Great Depression & New Deal Unit Exam

Which reason correctly replaces the question mark on this list? 

• Decrease in interest rates 

• Failure of banks 

• Outsourcing of manufacturing jobs 

• Outbreak of a global war 

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29.B

16.B

Which phrase correctly replaces the question mark in this diagram? 

• Increase in minimum wage 

• Growth of immigration 

• Increase in unemployment 

• Growth in consumer spending 

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29.B

16.B

What was one factor that helped turn the Great Plains into the Dust Bowl in the 1930s? 

• Paying farmers to plant native grasses 

• Increased demand for tobacco after World War I 

• Numerous tornadoes occurring in the region 

• Intense drought in the region 

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12.A

How did this response to the Great Depression differ from the ideas of Franklin D. Roosevelt? 

• Hoover wanted to implement social welfare programs to provide for the poor. 

• Roosevelt wanted private charities to take responsibility for relief efforts. 

• Hoover wanted to limit the role of the federal government in managing the crisis. 

• Roosevelt wanted state governments to regulate private business activity. 

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16.B

29.A

Which of the following contributed most to the situation described in this excerpt? 

• The rise of corporate monopolies 

• Strict banking regulations and high income tax rates 

• The influx of immigrants into urban areas 

• High unemployment and widespread home foreclosures 

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16.C

29.A

The goals of these New Deal agencies support the conclusion that the New Deal — 

• gave the federal government a larger role in the day-to-day welfare of its citizens 

• forced citizens to participate in federal programs 

• gave preference to state-run agencies over federally run agencies 

• forced the federal government to adopt isolationist foreign policies 

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16.E

How does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) continue to affect U.S. citizens? 

• By regulating loans made to investors who buy stocks on margin 

• By changing interest rates to prevent people from paying higher prices for goods 

• By providing financial assistance to elderly people who are retired 

• By protecting the savings of bank customers during an economic crisis 

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16.E

What is the MOST LIKELY reason the Public Works of Art Project commissioned this painting? 

• To promote optimism for U.S. economic progress during the Great Depression 

• To demand federal worker safety laws during the Great Depression 

• To encourage competition for U.S. technological superiority during the Great Depression 

• To question the success of nationalizing industries during the Great Depression 

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16.E

What was the goal of the actions on this time line? 

• To ensure deposits into customer savings accounts 

• To increase government regulation of business 

• To end speculation in the stock market 

• To stabilize the national economy 

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16.E

The Twenty-Second Amendment was passed in response to which event?

• The resignation of Richard Nixon after Watergate

• Herbert Hoover’s reelection defeat

• The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to a fourth presidential term

• Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial

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21.B