Benchmark 22-26

What is credit?

• Buy now and pay later for purchases

• The amount of money you are worth

• Money from the government

• Negative funds in your bank account

What is "buying on margin"

• Measuring the health of the economy

• Buying stocks and bonds on the chance of a quick profit

• Betting on the Presidential elections

• Buying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest

What happened to the economy during the Great Depression?

• Stock market crashed and unemployment skyrocketed

• The economy boomed and unemployment was at an all time low

• Nothing; it had nothing to do with the economy

• People stopped buying goods because they were all sad

What was direct relief?

• Sending supplies to troops in Europe

• Loaning money to the middle class

• Cash payments or food provided by the government to the poor

• USA's plan to send troops to Europe

What was the Dust Bowl?

• Drought and high winds destroyed farms throughout the Midwest

• Type of bowl used for cleaning

• Area of the country with a large desert

• Type of food poor people had to eat during the Great Depression

What were the little towns made out of tents that homeless people propped up during the Great Depression?

• Hoboeville

• Shack cities

• Summer camps

• Shantytowns

10-20 thousand WW1 veterans gathered in Washington D.C. to protest President Hoover?

• Veteran Army

• Anti-Hoover Brigade

• Bonus Army

• Civilian Army

Relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform in the first 100 days of FDR's presidency was known as

• Square Deal

• New Deal

• Green New Deal

• Old Deal

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) did what for young men during the Great Depression?

• Had them building roads, developing parks, planting trees, etc.

• Had them work in zoos and veterinarian hospitals

• Had them work on large collective farms

• Sent them over to Europe to help build National Parks

What was the name of FDR's wife and famous social reformer who exercised her influence over the President?

• Marcy Roosevelt

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Jenny Roosevelt

• Maggie Roosevelt