Great Depression

The Stock Market Crash hurt many Americans because

• they had to wait in line to buy food.

• the price of farm goods fell.

• their stocks became worthless.

• prices of stock rose.

A major cause of the stock market crash was

• buying stocks on margin.

• using stock certificates as currency.

• restricting bank loans.

• outlawing installment buying.

An immediate effect of the Great Depression was the

• closing of many banks.

• Dust Bowl.

• beginning of the New Deal.

• creation of the Brain Trust.

The immediate cause of the Dust Bowl was

• a severe drought.

• years of overgrazing.

• the Great Depression.

• the activities of the TVA.

Movies were popular during the Depression because

• many theaters offered free movies to the jobless.

• the price of a theater ticket included free popcorn.

• people used movies as an escape from reality.

• movies told people about life in other parts of the country.

The Bonus Army was made up of

• retired people who wanted a bonus retirement plan.

• labor union members who wanted a special holiday bonus.

• WWI veterans who demanded a promised bonus ahead of schedule.

• business leaders who wanted a bonus for keeping workers on the job.

Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932 mainly because of

• Hoover’s foreign policy.

• scandals in Hoover’s Cabinet.

• hopes that Roosevelt would do something about the economy.

• 12 years of economic hard times under the Republicans.

What was the New Deal?

• a reform program intended to ease the effects of the Depression and encourage economic recovery.

• a government policy intended to stimulate the economy by raising tariffs to protect businesses against foreign competition.

• a national movement to outlaw the sale and manufacture of alcohol in hopes of improving the nation’s moral standards.

• a reform program meant to encourage people to “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” instead of look for government handouts.

Which New Deal program still exists today?

• Works Progress Administration

• Federal Emergency Relief Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Social Security Administration

Some people opposed the New Deal because they thought

• the federal government was becoming too large and powerful.

• Congress had too much power over the president.

• women should not be granted voting rights.

• the Supreme Court should develop governmental policies.