Ch. 15- Years Of Crisis

President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

• to strengthen the economy 
• to avoid going to war 
• to improve public education 
• to end racial discrimination 

What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

• a government program that gave free land to homesteaders

• a government program that helped women get the vote

• a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country

• a government program designed to help people during the depression

The Dust Bowl devastated what part of the U.S. during the Great Depression?

• West Coast
• New England
• Deep South
• Great Plains

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

• Hawley-Smoot Tariff
• Easy Credit
• Mistakes of the Federal Reserve
• high farm prices

Paying a small % of a stock's price & borrowing the rest is known as what?

• buying on margin
• speculation
• fiat money
• price supports

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

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

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes

The collection of markets and exchange where the issuing and trading of equities, bonds and other sorts of securities takes place.

• Margin
• New Deal
• Deficit Spending 
• Stock Market 

A time in America following the roaring 20's where America experience rising unemployment that did not end until the onset of World War II. 

• New Deal
• Roaring 20's
• Great Depression
• Cold War 

What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

• Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
• Unemployment decreased gradually.
• Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
• Hoover was re-elected as president.