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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?overproduction and underconsumptiona decrease in the supply of consumer goodsan increase in demand for imported productsan increase in the price of wheat on the world market
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWho was the President of the United States when the Stock Market crashed?Franklin D. RooseveltHerbert HooverWoodrow WilsonTheodore Roosevelt
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHow did "bank runs" impact the American people during the Great Depression?Banks eventually ran out of money to loan, and people's life savings were gone.Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pays bills until they could find work.Banks were able to people's deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.
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What was the main reason for the emergence of “Hoovervilles” like the one shown in the photograph?Many Americans had lost jobs during the Great Depression.Thousands of homes had been destroyed by the effects of the Dust Bowl.Housing projects could not keep up with the demand for homes needed by the poor.Preparations for World War I had created a shortage of building materials. - 5. Multiple ChoiceDuring the early 1930s, the main goal of the Bonus Army was to pressure the Hoover administration tostrengthen the nation’s defensesend the military draftbring American troops home from overseassupport the early payment of money promised to veterans
- 6. Multiple ChoiceDuring the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in theformation of the United States Department of Agriculturecreation of wheat surplusesgrowth of the Populist movementdevelopment of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these statements is true of the 1932 presidential election?Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide.Hoover lost by a narrow margin.Huey Long ran a strong third-party campaign.Roosevelt won a third term.
- 8. 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 rugged individualismsupported direct relief to people out of workthought the government should not be involved in economic reform
- 9. Multiple ChoiceFDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:FDR HourHangin' With FranklinFireside ChatsAround the Fire
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?Pro-business tax breaks would solve the problems associated with urban poverty.Antitrust legislation would destroy the free market economy of the United States.Rugged individualism must be allowed to solve social inequality.Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAs part of the New Deal, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) were created toallow for a quick recovery of stock pricesprovide direct loans to businessesprotect individual investors from stock fraud and bank failureallow banks and companies to invest in the stock market
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem ofexcessive stock market speculationhigh unemploymentincreased use of creditlimited income of senior citizens
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe TVA is significant because it hired people todeliver food to the poverty-stricken Dust Bowl residentsbuild dams and generators that provided electricitywork on farms to help stabilize agriculturepublish important facts about businesses
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAn advocate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s farm policy would have likely supported which economic strategy?Reducing agricultural output to increase product valuesUtilizing minimum wage laws to stimulate farm productivityAllowing market forces to operate freely to achieve stabilizationIncreasing agricultural production to ensure an affordable food supply
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHow would an African American during the Great Depression most likely have felt about the New Deal?Disappointed, because the TVA failed to bring power to African American farmers in its Rural Electrification Program.Outraged, because African Americans were ineligible for any benefits under New Deal programs.Frustrated, because the CCC and other work programs discriminated against African Americans.Angry, because President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not attempt to restrain his racially insensitive views.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe Fair Labor Standards Act of addressed what labor issue?Workplace safetyHealth insuranceCollective bargainingMinimum wage
- 17. Multiple ChoiceA major reason that President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed adding Justices to the Supreme Court in 1937 was tomake the Court processes more democraticend corruption and favoritism in handling casesinfluence Court decisions related to New Deal programsensure the appointment of members of minority groups
- 18. Multiple ChoicePassage of the Social Security Act (1935) helped American workers bycreating jobs for the unemployedguaranteeing a minimum wagelegalizing the right to join labor unionsproviding financial assistance after retirement
- 19. Multiple ChoiceSenator Huey Long, Dr. Francis Townsend, and Father Charles Coughlin are best known asmembers of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s cabinetoutspoken critics of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Dealsupporters of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reelection campaign in 1940members of the Supreme Court nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA major result of the New Deal was that iteliminated poverty in the USextended the merit system in the civil servicedestroyed the private enterprise systemgreatly increased the size and power of the Federal Government
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