Unit 5 The Great Depression

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?

• A major increase in international trade

• Increased wages for factory workers

• The rapid decrease of the national debt

• Overproduction of goods and a decline in consumer spending

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the significance of the 1929 stock market crash? 

• It caused a brief slowdown in the economy but had little long-term effect

• It marked the beginning of the Great Depression as banks failed and investments collapsed

• It immediately ended unemployment in America

• It occurred only in European markets and did not affect the U.S.

Multiple Choice

During the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl mainly affected:

• Oil workers in Texas who saw declining profits

• Farmers in the Midwest who faced drought and severe dust storms

• Miners in the Appalachian Mountains

• Factory workers in the Northeast who lost their jobs

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a major impact of the Great Depression on American society? 

• A significant rise in stock market investments

• Widespread unemployment and homelessness across the country

• Increased job opportunities in urban areas

• Rapid growth of small family-owned businesses

Multiple Choice

Hoovervilles

• Communities of makeshift shacks where homeless people lived

• Group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C., demanding early payment of promised bonuses

Multiple Choice

Bonus Army

• Group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C., demanding early payment of promised bonuses

• Free meals provided to the poor and unemployed

Multiple Choice

Soup Kitchens

• Free meals provided to the poor and unemployed

• Group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C., demanding early payment of promised bonuses

Multiple Choice

Black Tuesday

• Communities of makeshift shacks where homeless people lived

• Day the stock market crashed in 1929

Multiple Choice

One major effect of the New Deal on the role of the federal government was:

• A return to laissez-faire economics

• The elimination of all social welfare programs

• A stronger role in regulating the economy and providing relief to citizens

• A complete end to federal spending

Multiple Choice

Critics of President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed that some New Deal programs:

• Created too much competition between businesses

• Expanded government power too far and threatened individual freedoms

• Benefited only large corporations

• Reduced the size of the military

Multiple Choice

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created to:

• Build dams and provide electricity to rural areas

• Increase tariffs on imported goods

• Provide loans to small farmers in the West

• Regulate Wall Street banking practices

Multiple Choice

Which New Deal program was designed to protect bank depositors by insuring savings accounts?

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

• Social Security Act

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the United States during the 1930s?

• an extended period of economic depression

• The formation of a national Civil Rights movement

• The adoption of an interventionist foreign policy

• A sharp increase in the power given to state governments

Multiple Choice

What was one factor that helped turn the Great Plains into the Dust Bowl in the 1930s?

• Numerous tornadoes occurring in the region

• Intense drought in the region

• Paying farmers to plant native grasses

• Increased demand for tobacco after World War I

Multiple Choice

Which action by the federal government was one cause of the Great Depression?

• Refusing to regulate the stock market

• Eliminating tariffs on foreign trade

• Abolishing the use of the gold standard

• Failing to decrease the reserve requirement

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes how investment in the stock market during the mid-to-late 1920s contributed to the Great Depression?

 

Financial institutions were not required to report earnings to stock investors

 

Foreign countries were not required to immediately pay stockholder earnings

 

People were unable to repay the loans used to purchase stocks

 

Government taxes on stock transactions made it difficult to repay investors

• Financial institutions were not required to report earnings to stock investors

   

• Foreign countries were not required to immediately pay stockholder earnings

• People were unable to repay the loans used to purchase stocks

• Government taxes on stock transactions made it difficult to repay investors

Multiple Choice

Why did the U.S Government take this action during the Great Depression?

• Some feared that people of Mexican ancestry would force their religious beliefs to become the law of the land

• Some thought people of Mexican ancestry were buying too much property.

• Some thought people of Mexican ancestry were taking jobs from U.S Workers.

• Some feared that people of Mexican ancestry would force U.S schools to teach foreign languages.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed most to the situation described in this excerpt?

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  High unemployment and widespread home foreclosures

• The rise of corporate monopolies

• Strict banking regulations and high income tax rates

• The influx of immigrants into urban areas

Multiple Choice

How did this response to the Great Depression differ from the ideas of Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• Roosevelt wanted state governments to regulate private business activity.

• Roosevelt wanted private charities to take responsibility for relief efforts.

• Hoover wanted to implement social welfare programs to provide for the poor.

• Hoover wanted to limit the role of the federal government in managing the crisis

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission?

• To encourage business practices that promote minority employment.

• To maintain fair markets and increase investor confidence in financial institutions.

• To ensure worker safety and protect the public from hazardous products.

• To encourage business policies that protect the environment.

Multiple Choice

How does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) continue to affect U.S Citizens?

• By providing financial assistance to elderly people who are retired

• By protecting the savings of bank customers during an economic crisis

• By changing interest rates to prevent people from paying higher prices for goods

• By regulating loans made to investors who buy stocks on margin

Multiple Choice

 

A. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

B. Federal Housing Administration

 

C. Social Security Administration

 

D. Securities and Exchange Commission

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

How did the new program described in the poster affect the role of the federal government?

• It provided the federal government with a role in managing workers' bank accounts.

• It provided the federal government with a role in administering a retirement fund for workers.

• It limited the federal government's power to assist workers in manufacturing plants.

• It limited the federal government's power to enforce minimum wage requirements

Multiple Choice

The Goals of these New Deal agencies support the conclusion that the New Deal:

• gave the federal government a larger role in the day-to-day welfare of its citizens

• forced citizens to participate in federal programs

• gave preference to state-run agencies over federally run agencies

• forced the federal government to adopt isolationist foreign policies

Multiple Choice

President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed an increase in the number of Supreme Court justices because the Court ruled against:

• the gold standard

• some New Deal Programs

• some rationing programs

• internment camps

Multiple Choice

Some of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Programs were declared unconstitutional when the Supreme Court held that they:

• required U.S cooperation with foreign nations

• granted privilege's to religious organizations

• infringed on powers reserved to the States

• prevented equal access to the judicial system

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?

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• 2

• 3

• 4