Great Depression & New Deal APUSH

What New Deal agency monitors the stock market?

• FBI
• CCC
• FDIC
• SEC

What New Deal program gives you a monthly pension when you turn 65?

• Social Security
• TVA
• Medicare
• FDIC

What New Deal program paid young men to plant trees & build parks while sending $$$ home?

• CCC
• WPA
• PWA
• TVA

The TVA generated what for the people of the Tennessee River Valley?

• electricity
• oil
• fresh water
• natural gas

What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

Buying stock without knowing the risks, assuming it will just go up is known as ________.

• speculation
• buying on margin
• market capitalization
• hammering the market

What new deal program insures bank deposits & helped to stop bank failures?

• SEC
• FDIC
• AAA
• TVA

Why did FDR propose the Supreme Court Packing Plan?

• to influence the Supreme Court to keep the New Deal going
• to make it more conservative
• to make the Supreme Court more efficient
• to make the Supreme Court more diverse

Which of these factors contributed most to the Dust Bowl?

• Flash flooding and intense deforestation

• Prolonged drought and poor farming practices

• High winds and railroad construction

• Severe heat and rapid suburban development

Which of the following directly contributed to the economic instability of the United States in 1929?

• The implementation of a personal income tax

• Overspeculation in the stock market

• New regulations on banking

• The elimination of import tariffs