TKAMB Background Quiz

What was the Great Depression?

• A period of economic success and an improving economy

• The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

• A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars

• A hotly contested presidential election

How did an economic recession help cause the Great Depression?

• Americans bought less, causing less demand for goods

• Bank runs caused depositors to withdraw all their money from banks

• The market bubble popped, crashing Wall Street

• Low interest rates encouraged risky speculation

What caused many farmers to foreclose on their farms in the 1930s?

• Growing too few crops

• Overproduction of crops and costs of machines

• Expensive land and not enough workers

• The Wall Street Crash

What forced banks to close during the Great Depression?

• Huge amounts of inflation

• War in Europe

• Investors unable to pay loans and bank runs

• Not enough people invested in the Stock Market

Which TWO answers best describe President Herbert Hoover's presidency during the Great Depression?

• A very hands-on government

• Mostly hands-off government

• Largely unable to better economic conditions

• Created many New Deal programs

Which TWO answers best describe Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency during the Great Depression?

• Very active hands-on gov't with business

• Mostly hands-off gov't with business

• Created many New Deal Programs

• Created a tariff that hurt American economy

What was Roosevelt's New Deal?

• A series of government-funded bail outs

• A series of federally funded public works programs

• A hands-off approach to business and the economy

• A series of voluntary business recovery acts

Define Dust Bowl.

• area of the Midwest during the 1930's because of a severe drought.

• area of the Southeast during the 1920's because of terrible dust storms.

• area from Canada to Texas in the 1930's with severe storms.

A drought was _________________________________.

• A period of heavy rain and flooding.

• A period that was extremely dry and dusty.

• A period where people experienced a bountiful harvest.

Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group 

• Latinos
• African-Americans 
• Native Americans
• Asians