Great Depression - WWII

The developments described in the document above are most likely related to which of the following events?

• The stock market crash of 1929

• The New Deal’s Social Security Act

• The attempt to monopolize the silver market

• The Great Recession of 2008

What problem is being described in this document?

• Poor housing conditions

• Too many people were buying stocks on the margin

• Not enough people were invested in the stock market

• Banks did not invest in the stock market

The events described in this interview contributed to

• A higher standard of living for all Americans

• The Great Depression

• Repeal of regulations guiding stock trades

• The success of the Republican party

  
  

In the 1930s, the shaded area outlined on the map became known as the

• Rust Belt

• Dust Bowl

• Continental Divide

• Mississippi Delta

In the 1930s, what was a major impact of the events that occurred in the shaded area on the region’s population?

• A large number of people migrated west to California

• Many people arrived there seeking economic opportunity

• Farm prosperity raised land values

• Major dam building ended annual flooding

Based on this graph, what problem is being described?

• Unemployment grew steadily from 1929 to 1933

• Unemployment dropped as a result of World War II

• Unemployment was the result of President Hoover’s economic policies

• Unemployment fell every year after 1933

This chart would be most useful to a person attempting to prove

• President Hoover’s success in reducing unemployment

• The steady rate of unemployment in the US during this period

• The New Deal Programs’ reduction of unemployment

• An increased rate of unemployment as a result of the New Deal

"...Our greatest primary task is to put people to work...It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resources."

In the above quote, FDR was referring to his

• Square Deal

• New Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

A major difference between the philosophies of President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression is that Roosevelt

• wanted to rely on private charities to provide assistance

• stressed the need for individual self-reliance

• supported direct relief to people out of work

• thought the government should not be involved in economic reform

What was the primary motive behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 proposal to add members to the Supreme Court?

• removal of Republican justices from the Court

• ending the Court’s use of judicial review

• assuring United States neutrality at the start of World War II

• protection of New Deal programs from unfavorable Court decisions