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WorksheetsThe Great Depression
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What happened on October 29, 1929?
a)
stock market crashed
b)
WWI ended
c)
Franklin Roosevelt was elected
d)
stock market reached an all-time high
2.
Who did most Americans blame for the Great Depression?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Franklin Roosevlet
d)
Herbert Hoover
3.
Which New Deal program hired young men to help plant trees and work outside?
a)
FDIC
b)
CCC
c)
PWA
d)
Social Security
4.
What was FDR's plan called to help America pull out of the Great Depression?
a)
Fair Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
Great Deal
d)
New Plan
5.
Which New Deal program was started to protect the banks?
a)
FDIC
b)
CCC
c)
PWA
d)
FERA
6.
Places where people might live that were homeless during the Great Depression.
a)
Condo
b)
Tenements
c)
Ethnic Neighborhoods
d)
Hoovervilles
7.
How did President Franklin Roosevelt communicate with America during the 1930s?
a)
radio
b)
television
c)
Twitter
8.
A program started under the New Deal helped create a retirement fund so when people retired they still had an income.
a)
FERA
b)
Social Security
c)
Dust Bowl
9.
Which is NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl.
a)
overspeculating on stocks
b)
drought
c)
overgrazing livestock
d)
overplowing fields
10.
Which is NOT an impact on the Great Depression on Americans?
a)
unemployment at an all time high
b)
homeless and hungry Americans
c)
income of farmers decreased
d)
Americans were spending more money
11.
Unemployment in the US was at its highest in 1933. The rate was
a)
5%
b)
10%
c)
20%
d)
25%
12.
Hoover's philosophy on the start of the Great Depression was that
a)
government intervention was absolutely necessary
b)
the Stock Market will make people enough money to get by
c)
the economy will eventually repair itself
d)
the problems of the Depression would destroy the economy
13.
Which of the following was NOT a major problem of the early years of the Great Depression?
a)
bank closures
b)
hunger & starvation
c)
home foreclosures
d)
mismanagement of industrial resources
14.
Define Black Tuesday
a)
Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
b)
October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
c)
Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.
15.
Define Credit
a)
A loan given to help you buy items you normally cannot buy on your own.
b)
Settlements consisting of shacks and makeshift shelters that formed on the outskirts of cities. Named after President Hoover.
c)
Hobos rode on the trains to look for work.
16.
Explain the New Deal.
a)
Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
b)
The Social Security Act
c)
Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.
17.
Which of the following was true about Herbert Hoover?
a)
Created government programs to provide the 3 R's
b)
Believed aid programs would make people dependent on the government.
c)
Because of all that he did for America he was re-elected
18.
What else was true about FDR?
a)
He increased crime and diseases within the cities.
b)
He believed that people should be able to help themselves.
c)
He connected with people using his Fireside Chats
19.
In which ways did New Deal programs get Americans back to work?
a)
The needy were given no food
b)
Mortgages had very high interest.
c)
Unemployed were hired to build community buildings, repair roads, flood control, and other conservation (environment) projects.
20.
When you are producing more goods than you can sell?
a)
Underconsumption
b)
Overproduction
c)
Speculation
d)
Interest
21.
How did the Great Depression effect people that bought on margin?
a)
It had little to no effect
b)
They were highly successful
c)
They lost a little money
d)
They lost their own money, and still owed the difference of what they were loaned
22.
How did President Hoover finally try to help during the Great Depression?
a)
He offered laissez-faire economics
b)
He established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
c)
He invested his own money in the market
d)
He never tried to help
23.
What was an effect of the Great Depression on the American Economy?
a)
high unemployment and overproduction
b)
large business investments and low taxes
c)
too much money in circulation and high stock prices
d)
it continued the success of the roaring 20's
24.
What was the major cause of the Dust Bowls?
a)
too much rain
b)
drought
c)
too much wind
d)
disease
25.
The Civilian Conservation Corps did which of the following?
a)
cleaned up forests
b)
planted trees
c)
employed young men
d)
all of the above
26.
Labor Unions were strengthened by the...
a)
Social Security Act
b)
Agricultural Adjustment Acts
c)
Wagner Act
d)
Federal Emergency Relief Act
27.
How did the federal government help farmers in the New Deal?
a)
they had them plant less crops
b)
they bought their crops
c)
they had them produce more crops
d)
none of the above
28.
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a)
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
b)
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
c)
a government program designed to help people during the depression
d)
a government program that helped women get the vote
29.
Which of these generates electricity from the energy of flowing river water.
a)
Windmill
b)
Hydroelectric Dam
c)
Neither
30.
This program provided jobs for millions of Americans, who were given the task of building roads, bridges, parks, airports and a plethora of other public facilities.
a)
CCC
b)
WPA
c)
TVA
31.
Buying stock without knowing the risks, assuming it will just go up is known as ________.
a)
speculation
b)
buying on margin
c)
market capitalization
d)
hammering the market
32.
What new deal program insures bank deposits & helped to stop bank failures?
a)
SEC
b)
FDIC
c)
AAA
d)
TVA
33.
The Dust Bowl devastated what part of the U.S. during the Great Depression?
a)
West Coast
b)
New England
c)
Deep South
d)
Great Plains
34.
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
35.
What New Deal agency monitors the stock market?
a)
FBI
b)
CCC
c)
FDIC
d)
SEC
36.
The TVA generated what for the people of the Tennessee River Valley?
a)
electricity
b)
oil
c)
fresh water
d)
natural gas
37.
The AAA helped what group of people by raising market prices?
a)
teachers
b)
farmers
c)
plumbers
d)
doctors
38.
Paying a small % of a stock's price & borrowing the rest is known as what?
a)
buying on margin
b)
speculation
c)
fiat money
d)
price supports
39.
The Dust Bowl caused many to move EAST?
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Stock Market Crash
b)
Credit
c)
Advertisment
d)
Prohibition
41.
The Great Depression began in
a)
1925
b)
1929
c)
1932
d)
1940
42.
Social Security provides the following 3 benefits:
a)
unemployment insurance, retirement, disability
b)
unemployment insurance, interest-free mortgages, starter loans
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