The Great Depression/New Deal

Which event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?

• The Election of 1932

• An uneven distribution of income

• The Stock Market Crash of 1929

• farm crisis

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression

• Farm crisis

• An uneven distribution of income

• The inability to get loans easily

• all of these

What was the issue facing America’s banking system at the start of the Great Depression:

• they had loaned out too much money and when people went to withdraw their funds, they could not provide them

• they would not provide money because they did not want to give it back

• they refused to give loans to the poor

• They did not want to loan money to Germany

What was the problem with the Hawley-Smoot Tariff

• it did not allow the US to earn foreign money

• it created more unemployment

• it made foreign countries also not buy our products

• all of these

The area of land that experienced a large drought and dust storms was called:

• The Tennessee Valley

• the farm area

• The Dust Bowl

• Texas

What issues did minorities face during the Great Depression:

• They could not serve in WWI

• They had an easy time finding jobs

• Mexicans faced deportation

• none of these

What is "rugged individualism?"

• the belief that Americans did not want any federal help

• the belief that the federal government should help out individuals

• the belief that farmers should get paid to destroy their crops

• all of these

Which event hurt Hoover’s ability to get reelected in the Election of 1932

• The stock market crash of 1929

• the building of the Hoover Dam

• The attack on the Bonus Army

• none of these

What was a goal of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal

• relief

• recovery

• reform

• all of these

Which of the following is NOT an example of an alphabet agency as set up by the New Deal?

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Farmers Emergency Relief Association

• Securities Exchange Commission (FSA)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act