WorksheetsCauses of the Great Depression
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Making too much of a product, price goes down.
a)
Credit
b)
Overproduction
c)
Debt
d)
Reccession
2.
Put 10% down to buy stock, pay rest later.
a)
Credit
b)
Debt
c)
Speculation
d)
Buy on Margin
3.
President 1928-1932: "People can handle themselves."
a)
FDR
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Warren Harding
4.
Black Tuesday: October 29, 1929
a)
Banks Failed
b)
Car Industry shut down
c)
Banks Runs begin
d)
Stock Market Crash
5.
Name of longest economic disaster in US History
a)
Great Panic
b)
Great Recession
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Great Depression
6.
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 along the Mississippi River were flooded.
d)
Hoover was re-elected as president.
7.
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
8.
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
9.
This program hired young male civilians ages 18-26 who were unemployed and paid them to work mostly on outdoor conservation projects such as national parks and planting trees.
a)
CCC
b)
TVA
c)
WPA
d)
TVA
10.
Roosevelt's plan 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.
11.
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
12.
Long period of no rain
a)
Blizzard
b)
Tornado
c)
Hurricane
d)
Drought
13.
"The only thing we have to fear is"
a)
A debilitating stock market crash
b)
the rage of penguins
c)
a dictatorship
d)
fear itself
14.
To restore people's confidence in financial institutions, what did FDR declare?
a)
A Bank Holiday
b)
The permanent closing of all banks
c)
The Bank Regulation Agency
d)
The creation of a New Federal Reserve
15.
The AAA helped what group of people by raising market prices?
a)
teachers
b)
farmers
c)
plumbers
d)
doctors
16.
What New Deal program gives you a monthly pension when you turn 65?
a)
Social Security
b)
TVA
c)
Medicare
d)
FDIC
17.
What New Deal agency monitors the stock market?
a)
FBI
b)
CCC
c)
FDIC
d)
SEC
18.
Why did FDR propose the Supreme Court Packing Plan?
a)
to influence the Supreme Court to keep the New Deal going
b)
to make it more conservative
c)
to make the Supreme Court more efficient
d)
to make the Supreme Court more diverse
19.
What new deal program insures bank deposits & helped to stop bank failures?
a)
SEC
b)
FDIC
c)
AAA
d)
TVA
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