5.4.2 and 5.4.3 QUIZ

 Which of the following best describes a factor that led to the crash of the stock market? (5-4.2)

• Many Americans began buying more stocks
• Values of stocks increased due to mass production
• Factories were not able to produce goods for consumers
• Factories were overproducing and began to lay off workers

Which of the following was an effect of unemployment during the Great Depression? (5-4.2)

• Consumers rushed to put all of their money in the banks.
• Consumers made many purchases, so businesses boomed
• Consumers could not or did not want to buy, so some businesses failed
• Consumers could not buy goods fast enough before businesses sold out. 

Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression?    (5-4.2)

• The invention of the radio
• People buying goods with credit
• World War I
• Hoovervilles

A time of rebirth of African American interest in the arts is known as the (5-4.2)

• Okies
• Shantytowns
• Harlem Renaissance
• The Dust Bowl

What is an appropriate title for the list below? (5-4.3) 
* Assisted with the feeding and housing of the poorest American citizens.*Put money into the hands of consumers, who spent it, and helped businesses recover. *Attempted to reform the system and prevent another economic crisis.

• Goals of the New Deal
• Causes of WWII
• Life during the Roaring 20's
• Causes of the Great Depression

What was a result of the government’s response to the Great Depression? (5-4.3)

• The role of the federal government increased.
• The role of the federal government decreased.
• There was no change in the role of the government
• The government’s response quickly ended the Great Depression.

Which of the following was an aim of the New Deal? (5-4.3)

• To help every person in the world
• To give a bank account to every American
• To give every American a house
• To help Americans and the economy

President Roosevelt brought back people’s faith in banks by (5-4.3)

• Closing all banks in the United States during his term.
• Hiring all of the bank presidents himself
• Creating the FDIC to insure deposits Americans made in banks.
• Limiting the amount of money Americans could deposit.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Dust Bowl? (5-4.2)

• led people to migrate to California 
• led people to migrate to the South
• people left their homes
• many young men took to the roads or railways to find work or a handout

Which of the following was NOT a program of the New Deal? (5-4.3)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) 
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Federal Employment Agency (FEA)
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)