US History Review

What made Franklin D. Roosevelt a popular choice for president during the Depression?

• He had a positive, can-do attitude.
• He was a successful businessman.
• He had been governor of New York.
• He came from a wealthy family.

During the 1930's, farmers on the Great Plains experienced which of the following?

• drought & dust storms
• heavy rain & flooding
• blizzards & deep freeze
• heavy wind & windfires

During the Great Depression, government programs that got money back into people's pockets.

• relief
• recovery
• reform
• …

Government programs that tried to end the Great Depression.

• relief
• recovery
• reform
• ...

Laws and programs that focused on preventing a future Great Depression.

• relief
• recovery
• reform
• ...

Because of the Dust Bowl, where did many farmers migrate for jobs?

• California
• Harlem, NY
• Canada
• East Coast

After the stock market crashed in 1929, what was the target of panicked Americans?

• banks
• businesses
• government offices
• post office

Which concept means spending government money to make the economy grow?

• pump priming
• rugged individualism
• laissez faire
• dust bowl

When businesses begin to fail, what also increases as a result?

• unemployment
• stock prices
• workers' wages
• Gross National Product

Nativism is prejudice and fear of _____.

• immigrants
• African Americans
• communists
• alcohol