The Great Depression/New Deal Exam (Llanes)

16. Large scale buildings such as dams, bridges, hospitals and schools were authorized under the:

• Social Security Act
• Tennessee River Valley Act
• Public Works Administration
• Red Cross Act

3. Collections of makeshift shelters built out of packing boxes:

• Bonus Army
• Rugged Individualism
• FDR
• Hoovervilles/Shantytowns

17. What else besides The New Deal contributes to the end of The Great Depression?

• Prohibition
• Social Changes
• WWII
• Nativism

18. What was one of the primary goals of the New Deal?

• To increase tariffs

• To dismantle the banking system

• To promote isolationism

• To provide relief to the unemployed

10. President Roosevelt’s programs for helping the U.S. economy during the Great Depression was called Never Down?

• True
• False

15. People criticized the New Deal for:

• being too costly
• giving the government too much power
• not going far enough in providing relief and recovery
• all of the above

12. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or FDIC's main purpose was to:

• insure only stocks
• create confidence in the banks and insure money up to $5,000
• discourage people from depositing money in banks
• none of the above

14. The TVA transformed economic and social conditions in the Tennessee River Valley by:

• teaching farmers imporved farming methods
• giving millions of dollars in direct aid
• providing electricity, flood control, and recreational facilities
• bringing in heavy industry

19. Which of the following was a direct result of the Dust Bowl?

• Increased urbanization

• Mass migration to California

• Rise in stock market investments

• Decrease in agricultural production

6. Effects of the Great Depression:

• Bank Failures & Business Failures
• Rugged Indiviualism
• Foreclosures & Umemployment
• All Answers are Correct EXCEPT Rugged Individualism