Hoover's Response Quiz

Homeless people built shacks towns out of any materials they could find. These were known as...

• Hoover Flags

• Hoovervilles

• Hover Tenements

• Hoover Nation

What was the goal of the Bonus Army in 1932?

• to set up Hoovervilles

• to participate in an antiwar protest

• to lobby for legislation to get bonus pay early

• to gather for a World War I veterans’ reunion

How did Hoover's approach to the economy during the Great Depression differ from that of his successor, Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• emphasis on direct government intervention

• emphasis on indirect government intervention

Which of the following acts, passed during Hoover's presidency, aimed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition?

• Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

• Glass-Steagall Act

• Social Security Act

• National Industrial Recovery Act

What was the name of the public works program initiated by Hoover to stimulate the economy during the Great Depression?

• • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

What approach did Hoover take to address the banking crisis during the Great Depression?

• nationalization of banks

• creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

• implementation of the Emergency Banking Act

• reliance on state governments to stabilize banks

How did Hoover's response to the Great Depression impact his popularity and public perception?

• increased his popularity and led to his reelection

• contributed to his image as an ineffective leader

• secured his legacy as a champion of social welfare

• garnered bipartisan support for his policies

One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-

• more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
• unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs
• able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
• opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions

Overproduction and underconsumption factored into causing the Great Depression by

• causing falling prices on goods

• forcing an increase in mechanization

• leading to more spending than saving

• scaring farmers into growing more crops

How did Hoover handle the Bonus Army?

• sent in the US Army to evict them

• the protesters gave up

• he invited them to the White House

• Congress and the veterans compromised