WorksheetsGreat Depression, New Deal, Talmadge (Byrd)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which was NOT a LONG-TERM cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Buying stock on margin
b)
Stock market crash (Black Tuesday)
c)
too much production and consumer spending
d)
Laisezz-faire economic policies
2.
Which economic factor below contributed most to causing the Great Depression?
a)
low worker productivity
b)
high income taxes
c)
decreasing tariff rates
d)
risky banking practices
3.
This president thought the federal government should not get involved in the economy. As a result, many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression. This caused him to lose the election in 1932.
a)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Calvin Coolidge
4.
Which option below was one of the causes of the Great Depression?
a)
bank regulation and insurance
b)
Too much regulation of the stock market
c)
Equally distributed wealth between wealthy and unwealthy
d)
Unequal distribution of wealth
5.
One of the causes of the Great Depression occurred when people purchased products on credit. What was the problem with credit?
a)
People would by less than they could afford.
b)
People could not afford monthly payments, so they would not be able to finish paying for the product.
c)
People paid too much up front for the product.
d)
Demand for consumer goods was low, so people would not even want to buy these luxury goods.
6.
What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
a)
8.0%
b)
15.6%
c)
54.0%
d)
24.9%
7.
Which of these reasons were causes of the Great Depression?
Reason 1: Increase in consumer spending
Reason 2: Overspeculation in the Stock Market
Reason 3: Bank failures
Reason 4. Government subsidation of farming
Reason 1: Increase in consumer spending
Reason 2: Overspeculation in the Stock Market
Reason 3: Bank failures
Reason 4. Government subsidation of farming
a)
Reasons 1 and 4
b)
Reasons 1 and 2
c)
Reasons 3 and 4
d)
Reasons 2 and 3
8.
Which event is known as “Black Tuesday”?
a)
The storming of the Bastille
b)
Armistice day
c)
The stock market crash of 1929
d)
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
9.
What does it mean to buy stocks "on margin"?
a)
buy the stock for someone else
b)
purchase the stock outside the regular stock exchange
c)
pay more than the market price of the stock
d)
pay a portion of the stock to the broker with the remainder paid when the stock increases
10.
insect responsible for destroying thousands of acres of cotton in the South during the early 1900s
a)
boll weevil
b)
deer tick
c)
locust
d)
Japanese beetle
11.
The __________________ was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Depression
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Civil War
12.
The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Grover Cleveland
13.
This president thought the federal government should not get involved in the economy. As a result, many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression. This caused him to lose the election in 1932.
a)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Rooselvelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Calvin Coolidge
14.
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
15.
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
16.
Based on the cartoon, how did President Roosevelt want to ease the Great Depression?
a)
by expanding the role of government in citizens’ lives
b)
by expanding the authority of legislative representatives
c)
by regulating the stock purchases by individual investors
d)
by restricting the spending by government on domestic projects
17.
The AAA provided money to
a)
states for local relief
b)
farmers to reduce crop production
c)
industries to continue production
d)
sharecroppers to purchase land
18.
Which of the following was NOT a part of FDR's three R's of the New Deal?
a)
Relief
b)
Repair
c)
Reform
d)
Recovery
19.
What program protects one's money in the bank?
a)
CCC
b)
NRA
c)
FDIC
d)
FBLA
20.
This Program helps retirees and the unemployed
a)
Social Security Act
b)
Rural Electrification Act
c)
AAA
d)
CCC
21.
This program hired young men ages 18-26 who were unemployed to work mostly on outdoor projects such as national parks and planting trees to combat erosion
a)
CCC
b)
TVA
c)
WPA
d)
AAA
22.
What two factors caused Georgia to experience a depression before the rest of the USA?
a)
Atlanta Riots and KKK
b)
tornadoes and hurricanes
c)
Boll Weevil & Drought
d)
Blizzard & Influenza Outbreak
23.
President Roosevelt visited Warm Springs, GA
a)
To spend time with family
b)
To go deer hunting
c)
To get treatment for Polio
d)
To secretly meet with British leaders
24.
-borrowing more money than could be repaid
-speculating in the stock market
-overproducing farm products
-overproducing industrial products
These events led to
-speculating in the stock market
-overproducing farm products
-overproducing industrial products
These events led to
a)
World War II
b)
The Great Society
c)
Hoover's re-election
d)
The Great Depression
25.
What Georgia governor served during the Great Depression and spent a great deal of his time speaking out against the New Deal, blacks, and the metropolitan areas?
a)
Ellis Arnall
b)
Eurith Rivers
c)
Richard Russell
d)
Eugene Talmadge
26.
Which policy did Governor Eugene Talmadge support?
a)
public welfare
b)
voting rights for blacks
c)
reduced property taxes
d)
federal assistance programs
27.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act allowed grants of money from the government to go to land owners. Which group failed to benefit from the AAA?
a)
wealthy farmers
b)
property owners
c)
tenant farmers
d)
business owners
28.
What New Deal program probably resulted from FDR's view of rural Georgia without electricity while sitting on his porch in the evenings?
a)
REA
b)
CCC
c)
FDIC
d)
WPA
29.
What did the New Deal's rural electrification project (REA) do for Georgia's farmers?
a)
required power companies to provide power at a lower rate
b)
enabled farms to double their size as a result of federal loans
c)
provided funds for power companies to run lines in rural areas
d)
provided loans to farmers' cooperatives so they could run power lines in rural areas
30.
Eugene Talmadge was elected Governor 4 times because
a)
He was a strong supporter of New Deal policies
b)
He was supported by members of all races
c)
The County Unit System gave rural farmers more control over elections
d)
He appealed to African-American voters because of his support of FDR
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