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JDH The Great Depression

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

. The total value of goods and services for a country in one year is known as?

a)

Gross National Product

b)

Bull Market

c)

Bear Market

d)

Prime Meridian

2.

A downward trend of stock prices is known as?

a)

Gross National Product

b)

Bear market

c)

Bull Market

d)

Prime Meridian

3.

A deep economical downturn during the 1930’s

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Stock Market Crash

c)

Bonus Army March

d)

WWII

4.

An Upward trend in the Stock Market?

a)

Great Depression

b)

Stock Market Crash

c)

Bear Market

d)

Bull Market

5.

Herbert Hoover’s idea that success can only be achieved by individual effort is

a)

Keynes Economics

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

New Deal

d)

Social Secruity

6.

What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s political plans and relief programs to get us of the Depression?

a)

New Deal

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

Keynes Economics

d)

Fair Deal

7.

The idea that in order to get money to begin to circulate the economy the government must help by creating government jobs is known as?

a)

Keynes Economics

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

New Deal

d)

Bank Holiday

8.

He was the president of the United States from 1932 – 1945

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Warren G. Harding.

9.

He was the President of the United States that led us into the Great Depression

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Harry S. Truman

10.

Midwest farmers, due to dust storms and the depression, were forced to leave their farms and move further west were known as?

a)

Okies

b)

49ers

c)

Bonus Army

d)

Hoovervilles

11.

They were the group of WWI veterans that protested outside the White House asking for early release of their war pensions to help with personal finances? Unlike Herbert Hoover who sent in the army to get rid of the protesters, FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt visited the group and supplied them with blankets, tents and food to help. This group is better known as?

a)

Okies

b)

49ers

c)

Bonus Army

d)

Keynes Economics

12.

Stocks that are bought on borrowed money are known as?

a)

Buying on margin

b)

Credit Cards

c)

Loan Act of 1932

d)

New Deal

13.

The regular ups and downs of business is known as:

a)

Business Cycle

b)

Cost and Demand

c)

Supply and Demand

d)

Keynes Economics

14.

What year did the Stock Market Crash?

a)

1928

b)

1929

c)

1932

d)

1939

15.

Who was President when the Hoover Dam was completed?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

John F. Kennedy

16.

Which President set minimum wages to help aid with relief with the Depression?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry S. Truman

17.

Over farming with added years of a sever drought in the mid plain led to

a)

Drought

b)

Stock Market Crash

c)

Dust Bowls

d)

The Great Depression

18.

Supply and demand: What would make the price of a product increase?

a)

Because the supply has increased and the demand has decreased

b)

Because the supply of that product has decreased and the demand has increased

c)

Because it is a sign that the business is going bankrupt

d)

Because stocks dropped

19.

Supply and demand: If the demand increases for the newest pair of shoes then what happens to the supply of those shoes?

a)

It goes up

b)

It goes down

c)

It stays the same

d)

There is a newer style of shoe on the market

20.

What was or were the goals of FDR’s New Deal?

a)

Ease the plight of all citizens

b)

Get the unemployed to find jobs

c)

To relieve pressure on banks by giving out loans

d)

To have citizens get themselves out of the Depression

21.

What Amendment ended prohibition in the United States?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

22.

What did FDR try to do that upset the Supreme Court?

a)

Added Justices to the Supreme Court

b)

Removed the Chief Justice

c)

Added more Democrats to Congress

d)

Created to many new laws

23.

What was the first thing FDR did after taking office?

a)

Called for a Bank Holiday

b)

Passed Minimum Wage Bill

c)

Started Welfare Programs

d)

Gave the Bonus Army its retirement money early

24.

Who said, “Prosperity is right around the corner”.

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Harry S. Truman

25.

A collection of wood, cardboard and makeshift shelters that became communities around some of the Nation’s largest cities during the 30’s were nicknamed?

a)

Ghettos

b)

Slums

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Dust Bowls

26.

What event started the Great Depression?

a)

Uneven distribution of wealth

b)

Farm prices dropping

c)

Stock Market Crash

d)

Buying on Credit

27.

What event is most likely thought to end the Great Depression of the 1930s by increasing production and demand for workers?

a)

WWII

b)

FDR's New Deal

c)

Social Security

d)

Kenes Economics

28.

Which of the following was NOT one of the theories as to why the Great Depression happened?

a)

Buying on Margin

b)

Uneven Distibution of Wealth

c)

Stock Market Crash

d)

No Welfare programs available

e)

Poor Business Management

29.

What type of economy does our country run on

a)

Capitalistic

b)

Command Economy

c)

Barter System

d)

Supply and Demand

30.

Who said, " there will be a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage."

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

John Keynes

c)

Huey Long

d)

Herbert Hoover