Common Assessment 5

What was the name of the day where 16 million shares were traded and ushered in the Great Depression?

• Black Friday
• Black Tuesday
• Black Monday
• Black Saturday

What two things dropped as a result of the Great Depression?

• Bank closings
• Marriages
• Unemployment
• Birth rates

Which of the following are characteristics of the Great Depression (Choose 3 that apply)

• Prosperity
• Rising food prices
• Low wages
• High consumer debt
• Unemployment

Who was elected on the promises of relief, recovery, and reform?

• Herbert Hoover
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Rutherford B. Hayes

What was the name given to the collective programs designed to get America out of the Great Depression?

• The New Deal
• The Old Deal
• The Triple R Agreement
• The Bank Deal

How did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and other New Deal programs reflect social attitudes of the time?

• Most offered no help to women
• Most helped only elite landowners
• Most were racially integrated
• Most were racially segregated

Along with building highways, airports, and schools, what other activities did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) fund?

• Artists and writers were employed to produce plays and murals, and conduct interviews on former slaves
• Dams for electricity in rural areas of South Carolina
• Increased military spending to update bases throughout the South
• Regulate workplace violence created by unfair business practices

The Social Security Act (SSA) was designed for what purpose?

• to oversee the creation of a system of banking reforms that would prevent future bank failures
• to provide government protections for the elderly, the orphaned, and the disabled
• to assist farmers by providing them with free milking machines and water pumps
• to build schools, airports, libraries, and bridges so that people could easily join together

Which of the following BEST characterizes Roosevelt's New Deal plan?

• It was similar to Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal but included African Americans.
• It was an attempt to get Americans to prepare for war with Nazi Germany.
• It was an effort to take over American industry so that the workers would benefit
• It was aggressive program to bring relief, recovery, and reform to the American people.

What impact did the general textile strike, such as the strike at Honea Path, have on labor unions in South Carolina?

• It allowed more mills to have more labor unions.
• It allowed for more unions to collectively bargain.
• It forced the state to create a department to oversee the strikes
• It intensified anti-union sentiment, which continues to the present.