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- 1. Multiple Choice
New Deal program that helps people get mortgage loans from banks.
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- 2. Multiple Choice
The causes of the Great Depression were-
Overspeculation, high tariffs, overproduction, & shaky banking
Overspeculation, low tariffs, overproduction, & shaky banking
Overspeculation, high tariffs, underproduction, & shaky banking
Overspeculation, high tariffs, overproduction, & stable banking
- 3. Multiple Choice
________________ won the 1932 presidential election in a landslide victory over Herbert Hoover.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
- 4. Multiple Choice
First lady who assisted women in increasing their part in U.S society during the Great Depression.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jackie Onasis
Michele Obama
Barbara Bush
- 5. Multiple Choice
The supreme court found some of _________________ unconstitutional, because the executive & legislative branch could not give or use more power than granted by the constitution.
FDR's New Deal legislation
the building of the Hoover Dam
The Mexican Repatriation Act
the stock market crash
- 6. Multiple Choice
The _______________ caused a huge migration of people from the Great Plains to the west.
Dust Bowl
Mexican Repatriation Act
Stock Market Crash
Great Depression
- 7. Multiple Choice
Unemployed and homeless people built shantytowns outside the city center during the Great Depression called-
Hoovervilles
Favelas
Barrios
Vecindades
- 8. Multiple Choice
FDR gave a series of speeches on the radio to encourage Americans during the Great Depression called-
Fireside Chats
Radio Chats
Great Depression adresses
One on One chats
- 9. Multiple Choice
The long term effect of the Great Depression was the expanding role of the federal government.
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
The ___________________ upgraded the regional standard of living & created jobs during the Great Depression.
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Industrial Recovery Act
Works Progress Adminstration
- 11. Multiple Choice
Some people who opposed FDR's New Deal argued that it was jeopardizing America's-
Free-enterprise system
socialism system
traditional economy
command economy
- 12. Multiple Choice
Law that sent people back to their home country to increase job availability for Americans.
Mexican Repatriation Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Executive Order 9066
Immigration quotas
- 13. Multiple Choice
New Deal program responsible for the federal government guarantee of protection on bank deposits.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Social Security Act (SSA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- 14. Multiple Choice
Led to the decrease in international trade and one of the causes of the Great Depression.
high tariffs
overproduction
speculation
stock market crash
- 15. Multiple Choice
Although most people liked FDR, critics claimed that he
should have not nominated Clarence Thomas
should have prevented the Pearl Harbor attacks
tried to expand the executive branch's power too much
got us involved in the Iran-Contra scandal
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000?WPACCCTVAFDIC
- 17. Multiple ChoiceEntitlement program that gives the elderly and the disabled money.FDICSECTVASocial Security
- 18. Multiple ChoiceNew Deal program tasked with providing electricity to the people through dams and other means.Works Progress AdministrationTennessee Valley AuthorityTennessee Valley Electrical OrganizationCivilian Conservation Corps
- 19. Multiple ChoiceFederal organization that made loans to local gov’ts and businessesNew York Stock ExchangeHawley-Smoot CorporationReconstruction Finance CorporationFederal Relief Agency
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