New Deal and Great Depression Test Review

In the 1930s, which geographic factor most influenced the westward migration of thousands of people from the southern Great Plains?

• extended drought in farming areas (Dust Bowl)

• excessive flooding of the Mississippi River

• serious earthquakes in Pacific coastal areas

• destructive hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico

What does “Black Tuesday,” (October 29, 1929), refer to?

• The stock market crashed.

• American revolutionaries were executed by the British.

• John Brown was sentenced to hang

• The Maine sank in the Caribbean.

What was one cause of the Great Depression?

• Factories overproduced goods.

• Foreign governments were much richer than the United States.

• Taxes on the rich were too high.

• Tariffs were too low.

When the Great Depression began in 1929, the most common economic belief supported by President Hoover was that

• an increase in government spending would stimulate the economy

• unemployed workers should receive Federal unemployment benefits

• the government should control of industry

• the economy would recover on its own

The Bonus Army was

• a group of WWI veterans who marched on Hoover’s White House to get benefits.

• a militia under Custer who defeated Indians in the late 19th century.

• extra French soldiers which sided with the Americans in the revolution.

• black soldiers who fought in a special unit in World War II

Hoovervilles were

• makeshift shacks in spaces around cities.

• places where Hoover’s rugged individualism triumphed.

• begun once Hoover took over presidency in early 1929.

• advanced communities developed by Hoover

In 1933, the most immediate job facing President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to

• reform the tariff system

• help the unemployed

• keep the nation out of war

• protect the nation's overseas possessions

One difference between the administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover is that Roosevelt was

• unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs programs

• unable to win congressional support for his economic program

• able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office

• more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems

A major purpose for the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) during the 1930's was to

• limit government borrowing

• break up banking monopolies

• strengthen consumer confidence in the banking system

• implement monetary policies to fight the Depression

Which New Deal act tired to cut production of farm products to raise their prices?

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Farm Security Administration

• Farm Credit Administration

• Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act