Great Depression Quiz 1

Match the following New Deal agencies with their function

• Helps low income and first time home buyers obtain a mortage

• Social Security

• Provides a steady income to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

• Employed 8.5 million workers, tried to match workers with their skill set

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Created federally insured bank deposits and restored peoples' confidence in the banks

• Federal Housing Administration

• Employed 3 million young men to do soil conservation and improve national parks.

• Civilian Conservation Corps

  (CCC)

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

• too much speculation in the stock market

• 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

When Herbert Hoover told Americans that they should "maintain their SELF-RELIANCE and RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM", he meant...

• They shouldn't ask the federal government for help

• The government should be helping Americans recover

At the beginning of the Great Depression, President Hoover told Americans that...

• "the government will send every American $1000 to help them survive the financial crisis"

• "They shouldn't ask the government for help"

• "they should maintain their self-reliance and rugged individualism"

• "the federal government will provide food and shelter to those in need"

How did banks impact the American people during the Great Depression?

• Banks ran out of money, closed, and people's life savings were gone.

• Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pays bills until they could find work.

• Banks were able to keep peoples' deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.

• Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.

What was the main reason for the emergence of “Hoovervilles” like the one shown in the photograph?

• Many Americans had lost jobs during the Great Depression and were unable to pay their rent.

• Thousands of homes had been destroyed by the effects of the Dust Bowl and severe weather conditions

• Housing projects could not keep up with the demand for homes needed by the poor.
• Preparations for World War I had created a shortage of building materials.

During the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in the

• formation of the United States Department of Agriculture
• creation of wheat surpluses
• growth of the Populist movement
• development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains

Which of these statements is true of the 1932 presidential election?

• Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide victory.

• Hoover lost by a narrow margin.
• Huey Long ran a strong third-party campaign.
• It was cancelled due to the Great Depression

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