The Great Depression

The president at the start of the G.D. was:

• Calvin Coolidge

• Alfred Smith

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

Stockholders bought their shares in:

• Brokerage houses

• Soup Kitchens

• Hoovervilles

• Relief Agencies

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the G.D.?

• declining trade

• increased farm profits

• consumer debt

• overproduction of goods

The group of veterans that went to Washington D.C. in 1932 seeking promised benefits were known as:

• Farmers

• Stock brokers

• Republicans

• Bonus Army

From 1928 to 1933, which of the following was TRUE:

• Government spending increased

• Government spending decreased

• Workers’ wages increased

• Herbert Hoover won re-election

The ______ program of FDR's first "Hundred Days" insured bank depositors’ money.

• AAA

• NRA

• FERA

• FDIC

Development of electricity, better water & infrastructure in Tennessee occurred as a result of this New Deal program:

• FERA

• PWA

• DTA

• TVA

The area in the Midwest where drought & storms devastated farmland was called the:

• Bread Basket

• The Bible Belt

• Dry West

• Dust Bowl

This 1935 law created a federal retirement and compensation program for elderly, sick & disabled people:

• Social Security Act

• Wagner Act

• Savings & Loan Act

• New Deal Act

_______wrote The Grapes of Wrath, describing the difficulties of farmers in the 1930’s.

• Frances Perkins

• John Steinbeck

• Gertrude Stein

• Alfred London