Great Depression/ New Deal- C-Scope

What kind of changes to American society were the defining issues of both the Great Depression and the New Deal?

• Artistic issues
• Economic issues
• Geographic issues
• Chronological issues

Which conclusion is best supported by evidence in the table?

• New Deal programs were highly effective in preventing bank closings.
• The second half of the 1930s saw lower total resources lost each year.
• The 1920s had more bank closings and more total resources lost than the 1930s.
• As time progressed through the 1930s, fewer Texas banks were closed each year.

The events listed are most closely associated with which decade?

• 1910-1919
• 1920-1929
• 1930-1939
• 1940-1949

Which event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?

• Purchase of Alaska
• Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Crash of the New York Stock Exchange
• Charles Lindbergh's non-stop flight over the Atlantic

Which of the following events occurred first?

• Congress approves the Social Security Act.
• Voters elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as the President.
• The New York Stock Exchange crashes across several days in October.
• The Supreme Court rules that the National Labor Relations Act is constitutional.

Which of the following correctly pairs the event with its corresponding date?

• Beginning of American Dust Bowl – 1920
• End of the First World War in Europe – 1928
• Crash of the stock market in the United States – 1931
• Beginning of the Great Depression in the United States – 1929

Which of the following might have reduced the effects of the Dust Bowl?

• Eliminating cattle farms
• Using chemical fertilizers
• Raising agricultural prices
• Improving water management

Which set of factors contributed most to the pattern seen on the map above?

• Poor irrigation and use of crop rotation
• Multiple El Niño events and dam building
• Years of drought and poor farming techniques
• Farm worker labor shortage and chemical fertilizers

How did changing demographic patterns in the 1930s impact California?

• The arrival of many African Americans from Southern states in the 1930s created significantracial tensions in cities in California.
• The arrival of many migrant families seeking work led to government settlement houses wherenew arrivals could find help getting a job.
• The arrival of many migrant families from the Midwest created a relief crisis in cities like LosAngeles where, in 1932, nearly 20% of the population required some form of relief.
• The arrival of many unskilled immigrant workers from Eastern cities like Boston and New Yorkcreated a shortage of jobs that, in 1934, resulted in a 20% unemployment rate.

How did high U.S. tariffs on imports likely contribute to the Great Depression?

• Other nations raised tariffs that cut U.S. exports.
• The United States experienced a rapid rise in inflation.
• Other nations boycotted U.S. goods because of high prices.
• The United States experienced a moderate rise in employment.