Hoover and the Depression

What did Hoover's National Credit Corporation do? One of these answers is incorrect.

• Helped banks

• It involved $500 million

• It involved businesses helping banks

• It involved farmers

Which of these organisations was established to help the unemployed?

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation

• Hawley-Smoot Tariff

• POUR

• National Credit Corporation

What did POUR stand for?

• Presidents Organisation for Ultimate Relief

• Presidents Organisation for Unemployment Relief

• President's Orange Umbrella Rabbit

• Presidents Organisation for Unemployment Rations

Which of these were NOT aimed at helping farmers?

• Agricultural Marketing Act

• Hawley-Smoot Tariff

• Federal Farm Loan Act

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Which of the following is incorrect about help for farmers?

• Overproduction was still a problem

• Falling prices were still a problem

• Higher tariffs caused other countries to do the same to US goods

• Help for farmers sorted out the overproduction problem

Which of the following problems were not helped by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

• Banks

• Farms

• Industries

• Unemployment

Which problem was addressed by projects like the Grand Coulee Dam?

• Farms

• Banks

• Industries

• Unemployment

Which of the following included a meeting of 400 business leaders who made promises about production, expansion and wages?

• National Business Survey Conference

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation

• National Credit Corporation

• Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Which of the following is not true about help for unemployment?

• The government doubled its spending on works projects

• The government loaned money to different states to spend on relief

• Federal government spending was still very low

• State spending was less than the Federal government

Which of the following is not true about Hoover's beliefs?

• He believed that the Federal Government shouldn't force people to do things

• He believed in self-reliance. People should be able to look after themselves

• He believed the Federal Government should have a big role in people's lives

• He believed in laissez-faire policies