The Great Depression

Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression started?

• Herbert Hoover

• Calvin Coolidge

• George Washington

• Richard Nixon

What was the highest tariff in American history, signed into law by Hoover?

• Underwood Tariff

• Payne-Aldrich Tariff

• Hawley-Smoot Tariff

• Fordney-McCumber Tariff

Which program aimed to raise the prices of agricultural commodities?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration

• National Recovery Administration

What was the purpose of the Social Security Act passed during the New Deal?

• To provide healthcare to all Americans

• To establish a national minimum wage

• To provide old-age pensions and unemployment insurance

• To create jobs through public works projects

Which TWO acts guaranteed the rights of workers to organize unions?

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• National Labor Relations Act

• Wagner Act

• Social Security Act

What was the unemployment rate at its peak during the Great Depression?

• 0%

• 25%

• 100%

• 88%

Who was the photographer behind the iconic 'Migrant Mother' photograph?

• Ansel Adams

• Dorothea Lange

• Walker Evans

• Margaret Bourke-White

What environmental catastrophe worsened the agricultural crisis during the Great Depression?

• The Great Flood

• San Francisco Earthquake

• The Dust Bowl

• Hurricane Katrina

Which New Deal program was designed to provide jobs through public works projects?

• Social Security Act

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

What was one cause that lead to the Great Depression?

• The collapse of the stock market in 1929

• The Dust Bowl

• World War I

• The New Deal