Unit 8 Test Review

The purpose of the New Deal program was to

• improve working conditions in factories

• stop the sale of alcohol in states

• end discrimination against African Americans

• help the nation recover from the depression

The photograph best illustrated which impact of the Great Depression upon Americans

• a large number of banks failed

• the stock market crashed

• large numbers of people were hungry and homeless

• farmers incomes fell to low levels

The topic of this newspaper article is the

• stock market crash

• stock market boom

• great migration north and west

• roaring twenties

Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression

• over speculation on stocks using borrowed money

• high tariffs discouraged international trade

• unpaid debts from fighting world war 1

• too much debt from buying goods on installment plans

Social security, federal work programs, farm assistance, and environmental improvement programs are all part of what...

• League of Nations

• New Deal

• Reconstruction

• Segregation

How did the great depression affect workers

• one half of workers were unemployed

• workers incomes rose to high levels

• one fourth of workers were without jobs

• workers were able to afford luxury items

What role did the Federal Reserve play in causing the Great Depression?

• it loaned money to closed banks and businesses

• it over speculated in the stock market

• it prevented the banking system from collapsing

• it failed to prevent the banking system from collapsing

The photograph best illustrates which cause of the Great Depression

• people over speculated on stocks

• government failed to prevent the collapse of banks

• tariffs discouraged trade

• drought occurred in the midwest

Which of the following led to large numbers of banks and businesses failing, people being hungry and homeless, and farmers losing income?

• reconstruction

• great depression

• great migration

• segregation

which chapter would most likely be found in a book about the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• Invention of the airplane

• invention of the lightbulb

• the development of the league of nations

• development of the new deal