WorksheetsGreat Depression and New Deal
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 33mins
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Class
Date
1.
October 29th 1929 is an infamous day in American History. This day is regarded as being one of the worst in American history as it signals the start of a tumultuous time in American History, the Great Depression. What nickname is given to this day, where the stock market crashed?
a)
Down Monday
b)
Terrible Thursday
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Worrisome Wednesday
2.
When the Great Depression hit, millions of Americans were affected by it. Many of those millions had to leave their homes and set up their families in shanty-towns. What name was given to these poor pockets of shanties, that mocked the President at that time, who was being blamed for the Great Depression?
a)
Roosevelt Ranches
b)
Herbert Hothouses
c)
Hoovervilles
d)
Collidgetowns
3.
As if the financial burden of the Great Depression was not enough during the 1930’s, this event caused widespread panic and terror, as the farmland in the mid-west had not been properly cared for by farmers, and as a result, soil began to become loose and easily moved. This event affected many states, most notably Kansas and Oklahoma, what name was given to this event that caused millions to leave the mid-west for California?
a)
Dirty Days
b)
Dry Spell
c)
Dustbowl
d)
Agricultural Failure
4.
The New Deal was created by the newly elected President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He decided to create this government program to attempt to fix America’s economy during the Great Depression. Implemented during his first 100 days in office, which of the following was not one of the "3 R's" associated with the New Deal?
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reassessment
d)
Reform
5.
In an attempt to try and keep the nation calm as they dealt with the Great Depression crisis, Roosevelt decided to have a weekly Radio Show where he would sit down and talk to the citizens of the nation, in a calm, reassuring voice. What name was given to these weekly speeches where Roosevelt spoke to the people?
a)
Roosevelt Radio Hours
b)
Fireside Chats
c)
Conversation Corner
d)
The President Speaks
6.
Franklin D. Roosevelt developed the New Deal. This program
a)
Gave jobs to the unemployed and offered welfare and government relief
b)
Drastically cut government spending
c)
increased the amount of government spending on the military
d)
Increased government spending while cutting taxes for the rich
7.
Who was president during the New Deal?
a)
Theodore Rooesvelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Woodrow Wilson
8.
Which agency paid young adults to build national parks?
a)
Works Progress Adminstration
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Bonus Army
9.
What New Deal program was an answer to demands for a pension for the elderly?
a)
National Labor Relations
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Works {rogress Administration
d)
Social Security
10.
What was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?
a)
Pro-business tax breaks would solve the problems associated with urban poverty
b)
Antitrust legislation would destroy the free market economy of the United States
c)
Rugged individualism must be allowed to solve social inequality
d)
Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor
11.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt believed that declaring a bank holiday and creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would help the nation’s banking system by
a)
restoring public confidence in the banks
b)
reducing government regulation of banks
c)
restricting foreign investments
d)
granting tax relief to individuals
12.
Herbert Hoover was the president during the late 1920s-early 1930s. He was known to do everything in his power to help the people of the nation.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
The _________ Bowl was an effect of farmers over planting, high winds, drought and a loss of topsoil and arable land in the central part of the United States during the 1920s-1930s.
a)
Super
b)
Melting Pot
c)
Dust
d)
Salad
14.
_____________ were people, mostly young men that left their towns in search of work in other towns, sometimes hitching rides on trains. They also had their own code when entering a town to help them know what to expect.
a)
Immigrants
b)
Hoboes
c)
Okies
d)
Repatriots
15.
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff
a)
helped the US economy but hurt the world economy
b)
hurt the US economy but helped the world economy
c)
Neither helped nor hurt the US and world economy
d)
created a global drop in business, resulting in a world-wide depression.
16.
Which was an immediate consequence of the Stock Market crash in 1929?
a)
Clients attempted to withdraw their money from the banks
b)
Investments were made with borrowed money
c)
Bankruptcies increased as businesses failed
d)
There was an excessive expansion of credit
17.
What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Deal
c)
Social Security
d)
the New Liberalism
18.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
19.
Who was the first female cabinet member and FDR's Secretary of Labor who was key in creating the first minimum wage law and the Social Security Administration?
a)
Frances Perkins
b)
Marian Anderson
c)
Eleanor Roosevelt
d)
Mary McCleod Bethune
20.
Which following most responsible for trend evident from 1933 through 1937?
a)
Effects of New Deal relief and recovery efforts
b)
Establishment of Lend-Lease program
c)
Impact of Great Depression on stockholders' profits
d)
Increase in War Production Board orders to munitions
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