USHC EOC Review Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

The New Deal:

• set prices for farmers they could depend on for years

• gave retirees a pension that would lift them out of poverty

• created the FDIC and SEC to restore faith in banks and the stock market

• added Supreme Court justices to fix the problems the existing justices started

In 1929, the United States entered an economic slowdown called the Great Depression. One of the early events was the stock market crash. What was a major cause of the stock market crash? (Use process of elimination)

• Stock prices went up so fast that investors could not keep up with the changes.
• The government decided to close the stock market in New York.
• Stock prices fell; investors panicked and sold their stocks, which led to more panic.
• People decided to invest their money in stock markets in Europe.

This ended prohibition in the United States

• 17th Amendment
• 18th Amendment
• 20th Amendment
• 21st Amendment

Insures deposits made to banks and protects citizens' money

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Social Security

Enforces regulation on Wall Street to ensure fair stock trading

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

The passage of the Social Security Act of 1936 led to:

• The Roosevelt Recession of 1937

• The end of the Great Depression

• The end of Roosevelt's presidency

• The end of the Roosevelt Recession

Which of the following politicians believed his "Share the Wealth" program could be applied to the United States and help bring America out of the Depression?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Huey Long

• Francis Townsend

• Charles Coughlin

A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-

• Provide health care benefits to southerners
• Encourage African-Americans to settle in the valley
• Improve economic conditions in a poor rural region
• Evacuate farmers from the impoverished region

Which ethnicity group was sent to internment camps?

• Japanese

• Chinese

• Russians

• Germans

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

• Nagasaki

• Beijing

• Hiroshima

• Berlin