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- 1. Multiple Choice
All of the following were root causes of the Great Depression Except
Falling crop prices for farmers.
Overly generous wage increases in U.S. factories.
A growing imbalance between rising productivity and purchasing power.
Unsound banking practices.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which situation was a basic cause of the Great Depression?
Continued increases in wages for workers
Overproduction of crops
Excessive profits for farmers
over regulation of the stock market
- 3. Multiple Choice
Use the political cartoon on the left and your content knowledge to answer the following question: A significant cause of the Great Depression of the 1930’s was that
Some banking policies were unsound and banks were largely unregulated, leading to their demise.
A decrease in protective tariffs had opened American business to competition from abroad.
Many Americans failed to put their savings in banks prior to the stock market crash in 1929.
People were unable to find jobs because of the failure of banks.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Use the graph to the right and your content knowledge to answer the following question: Which of the following was a major impact of the Great Depression?
Many Americans struggle with financial stability due to the inability to find jobs.
America saw a rise in the number of jobs available during the 1930s.
Very few Americans faced financial instability during the Great Depression.
The American economy was growing rapidly during the 1930s.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Popular culture during the Depression era—as manifested by radio, movies, and literature—was generally characterized by
A celebration of affluence
Appeals to prurient interests in sex and crime
A return to traditional religious values
Upbeat and romantic messages as a sort of escapism
- 6. Multiple Choice
One long range effect of the Great Depression was that many people
Grew to like President Hoover
Became risk takers in the stock market
Developed habits of saving and thriftiness
Came to believe in small government
- 7. Multiple Choice
“You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily working life of the people without, at the same time, making it the master of the people’s souls and thought.” –President Herbert Hoover
The idea expressed in the quotation is a basis for President Hoover’s belief that the problems of the Great Depression could best be solved by
Nationalizing major industries
Requiring businesses to pay a minimum wage to workers
Relying mostly on private enterprise and individual initiative to improve economic conditions
Creating government job programs for the unemployed
- 8. Multiple Choice
When the Great Depression began in 1929, the most common belief supported by the Republican Party and Herbert Hoover was that
An increase in defense spending would stimulate the economy
Unemployed workers should receive Federal unemployment assistance
The government should assume control of industry
The economy would recover on its own
- 9. Multiple Choice
Using the cartoon to the right and your content knowledge, answer the following question: In the 1930s, shantytowns, often called 'Hoovervilles,' sprang up across the United States because of President Herbert Hoover's
support for federal programs to provide jobs for the unemployed
refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless
efforts to help the residents return to their farms
emergency relief programs to provide food to the poor
- 10. Multiple Choice
Using your content knowledge and the graph to the left, answer the following question: What major factor can be attributed to the changes in population in the Great Plains States between 1930 and 1940?
An increase in African American migrants due to the Great Migration
A decrease in the number of Native Americans living in the region because of their forced resettlement onto reservations
An increase in the number of factory jobs available to immigrants coming to the United States
A decrease in the success of farms and farmers due to drought, overuse of land, and the frequent dust storms.
- 11. Multiple Choice
From the east and west and north and south
Like a swarm of bees we come;
The migratory workers
Are worse off than a bum.
We go to Mr. Farmer
And ask him what he’ll pay;
He says, “You gypsy workers
Can live on a buck a day.”
Based on the poem and your content knowledge, which statement best explains why these workers were paid so little
There was a significant decrease in immigrant workers who competed for manufacturing jobs because of the global economic depression
There was a significant decrease in immigrant workers who competed for agricultural jobs because of the global economic depression
There was an abundance of U.S. workers who had to relocate and compete for manufacturing jobs because of the Dust Bowl
There was an abundance of U.S. workers who had to relocate and compete for agricultural jobs because of the Dust Bowl
- 12. Multiple Choice
Using your content knowledge and the photo to the left, answer the following question: What was the main cause of poverty in the Great Plains states throughout the 1930s and 1940s?
The stock market crash in 1929
The negative impacts of the Dust Bowl on agriculture during the 1930s and 1940s
Debt created through the inappropriate use of credit during the 1920s
The lack of regulation of banks, which caused most families to lose all of their savings
- 13. Multiple Choice
Using your content knowledge and the political cartoon to the right, answer the following question: What was the main goal of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
To insure bank deposits up to $5000 in order to protect the accounts of bank customers
To eliminate unfair business practices seen in big businesses during the 1920s
To establish the 17th Amendment, which allowed citizens to directly elect their senators
To regulate the stock market and eliminate dishonest practices
- 14. Multiple Choice
"Section 202. (a) Every qualified individual shall be entitled to receive.. . on the date he attains the age of sixty-five,.. . and ending on the date of his death, an old-age benefit. . ." – Excerpt taken from the Social Security Act
Using the quote above and your content knowledge, answer the following question: A major purpose of this section of Federal legislation was to
guarantee an annual income to experienced employees
assure adequate medical care for the elderly
reward workers for their support of the union movement
provide economic assistance to retired workers
- 15. Multiple Choice
Use the information to the right and your content knowledge to answer the following question: Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was intended to provide relief, recover, and reform, with a focus on increasing the American economy and ended the Great Depression. Analyze the information to the right to determine whether or not FDR’s New Deal was successful in achieving his goals.
Yes, the New Deal was successful in lowering the unemployment rate and ended the Great Depression
No, the New Deal was not successful in lowering the unemployment rate and it did not end the Great Depression
Yes, the New Deal was successful in lowering the unemployment rate, but it did not successfully end the Great Depression
No, the New Deal was not successful in lowering the unemployment rate, but it was successful in ending the Great Depression.
- 16. Multiple Choice
A major criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s programs to combat the Great Depression was that these programs
reduced the power of the Federal Government
ignored the plight of homeowners with mortgages
provided too much protection for big business
made people dependent on the Federal Government
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes why many businesses opposed the creation of the TVA?
Many businesses believed that the TVA unfairly competed with private power companies.
Many businesses believed that the TVA charged too much for the electricity it sold.
Many businesses believed that the TVA did not treat its electric customers equally
Many businesses believed that the TVA generated electricity with obsolete methods and equipment
- 18. Multiple Choice
The advertisement to the right was created by the federal government to encourage citizens to support the creation of Norris Dam as a part of the TVA. Although the government promised that the citizens of the TN Valley would benefit greatly from its creation, why did many residents oppose the building of the dam?
Many Tennesseans believed that the dam would bring in new ideas which would threaten their traditional way of life
Many Tennesseans believed that the construction of the dam would make flooding worse at various times of the year
Many Tennesseans believed that the jobs created by the dam would be outsourced to better educated workers from other states
Many Tennesseans did not want to lose their land as a result of eminent domain
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