The Great Depression

The New Deal was which president's program?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

Which of the following was a cause of the Great Depression

• the stock market crash of 1929

• the creation of "Hoovervilles" throughout the country

• Dust Storms throughout the Great Plains

• increase in the suicide rate

This New Deal program provide relief by giving a check to workers over the age of 65 and the disabled.

• Social Security

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Workers Progress Administration

• Securities Exchange Commission

The Bonus Army consisted of

• unemployed factory workers and their families.

• hobos riding the rails.

• WWI veterans and their families.

• sharecroppers and tenant farmers who were forced off the land.

Hoover's belief in "rugged individualism" meant...

• people shouldn't take money from the government.

• farmers should abandon their farms.

• industrialists should not allow unions.

• women should stay at home in the kitchen.

Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?

• lower worker productivity

• high income taxes

• decreasing tariff rates

• buying stocks on margin

What was the guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?

• Pro-business tax breaks would solve the problems associated with urban poverty

• Antitrust legislation would destroy the free market economy of the United States.

• Rugged individualism must be allowed to solve social inequality.

• Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of

• excessive stock market speculation

• high unemployment

• increased use of credit

• limited income of senior citizens

A major difference between the philosophies of President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression is that Roosevelt

• wanted to rely on private charities to provide assistance

• stressed the need for individual self-reliance

• supported direct relief to people out of work

• thought the government should not be involved in economic reform

President Franklin D. Roosevelt believed that declaring a bank holiday and creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would aid the nation’s banking system by

• restricting foreign investments

• eliminating government regulation of banks

• restoring public confidence in banks

• granting tax relief