Unit #7 quiz

On which day did people lose a lot of cash when the stock market crashed?

• October 31, 1929

• May 7, 1929

• January 14, 1929

• October 29, 1929

What was that day called?

• "Fat Tuesday"

• "Black Friday"

• "Black Tuesday"

• "Black Christmas"

What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?

• homelessness
• bank failures
• high tariffs
• struggling farmers

What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

• Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
• Unemployment decreased gradually.
• Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
• Hoover was re-elected as president.

Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?

• overproduction and underconsumption
• a decrease in the supply of consumer goods
• an increase in demand for imported products
• an increase in the price of wheat on the world market

Who was the President of the United States when the Stock Market crashed?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Woodrow Wilson
• Theodore Roosevelt

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 rugged individualism
• supported direct relief to people out of work
• thought the government should not be involved in economic reform

What was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?

• Pro-business tax breaks would solve the problems associated with urban poverty.
• Antitrust legislation would destroy the free market economy of the United States.
• Rugged individualism must be allowed to solve social inequality.
• Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.

Which Louisiana Senator created the Share-Our-Wealth Program promising homes, food, clothes, and college education to all Americans during the Great Depression?

• Huey Long

• FD Roosevelt

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Hubert Hoover