WorksheetsWAGG US EOC Review Unit 11 Great Depression & New Deal
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Great Depression began in
a)
1925
b)
1929
c)
1932
d)
1940
2.
Roosevelt's collection of laws and programs to help the nation deal with the Depression was known as
a)
the New Deal.
b)
the Square Deal.
c)
the Hundred Days.
d)
Public Works.
3.
What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?
a)
Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
b)
Unemployment decreased gradually.
c)
Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
d)
Hoover was re-elected as president.
4.
Recovery from the Great Depression was accomplished by
a)
public works programs.
b)
the Social Security Act.
c)
The National Recovery Administration.
d)
the outbreak of World War II.
5.
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
6.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
7.
To make things worse during the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the midwest. Because the soil was so dry, wind caused dust storms that covered people's homes, and all of their belongings. This was called the _______________
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Dry Bowl
c)
Dirt Bowl
d)
Depression Bowl
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
12.
(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
13.
New Deal
a)
Federal legislation that provided; state unemployment insurance, grants for dependent mothers/children, AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS PAID FOR BY TAXES ON WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS.
b)
Parts of the Federal government that were created to help fulfull FDR's New Deal promises; became known by their initials.
c)
Name of FDR's plan to pull the country out of the Depression.
d)
Name of FDR's plan to pull the country out of the war.
14.
Buying on Margin
a)
1934-1935, Great Planis during drought (350,000 families left the land)
b)
Democrat elected president in 1932, his landslide election showed the willingness of people to blame Republicans for Depression.
c)
Buying stock by making a small cash down payment and borrowing the rest.
d)
Buying stock by making a small cash down payment.
15.
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.
16.
The Bonus Army incident in 1932 best illustrates the idea that
a)
F.D.R.'
s relief programs were unsuccessful.
s relief programs were unsuccessful.
b)
many felt that Herbert Hoover was not handling the Depression well.
c)
protests by veterans during the Depression were effective.
d)
the U.S. Army had increased in size and power during the Depression.
17.
During Roosevelt's first days in office, he ordered a "bank holiday." This means that he
a)
invested more money in the stock market to stimulate the growth of banks.
b)
ordered a national celebration of banking.
c)
closed all of the nation's banks for four days to ensure that they would not fail.
d)
created new government jobs so people would have more money in the banks.
18.
Roosevelt's recovery programs, such as the AAA and NRA, were designed to
a)
help end the depression by regulating production, wages, and prices.
b)
give people jobs building parks, schools, roads, etc.
c)
provide a "safety net" for workers after they retire or are disabled.
d)
provide free food and coffee to homeless Americans.
19.
To prevent any further Supreme Court rulings against the New Deal, Roosevelt
a)
proposed "packing the court" with more judges who would support his programs.
b)
gave a variety of speeches in front of the Court to convince them of the New Deal's importance.
c)
asked Congress to have the judges who opposed him impeached from the the Supreme Court.
d)
ordered a secret mission to have some judges assassinated.
20.
The Supreme Court overturned part of FDR's New Deal because they believed that
a)
the New Deal did not go far enough to help unemployed Americans.
b)
it violated the Constitution by giving the federal government too much power.
c)
the pay given to workers in the WPA and the CCC was too low for them to support their families.
d)
the programs supported a laissez-faire approach to government.
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