Great Depression/New Deal Quiz

All of the following were root causes of the Great Depression Except

• Falling crop prices for farmers.

• Overly generous wage increases in U.S. factories.

• A growing imbalance between rising productivity and purchasing power.

• Unsound banking practices.

Which situation was a basic cause of the Great Depression?

• Continued increases in wages for workers

• Overproduction of crops

• Excessive profits for farmers

• over regulation of the stock market

Use the political cartoon on the left and your content knowledge to answer the following question: A significant cause of the Great Depression of the 1930’s was that

• Some banking policies were unsound and banks were largely unregulated, leading to their demise.

• A decrease in protective tariffs had opened American business to competition from abroad.

• Many Americans failed to put their savings in banks prior to the stock market crash in 1929.

• People were unable to find jobs because of the failure of banks.

Use the graph to the right and your content knowledge to answer the following question: Which of the following was a major impact of the Great Depression?

• Many Americans struggle with financial stability due to the inability to find jobs.

• America saw a rise in the number of jobs available during the 1930s.

• Very few Americans faced financial instability during the Great Depression.

• The American economy was growing rapidly during the 1930s.

Popular culture during the Depression era—as manifested by radio, movies, and literature—was generally characterized by

• A celebration of affluence

• Appeals to prurient interests in sex and crime

• A return to traditional religious values

• Upbeat and romantic messages as a sort of escapism

One long range effect of the Great Depression was that many people

• Grew to like President Hoover

• Became risk takers in the stock market

• Developed habits of saving and thriftiness

• Came to believe in small government

“You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily working life of the people without, at the same time, making it the master of the people’s souls and thought.” –President Herbert Hoover

The idea expressed in the quotation is a basis for President Hoover’s belief that the problems of the Great Depression could best be solved by

• Nationalizing major industries

• Requiring businesses to pay a minimum wage to workers

• Relying mostly on private enterprise and individual initiative to improve economic conditions

• Creating government job programs for the unemployed

When the Great Depression began in 1929, the most common belief supported by the Republican Party and Herbert Hoover was that

• An increase in defense spending would stimulate the economy

• Unemployed workers should receive Federal unemployment assistance

• The government should assume control of industry

• The economy would recover on its own

Using the cartoon to the right and your content knowledge, answer the following question: In the 1930s, shantytowns, often called 'Hoovervilles,' sprang up across the United States because of President Herbert Hoover's

• support for federal programs to provide jobs for the unemployed

• refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless

• efforts to help the residents return to their farms

• emergency relief programs to provide food to the poor

Using your content knowledge and the graph to the left, answer the following question: What major factor can be attributed to the changes in population in the Great Plains States between 1930 and 1940?

• An increase in African American migrants due to the Great Migration

• A decrease in the number of Native Americans living in the region because of their forced resettlement onto reservations

• An increase in the number of factory jobs available to immigrants coming to the United States

• A decrease in the success of farms and farmers due to drought, overuse of land, and the frequent dust storms.