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Worksheets20s, GD, New Deal Test
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Securities and Exchange Commission
d)
National Recovery Administration
2.
During the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?
a)
By ending the practice of sharecropping
b)
By raising tariffs on farm imports
c)
By paying farmers to grow fewer crops
d)
By training farmers for jobs in a new field
3.
A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-
a)
Provide health care benefits to
southerners
b)
Encourage African-Americans to settle in
the valley
c)
Improve economic conditions in a poor
rural region
d)
Evacuate farmers from the impoverished region
4.
What cause of the Great Depression did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) attempt to solve?
a)
Stock market speculation
b)
Overproduction
c)
Weak banking system
d)
Unsafe loans
5.
What institution opposed parts of the New Deal because it believed it gave the federal government an unconstitutional amount of power over the states and economy?
a)
Congress
b)
Supreme Court
c)
Stock Market
d)
Executive Branch
6.
What were the people called who left the Dust Bowl area and went to other places?
a)
migrants
b)
travelers
c)
Okies
d)
loners
7.
What was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000 in the 1930s?
a)
WPA
b)
CCC
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC
8.
What was the purpose of President Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal”?
a)
To create jobs and help the economy during the Great Depression.
b)
To help small farmers purchase new equipment.
c)
To end racial tensions in the South.
d)
To give the southern states a new image, and improve their relationship with the North.
9.
While many of the agencies that were part of the New Deal were known as Alphabet Agencies, President Roosevelt’s overall plan to get the country out of the Great Depression was known as the New Deal and could be summed up by the 3 R’s which stood for:
a)
Reduction, Re-usage, Recycling
b)
Reading, Riding, Re-spending
c)
Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt
d)
Relief, Recovery, Reform
10.
Which President stated: “I pledge you—I pledge myself to a new deal for the American People”?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry S Truman
d)
Herbert Hoover
11.
Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression. The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which
a)
provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs.
b)
helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
c)
forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs.
d)
forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs.
12.
What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?
a)
25%
b)
35%
c)
50%
d)
2%
13.
Why did soup kitchens open during the 1930s?
a)
to provide meals for refugees coming to America from Europe
b)
to provide meals for unemployed people who lost their savings in the Great Depression
c)
to provide meals for government employees working in the city
d)
to provide meals for veterans returning to the United States after fighting in World War II
14.
What was one result of the Dust Bowl?
a)
a significant reduction in immigration to the United States
b)
rapid urban development in major cities throughout the country
c)
the vast migration of farmers and their families out of the Great Plains
d)
the collapse of the stock market and the closure of financial institutions
15.
How did the Great Depression affect financial institutions in the United States?
a)
Banks helped reduce unemployment levels by creating thousands of jobs.
b)
More Americans began placing their money in banks than ever before.
c)
Banks issued more loans to customers than ever before.
d)
Many Americans withdrew their savings from banks.
16.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars
d)
hidden spots
17.
What did the Eighteenth Amendment state?
a)
This amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
b)
This amendment outlawed the advertisment of alcohol.
c)
This amendment changed the age a person had to be to buy alcohol.
18.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan
19.
Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Charles Lindbergh
20.
What grew as a result of installment buying?
a)
Incomes
b)
Consumer Debt
c)
Government Debt
d)
Happiness
21.
This is the phrase for buying stocks using borrowed money
a)
Buying on Margin
b)
Buying on Stock
c)
Buying on Margarine
d)
Buying on Butter
22.
Which of the following describes when companies make too many durable goods?
a)
Over-Consumption
b)
Under-Production
c)
Under-Consumption
d)
Over-Production
23.
A major reason for the emergence of the "consumer culture" of the 1920s was:
a)
the federal government encouraged labor to organize.
b)
minimum wage laws expanded buying power.
c)
installment payments encouraged buying.
24.
Black Tuesday: October 29, 1929
a)
Banks Failed
b)
Car Industry shut down
c)
Banks Runs begin
d)
Stock Market Crash
25.
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
26.
How did FDR's philosophy of government differ from the philosophies of Coolidge and Hoover?
a)
FDR believed in less government action than Hoover and Coolidge did.
b)
FDR wanted to control people's lives, while Coolidge and Hoover believed in personal freedom.
c)
FDR believed government support of business would help ordinary people; Coolidge and Hoover supported more regulation.
d)
FDR believed government should play an active role in helping people; Coolidge and Hoover believed government should stay out of people's lives.
27.
How did Hoovervilles get their name?
a)
President Franklin Roosevelt named them after his dog, Hoover.
b)
Hoovervilles were named after President Hoover.
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