Roaring 20's - Great Depression Test Review

Which of these was the basic idea of the New Deal?

• The Supreme Court is responsible to the executive branch.

• Energy production should be solely the concern of private enterprise

• States’ rights have priority over rights of the federal government

• The federal government has a major responsibility for ensuring economic prosperity.

Which of these was a result of the Great Depression?

• the elimination of the American business cycle

• the reduction of the power of the Democratic party

• an increase in the percent of people engaged in agriculture

• federal safeguards were established to avoid future depressions

"I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people."

(1932)

This promise of a "new deal for the American people" was made by which U.S. president?

• Richard Nixon

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin Roosevelt

This New Deal program was created to give benefit to older, retired workers.

• Social Security

• Welfare Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• National Recovery Administration

Using the information in the graph, one might speculate that

• W.W.I created increased job opportunities in the U.S.

• the election of President Hoover in 1936 caused unemployment to decline.

• the return of soldiers following W.W.II caused unemployment to increase in the U.S.

• the New Deal programs of President Roosevelt created employment opportunities in the U.S.

Which event in history is seen by many people as the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States?

• the Stock Market Crash of 1929

• the beginning of the Dust Bowl

• the end of fighting in World War I

• the creation of the Federal Reserve

Langston Hughes is associated with which 20th century movement?

• The Muckrakers

• The Progressives

• The Lost Generation

• The Harlem Renaissance

Who was the President of the United States at the time of the stock market crash in 1929?

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Herbert Hoover

• Theodore Roosevelt

· overproduction in factories

· overproduction by farmers

· unpaid war debts

· stock market crash

All of these were DIRECT causes of what event?

• World War I

• World War II

• the Dust Bowl

• the Great Depression

· Civilian Conservation Corps

· Works Progress Administration

· Tennessee Valley Authority

All of these are associated with what period of U.S. History?

• The New Deal

• The Great Society

• The Prohibition Era

• The Reagan Revolution