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WorksheetsDepression Review 1
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
What percentage of the price of stocks did banks require in order to buy on margin?
23%
10%
9%
100%
What is the name of people leaving Oklahoma for California?
Persians
Sooners
Okies
49ers
How many Mexicans were forced back to Mexico during the depression?
10,000 - 20,000
500,000 - 2 million
10.5 million
none
How much did the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan?
$2 million
$35 billion
$238 million
$53,000
How much money were the Veterans of WWI suppose to receive and in what year were they to get it?
$2,500 - 1930
$2,300 - 1928
$10,000 - 1932
$1,000 - 1945
When consumers no longer borrowed money to purchase products (new items) it led to cuts in production and workers lost their jobs.
true
false
In 1929, 85% of Americans earned 30% of the countries income.
True
False
Which of the following was the largest increase of tariffs on foreign products in US History?
Hawley - Smoot Tariff
McKinley Tariff
Fordney - McCumber Act
Fitch - Deans Tariff
Term - programs financed by the government to put people back to work?
Public works
Installment buying
Bank run
Bull Market
Term - means to only pay a fraction of the cost of a product and make payments on the rest. (ex. radio/cars)
Soap opera
Installment buying
Bonus Army
Public works
When foreign countries were hit with high tariffs in the US they responded by increasing tariffs on American goods in their country.
True
False
Who represented the Democrats in the 1928 election?
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin Roosevelt
Alfred Smith
The first problem that led to the Great Depression and a failure of the stock market was the uneven distribution of income throughout the country.
True
False
_____ became the first Disney move that was a feature-length animated film.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Steamboat Willy
Pinocco
The Wizard of Oz
What was the school of painting style that was established in the 1930s?
Realism
Regionalist
Modern
Post-Modern
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, originated by Hoover, made loans directly to American citizens.
True
False
_____ prices on farm goods and an increase of production caused farms to go bankrupt.
higher
lower
Herbert Hoover opposed giving federal relief directly to impoverished families and believed it was the responsibility of the state and local governments.
true
false
The government failed the banks in 1929 because they did not insure people's bank deposits.
True
False
Herbert Hoover was a well-respected politician before becoming President as he served as the Vice President under Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
True
False
AIR TEST - How did the space race between the US and Soviet Union impact U.S. society?
The U.S. government nationalized most large industries.
Science education was given renewed emphasis in the nation's schools.
Public protests grew as opposition against the U.S. space program mounted.
Defense spending was decreased as tensions between the US and Soviet Union lessened.
AIR - Test Select all of the events that resulted from the hostilities between the US and the Soviet Union following World War II.
the space race
the Cuban Missile Crisis
the creation of the NAACP
the enactment of the 1965 immigration Act
the competitive buildup of nuclear weapons
AIR Test - How did US national security policy change at the end of the Cold War?
The US withdrew from NATO
The US reduced defense spnding
The US initiated containment policies
The US eliminated its nuclear program
AIR TEST - Select all the factors that led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the 1970s.
Concern over national security
Concern over pesticide use
Concern over waste disposal
Concern over poverty
Growth of the conservation movement
AIR Test - In the first half of the twentieth century, most immigrants came to the US from European countries. How did the pattern of immigration change between 1950 and 2000?
Most immigrants came to the US from Oceania
Most immigrants came to the US from Australia
Most immigrants came to the US from Latin America
Most immigrants came to the US from the Middle East
AIR Test - Select all the challenges faced by the US since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Balancing national security and civil liberties
Competing in the space race
Protecting against possible attacks in the US
Countering the use of terrorism
Responding to instablity in the Middle East
Select all of the following statements that consisted of a problem banks had that caused them to close or resulted in the economy sliding into a recession.
Many banks invested depositor's money in the stock market.
Banks continued to make risky loans even after the market failed.
Businesses and consumers didn't borrow as much money.
The Government charged to high of an interest rate to banks borrowing money.
Banks didn't have money to loan.
