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- 1. Multiple Choice
The president in 1929 was...
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
- 2. Multiple Choice
The man who promised a “New Deal” for America was
FDR
Eisenhower
Hoover
Truman
- 3. Multiple Choice
What were Hoovervilles?
Settlements created by the government that provided shelter for Americans who lost their homes.
The nickname given to suburban towns during the Great Depression, named after President Hoover who was greatly admired for his work supporting financial distressed Americans.
The nickname for tent villages filled with people who had lost their homes or jobs during the Great Depression.
The suburbs built around Northeast cities in the 1930s, funded by President Hoover’s Department of Homeland Security.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why was President Hoover hated so much?
He was known for his racist ideas
He forced Japanese Americans into Internment Camps
He did very little to help end the Great Depression
He decided to drop the atomic bomb
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does buying a stock on margin mean?
purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange
buying the stock for someone else
paying less than the market price of the stock
borrowing money to help pay for the stock
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not an effect of the Great Depression?
Many children had a poor diet.
Many families became homeless.
Many men became unemployed.
Many people started farming.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the goal of the New Deal?
help alleviate the problems of the depression
keep American neutral in World War I
decrease prices of farm goods
increase crop production
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?
Social Security Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
National Labor Relations Act
Works Progress Administration
- 9. Multiple Choice
FDR’s plan to end the Great Depression helped in all ways EXCEPT:
Created Jobs
Fixed the banking System
Forced people to buy bonds
Put systems in place to prevent another economic collapse.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a cause of bank failures in the early 1930s?
People who feared that the banks would close rushed to withdraw their money.
A major drop in foreign investments in U.S. banks following the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.
The international currency crisis.
The failure of the American agricultural industry to plan ahead.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The purpose of FDR’s Social Security program was to—
Provide homes for children orphaned and abandoned during the Great Depression.
Encourage social activism, specifically supporting women’s rights.
Ensure all members of society had the “security” of their own home or apartment.
Provide benefits for retired people and the unemployed through a payroll tax.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which present day institution was created during the Great Depression to provide elderly citizens income help?
Securities and Exchange Commission
Social Security Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
- 13. Multiple Choice
Refers to the 10,000 WWI veterans who marched on Washington, D.C. and demanded their entire bonuses. They received their bonuses but were sent out forcefully by General MacArthur and instead created a camp on the National Mall. This incident made the Hoover administration appear insensitive to the problems brought on by the depression.
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Bonus Dough Boys
Hoover's Heros
Bonus Army
- 14. Multiple Choice
It was created to build schools, libraries, and other cultural centers in the U.S. It also employed musicians, painters, and writers as part of the Federal Arts Project.
National Recovery Administration of 1933
Works Progress Administration 1935
Social Security Act of 1935
National Labor Relations Act of 1935
- 15. Multiple Choice
This act created unemployment relief. It employed 3 million young men to replant trees in the forests, fight fires, prevent floods and drain swamps. Employees were required to give part of their income to their families.
National Industry Relations Act 1935
Social Security Act 1935
Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC) 1933
Works Progress Administration 1935
- 16. Multiple Choice
This act required all stock exchanges to be licensed by the government in order to trade stock.
Federal Reserve Act 1913
Glass-Steagall Act 1933
New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) Billet Act 1934
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) 1934
- 17. Multiple Choice
First elected to office in 1932 during the Depression. Promised a “New Deal” for Americans. He would later be elected to a historic four terms as President.
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 18. Multiple Choice
A series of government funded programs designed to stimulate the economy, provided jobs, protect homes and businesses, and provided money for those who could no longer work. Many of these programs were launched within the first two presidential terms of FDR.
New Deal
Great Society
Marshall Plan
Social Security Act
- 19. Multiple Choice
This is the outline for FDR’s New Deal programs. It included immediate help for workers and the unemployed, healing for the nation’s economy to help push the U.S. out of the depression, and permanent changes to prevent economic maladjustments in the future.
Assistance, Assistance and Adjustment
Support, Stimulus, and Support
Aid, Revival and Regulation
Relief, Recovery and Reform
- 20. Multiple Choice
President Roosevelt proposed a bill that would allow the President to appoint up to six additional Supreme Court members. It was an attempt to prevent further reactionary rulings from a conservative court. However, it did not pass.
Executive Order
Judicial Review
Court Packing
Impeachment
- 21. Multiple Choice
Franklin D. Roosevelt took many actions during his “First Hundred Days” in the White House in 1933, but what was the FIRST thing he did?
close all of the nation’s banks and order inspections of those banks
end slavery
borrow money from China
desegregate the Military
- 22. Multiple Choice
Migrant farmers from Oklahoma
Hooverville
Okies
Economy
Soup Kitchens
Dust Bowl
- 23. Multiple Choice
Many organizations, such as the CCC and the SSA, were created to help Americans get back on their feet. These organizations were known as:
Alphabet Soup
The 3 Rs
FDR's economic plan
Economic Revitalization project
- 24. Multiple Choice
Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression. The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which:
provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs.helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses.
forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs.forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs. - 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration developed to address?Excessive stock market speculationHigh unemploymentIncreased use of creditOverproduction of goods
- 26. Multiple ChoiceDuring the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?
By ending the practice of sharecropping.
By encouraging farmers to grow more to increase profits.
By paying farmers to destroy crop and grow less.
By training farmers for jobs in a new field.
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?
The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens.
The suffrage rights for women changed.
The power of the federal government was expanded.
The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans.
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat cause of the Great Depression did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) attempt to solve?Stock market speculationOverproductionWeak banking systemUnsafe loans
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat were stock brokers doing that inflated the stock prices?giving out loans they knew would not be paid backspeculating stocks to be worth more than they actually werebuying stocks on creditnot insuring the customers' money
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThe New Deal stressed Relief, Recover, and _______.ReformRevolutionReinventionReinforcement
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich program cleared the river valley in Tennesee and brought electricity to these rural parts near the river?CCCWPATVAFDIC
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhich program sets up a tax to help benefit retired people?FDICSocial SecurityTVAWPA
- 33. Multiple ChoiceFDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:FDR HourHangin' With FranklinFireside ChatsAround the Fire
- 34. Multiple Choice
Why did Franklin Roosevelt close banks when he became President?
to prevent "runs" on the banksto consolidate the assets fo several banksto reduce the number of banks in operationto allow the banks to receive money from the federal government - 35. Multiple ChoiceWhich New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?Civilian Conservation CorpsFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationSecurities and Exchange CommissionNational Recovery Administration
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000?WPACCCTVAFDIC
- 37. 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
- 38. Multiple Choice
This New Deal program was designed to lower mortgage rates and keep people in their homes.
PWA
Wagner Act
Social Security
HOLC
- 39. Multiple Choice
Young people got jobs and job training because of the...
PWA
FDIC
Social Security Act
NYA
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