"Boom to Bust" Test Review

The economic boom of the 1920’s was mostly built on:

• Oil
• Credit
• Concrete
• Railroads

Why were some New Deal reforms referred to as “safety net” programs?

• They were created to prevent illegal immigration
• They were designed to capture communists
• They were intended to help the nation’s neediest people
• They were intended to save the nation’s economy

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal:

• Provided relief, reform and recovery  
• Quickly ended the Great Depression
• Prepared the US for World War II  
• Failed completely
  

Which of the following best describes the role of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

• Gave food and shelter to people in need
• Provided jobs planting trees, draining swamps, and fighting fires
• Paid farmers not to grow certain crops
  
• Build dams to control flooding and provide electricity across six southern states
  

Which of these allowed Henry Ford to build cars more quickly and cheaply than ever?

• labor unions  
• low pay rates
• assembly lines
• metal frames
  

The New Deal program that still exists today that provides money for many elderly  Americans is the:

• Social Security Act
• Agricultural Adjustment Act
  
• Tennessee Valley Authority
  
• Works Project Administration
  

Which of the following was a cause of the “black blizzards” in the Great Plains

• soil erosion
• acid rain
• flood waters
• freezing winters

The _________________ signaled the beginning of_______________________.

• Dust Bowl…the New Deal  
• Election of Roosevelt…consumerism
  
• Al Capone’s arrest…Prohibition
• Stock Market Crash…the Great Depression

One result of the New Deal was that many Americans began to accept the idea that the     federal government has a responsibility to:

• Build new dams and schools
• Care for citizens in need
  
• Educate America’s children  
• End racial discrimination

Which of the following is true about the Great Depression:

• It was cured during Roosevelt’s 100 days in office
• It triggered a wave of immigration out of the United States
  
• It was the longest-lasting economic depression in U.S. history
• It was over by the time Franklin Roosevelt started his presidency