Great Depression test

Which was NOT one of the 3 goals of the New Deal?

• Relief for the unemployed
• Plans for recovery
• Repay bankers
• Reform to prevent another Great Depression

When did the stock market crash?

• Tuesday, October 29, 1929
• Thursday, October 31, 1929
• Tuesday, October 24, 1929
• Thursday, October 26, 1929

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• uneven distribution of wealth

• overproduction of factory goods

• weak banking system

• strong economy

Who was the president at the BEGINNING of the Depression?

• Warren G. Harding
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Calvin Coolidge

This act provided monthly pensions for retired people.

• Social Security Act (SSA)
• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Townsend Act
• Revenue Act

In 1932, this group marched on Washington demanding a promised payment for fighting in World War I.

• the Payment Army
• the Bonus Army
• the RFC
• the Hoovervilles

To escape the horrible poverty and dust, many Dust Bowl residents moved to what state?

• Oregon
• New York
• California
• Oklahoma

Paid farmers not to grow certain crops

• FDIC
• CCC
• TVA
• AAA

Insured bank deposits

• FDIC
• CCC
• TVA
• AAA

Provided money to build dams along the Tennessee River

• FDIC
• TVA
• PWA
• AAA