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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these factors contributed most to the Dust Bowl?Flash flooding and intense deforestationProlonged drought and poor farming practicesHigh winds and railroad constructionSevere heat and rapid suburban development
- 2. Multiple ChoiceIn response to the national crisis posed by the Great Depression, the U.S. government -abandoned deficit spending as a remedy for economic downturns.dismantled financial regulatory agencies.assumed a principal role in protecting economic stabilitydecreased to number of federal entitlement programs
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which speaker expresses the main argument against President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court?Speaker 1Speaker 2Speaker 3Speaker 4 - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a defining characteristic of the United States during the 1930s?A sharp increase in the power given to state governmentsAn extended period of economic depressionThe adoption of an interventionist foreign policyThe formation of a national Civil Rights movement
- 5. Multiple ChoiceLines like the one shown above partially the result of -growing demand for payment of military pensionsa sudden increase in agricultural exportsthe passage of the Selective Service Actwidespread business failures
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best completes this diagram?Led to a decrese in U.S. international tradeHelped stabilize the U.S. economyStrengthened the U.S. relationships overseasLed to a decline in U.S. employment
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe creator of this political cartoon was expressing his concerns about -the Senate confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Clarence ThomasThe U.S. declaration of war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harborthe expansion of executive power during the Great Depressionthe involvement of U.S. government officials in the Iran-Contra scandal
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Reconstruction Finance Corporation is similar to later New Deal legislation in that both -protected the economy through government intervention in private businessgave direct relief payments to unemployed citizensprovided more efficient services through public utility regulationborrowed money from foreign banks to reduce the national debt
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the sticker in this illustration represent to patrons of this bank?Restrictions on the federal governement's ability to set prime interest ratesThe power of the federal government to privatize the bank in order to stimulate economic growthLimitations on the role of the federal government in providing home loansThe federal government's assurance of protection on individual bank deposits
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Social Security Act affected the role of the federal government by -authorizing the government to impose a flat taxcreating a government-administered benefits programimplementing new regulations on interstate travelestablishing an agency to monitor regulation
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one ongoing result of the New Deal?The federal government funds a space exploration programState governments deny residency to persons working in other statesState governments use property taxes to fund social security programsPeople can rely more on the federal government during times of economic distress
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho took pictures of the people in bread lines?Dorothea LangeJohn SteinbeckEleanor RooseveltNo one!
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe A.A.A. provided money to:states for local relieffarmers to reduce crop productionindustries to continue productionsharecroppers to purchase land
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the Grapes of Wrath?Grant WoodJohn SteinbeckRichard WrightDorothea Lange
- 15. Multiple ChoiceDemocrat ____________________ became president in March of 1933, and promised a "New Deal for the American people."Herbert HooverFranklin D. RooseveltLyndon B. JohnsonRonald Reagan
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat did young men employed by the CCC or Civil Conservation Corps do?Planted crops on farmsCleaned the nations rivers and waterwaysPlanted trees on public landsThey gave blankets to the poor
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the reasons below were a cause of the Great Depression?
Reason 1: Increase in consumer spending
Reason 2: Overspeculation in the Stock Market
Reason 3: Bank failures
Reason 4. Government subsidization of farmingReasons 1 and 4Reasons 1 and 2Reasons 3 and 4Reasons 2 and 3 - 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement best describes economy in the 1920sWages decreased and economy was weakunemployment was at an all-time highstock prices rose and the economy appeared healthysmall businesses dominated
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich was a sign that the economy was weakening in the 1920s?Failure of rural banksunderproduction of consumer goodsconsumers buying goods on creditthe collapse of large corporations
- 20. Multiple ChoiceFDR's plan to increase the number of Supreme Court members was in conflict withThe constitutions checks and balancesSupreme Courts practice of judicialCongress' operationsEfforts to restrict the number of terms a president serves
- 21. Multiple ChoiceCritics of New Deal claimed it was socialism because the gov'ttook ownership of most major industriesfavored farmers over workersincreased its responsibility of the economydeclined monopolies
- 22. Multiple ChoiceHoovervilles were called that because of Hoover'ssupport for federal programs to provide jobsrefusal to provide relief/aid to homelessefforts to help farmerslack of food to the poor
- 23. Multiple ChoiceSome people were critical of the New Deal programs saying they did not help who enough?The YouthSingle MothersMinorities, the Elderly and WomenThe Wealthy
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich New Deal program built dams and worked with flooding and erosion in one of poorest regions in U.S.Public Works Administration (PWA)Works Progress Administration (WPA)Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)Social Security Administration (SSA)
- 25. Multiple ChoiceGovernor Huey Long came up with the "Share Our Wealth" and "Every Man a King" programs, but what ultimately happened to him?He was assassinatedHe became PresidentHe stayed in LouisianaHe was forced to leave the U.S.
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat form of direct relief was most common during the Great Depression?Banking ReformIndustrial RecoveryBreadlinesNew Deal Jobs
- 27. Multiple ChoiceFDR passed more legislation in the First ______ than most presidents do in two years50 days75 days100 days150 days
- 28. Multiple ChoiceA major difference between the philosophies of President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression is that Rooseveltwanted to rely on private charities to provide assistancestressed the need for individual self-reliancesupported direct relief to people out of workthought the government should not be involved in economic reform
- 29. Multiple ChoiceOpponents of the New Deal criticized President Franklin D. Roosevelt forexpanding the role and size of the federal governmentpermitting banks to operate without government regulationweakening the executive branchreducing spending to balance the budget
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the result of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?international trade began to declineother countries place high tariffs on their goods so that America wouldn’t be able to afford their goods either.it was the highest tariff that American had ever experiencedall of the above
- 31. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Dust Bowl, President Hoover authorized the Mexican Repatriation Act because of an increased competition forFoodLandJobsOfficial Regional Language
- 32. Multiple ChoicePresident Hoover's philosophy that Americans must work harder to dig out of the depression.chicken in every potrugged individualismSquare DealNew Deal
- 33. Multiple ChoiceCongress passed a Repatriation Act to remove what ethnic group during the Great Depression to open up jobs?African AmericansChinese AmericansMexican AmericansIrish Americans
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat New Deal agency monitors the stock market?FBICCCFDICSEC
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat New Deal program gives you a monthly pension when you turn 65?Social SecurityTVAMedicareFDIC
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