WorksheetsGreat Depression/New Deal
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
During the Great Depression, many people did lose their homes because they couldn't pay for them. They either had to live with family members or in makeshift "houses" made out of cardboard or whatever they could find. These were called "Hoovervilles" or ________________.
a)
shanty towns
b)
neighborhoods
c)
Hoover Wagons
d)
clubs
2.
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
3.
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
4.
Which of the following New Deal laws/agencies regulated the buying and selling of stocks?
a)
Securities and Exchange Commission
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Emergency Banking Act
d)
Home Owners Insurance Corporation
5.
Which option below was one of the causes of the Great Depression?
a)
High Taxes
b)
Too much regulation of the stock market
c)
Equally distributed wealth between wealthy and unwealthy
d)
Unequal distribution of wealth
6.
Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?
a)
low worker productivity
b)
high income taxes
c)
decreasing tariff rates
d)
buying stocks on margin
7.
One of the causes of the Great Depression occurred when people would purchase products on an installment plan, but what caused this method to fail?
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.
8.
Dust Bowl
a)
Law that provided for 12 Federal Reserve Banks- failed to prevent collapse of banking system.
b)
Risky buisness venture on the chance that quick profit can be made.
c)
Basic items provided for those in need.
d)
1934-1935, Great Planis during drought (350,000 families left the land)
9.
Black Tuesday
a)
October 29, 1929
b)
January 29, 1929
c)
October 29, 1928
d)
500 BC
10.
(FDIC) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
a)
Provided insurance for people who put money in banks.
b)
Insurance
c)
Law that provided for 12 Federal Reserve Banks- failed to prevent collapse of banking system.
d)
October 29, 1929
11.
TVA:
a)
Used borrowed money to build dams, power plants, moved farmers, reforested land, and provided cheap electric power in the Tennessee area.
b)
Used borrowed money to build dams, power plants, moved farmers, reforested land, and provided cheap electric power in the Virginia area.
c)
One of the many programs of the New Deal that put people to work.
d)
Make shift community for homeless during the Depression.
12.
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC):
a)
Offered outdoor work to unemployed single men.
b)
Parts of the Federal government that were created to help fulfull FDR's New Deal promises; became known by their initials.
c)
Offered work to unemployed single men.
d)
Risky buisness venture on the chance that quick profit can be made.
13.
Social Security Act:
a)
Federal legislation that provided; state unemployment insurance, grants for dependent mothers/children.
b)
TVA
c)
Provided insurance for people who put money in banks.
d)
provided safety net for unemployed, disabled and the elderly.
14.
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
15.
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
16.
What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
a)
8.0%
b)
15.6%
c)
54.0%
d)
24.9%
17.
Which one of these reasons above were a cause or 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
18.
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
19.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
20.
What New Deal law provided for a 40hr work week in most insdustries, time and a half for overtime, a federal minimum wage, and a ban on oppressive child labor conditions?
a)
Fair Labor Standards ACt
b)
Home Owners Loan Corporation
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Emergency Banking Relief Act
21.
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
22.
Which agency paid young adults to build national parks?
a)
Works Progress Adminstration
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Bonus Army
23.
What was the culminating event that brought the country out of the Great Depression?
a)
the Bonus Army
b)
the building of the Hoover Dam
c)
going off of the gold standard
d)
World War II
24.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
25.
Did congress allow FDR to appoint more Supreme Court justices? (court-packing scheme)
a)
yes
b)
no
c)
not the correct answer
d)
not the correct answer
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