief
52
When the Federal Government spends more than they bring in.
Budget Deficit
Black Tuesday
Relief
Black Friday
53
Which of the following did not contribute to the Great Depression
installment buying
Overproduction
Buying stock on margin
High Interest Rates
54
What was a cause of the Great Depression?
stock market speculation
uneven prosperity
personal debt
overproduction
55
Which fact about the New Deal is NOT true?
proposed by Franklin Roosevelt
helped alleviate Great Depression
meant to limit spread of communism
biggest expansion of fed gov action in US history
56
The New Deal was about relief, recovery, and _____.
restoration
renew
recall
reform
57
All of these happened during the Great Depression except
prosperity
unemployment
Dust Bowl
Stock Market crash
58
What event ended the Great Depression?
World War II
World War I
The New Deal
The Dust Bowl
59
Put young men to work in soil conservation, flood control, and forest projects
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Civilian Conservation Corp.
60
Money that went to poor families during the Great Depression
Budget Deficit
Black Friday
Black Tuesday
Relief
61
What event ended the Great Depression?
The Dust Bowl
World War II
The New Deal
World War I
62
The AAA did all of the following EXCEPT?
seek to increase demand for farm products
bring extra food into the cities to feed the hungry
ask farmers to burn crops and kill livestock
pay farmers not to grow crops
63
Which of the following were not part of the New Deal Coalition?
Northern Urban Workers
Republicans
African Americans
Women
64
When banks collapsed, depositors lost their money.
Flase
True
65
FDR's Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Alice Paul
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mary Bethune
66
In what ways did the New Deal help Americans?
It helped people pay taxes
It improved education for all citizens
It protected people from discrimination
It provided jobs, food, and shelter for those in need
67
Which Great Depression program was established to directly encourage trickle-down economics?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Wagner Act
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Emergency Banking Bill
68
To make the Supreme Court more sympathetic to New Deal Programs Roosevelt
Tried to add SC justices
Passed more laws
Followed the Constitution more closely
Resigned from office
69
Today bank deposits are insured up to $250,000, which New Deal policy made this possible?
SEC
Wagner Act
FDIC
SSA
70
Shantytowns during the Great Depression were called...
None of these
Hoovervilles
Hoover homes
Hoover hovels
71
Which of the following industries thrived during the Great Depression
The Steel Industry
Pepsi Cola
Film Industry
Corn Production
