Great Depression Review

The conditions shown in the photograph were mainly the result of

• government subsidies to increase crop production

• migrations from farms to cities

• poor farming methods and sustained drought

• reduced tariffs on farm machinery and crops

In which geographic region of the nation was this 1935 photograph taken?

• New England

• Pacific Northwest

• Southeast

• Great Plains

“… Our whole system of self-government will crumble either if officials elect what laws they will enforce or citizens elect what laws they will support. The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law.…” — President Herbert Hoover, 1929

Which issue is President Hoover discussing in this statement?

• National Prohibition

• environment conservation

• Social Security taxes

• Voting rights for women

Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Bessie Smith are most closely associated with efforts to

• expand the Back to Africa movement

• fight discrimination through the judicial system

• promote the cultural identity of African Americans through the arts

• establish the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Which factor contributed most to the repeal of national Prohibition in 1933?

• the inability of government to enforce the law

• an improvement in the economy

• a decline in organized crime

• the start of World War II

Which conclusion is most clearly supported by the information in the chart?

• President Herbert Hoover’s economic policies expanded job opportunities

• The United States unemployment rate reached its highest level in 1938

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs failed to address the unemployment crisis

• World War II ended the high unemployment rates of the Great Depression.

The cooperation mentioned in the poster was intended to be between

• business and government

• consumers and producers

• workers and retirees

• socialists and capitalists

Senator Huey Long, Dr. Francis Townsend, and Father Charles Coughlin are best known as

• members of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s cabinet

• outspoken critics of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal

• supporters of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reelection campaign in 1940

• members of the Supreme Court nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

The prosperity of the United States in the mid- 1920s resulted in part from

• increased demand for new consumer goods

• high-wage contracts negotiated by labor unions

• record-high farm prices

• increased government regulation of the economy

The New Deal reform that helped labor unions win the right to represent workers was the

• creation of Social Security

• formation of the Securities and Exchange Commission

• passage of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act

• establishment of unemployment insurance