Unit 10 Review

1. (8-6.4) True/False: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 caused the “Great Depression”

• TRUE
• FALSE

2.  ____________ was the South Carolina senator, Office of War Mobilization, Secretary of State, and Governor of South Carolina who helped Roosevelt establish the New Deal Programs.

• A. Ben Tillman
• B. Nikki Haley
• C. Strom Thurmond
• D. James F. Byrnes

3. (8-6.4) All of the following are ways that Mary McLeod Bethune contributed to society during the 1930s EXCEPT:

• A. was an educator and a civil rights leader
• B. became the first black woman to hold public office in South Carolina
• C. was part of FDR’s “Black Cabinet”
• D. directed the Negro Division of the National Youth Administration

4. (8-6.4) Which of the following parts of the New Deal provided a payment to the elderly, orphaned, disabled, and unemployed?

• A. Social Security Act
• B. Works Progress Administration
• C. Civilian Conservation Corps
• D. Public Works Administration

5. (8-6.4) Which of the following New Deal programs put unemployed young men to work in the nations’ parks?

• A. Social Security Act
• B. Works Progress Administration
• C. Civilian Conservation Corps
• D. Public Works Administration

6. (8-6.4) Electricity came to farmers in South Carolina through which of the following New Deal programs?

• A. Rural Electrification Act
• B. Social Security Act
• C. Civilian Conservation Corps
• D. Public Works Administration

7. (8-6.4) Which New Deal program set up codes for industries that would regulate prices for consumers as well as hours and wages for workers?

• A. Rural Electrification Act
• B. Social Security Act
• C. Civilian Conservation Corps
• D. National Recovery Act

8. (8-6.4) Which New Deal program built schools, libraries, courthouse, and Navy aircraft carriers?

• A. Rural Electrification Act
• B. Public Works Administration
• C. Civilian Conservation Corps
• D. National Recovery Act

9. (8-6.4) Which New Deal program created Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, provided jobs, and improved living conditions for many people?

• A. Public Works Administration
• B. Santee Cooper Electricity Project
• C. Civilian Conservation Corps
• D. National Recovery Act

10. (8-6.4) During the Textile Strike of 1934 several people died; what was the end result?

• A. The strikers were able to create a strong Union that still exist today.
• B. The strike led to a collapse of the Union in South Carolina.
• C. The mill owners refused to reopen the doors, even when the workers were ready to return
• D. BOTH B AND C