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1930's and Great Depression

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on farmers in the Midwest and Great Plains.

a)

Tornados

b)

Dust Bowl

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

Hurricanes

2.

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Eisenhower

c)

Hoover

d)

Coolidge

3.

The name given to the programs to ensure relief, recovery and reform by the new president.

a)

Stock Market

b)

Great Depression

c)

Margin

d)

New Deal

4.
This new deal program helped with the recovery process by hiring the unemployed to work on outdoor projects such as deforestation 
a)
PWA
b)
CCC
c)
AAA
d)
FDIC
5.
This President enforced both New Deals and saw America through the Great Depression and World War II. 
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Truman
c)
Hoover
d)
Roosevelt 
6.
On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.
a)
Black Thursday
b)
Black Tuesday 
c)
Black Friday
d)
Black Sunday 
7.
This New Deal program insured the public's deposits to make sure that the bank runs never happened again 
a)
PWA
b)
WPA
c)
SSA
d)
FDIC
8.
This new deal program put unemployed American to work on completing government funded public projects
a)
PWA
b)
FDIC
c)
CCC
d)
AAA 
9.
Government spending, in excess of revenue, of funds raised by borrowing rather than from taxation.
a)
Deficit Spending
b)
Margin
c)
Stock Market
d)
Bank Crisis 
10.
The most popular home appliance in the 1930's 
a)
Television
b)
Radio
c)
Movies
d)
Telephone 
11.
What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?
a)
25%
b)
35%
c)
50%
d)
2%
12.
When FDR closed all the banks and did not allow them to reopen until they were stable 
a)
Bank closures
b)
Bank retreats
c)
Bank Holiday
d)
Margin Holiday 
13.

What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

a)

a government program that gave free land to homesteaders

b)

a government program that helped women get the vote

c)

a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country

d)

a government program designed to help people during the depression

14.
President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?
a)
It gave all people the right to vote. 
b)
It created programs to put people back to work.    
c)
It let all new immigrants become American citizens. 
d)
It let people travel around the country freely. 
15.
In 1929, the stock market crash was the beginning of the "Great Depression." Which of the following BEST describes the Great Depression?
a)
The depression was severe, but only in the United States. 
b)
Governments acted quickly and the depression only lasted two years
c)
The depression caused revolutions all across the world. 
d)
Many countries around the world experienced the economic depression
16.
Which of the following is NOT a New Deal Program that FDR established? 
a)
Conservation Country Corporation (CCC)
b)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
c)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
17.
Because of the Dust Bowl, many farmers moved to California 
a)
True
b)
False 
18.
Homes that were in parks and built out of cardboard boxes were called Hoovervilles. 
a)
True
b)
False
19.

Foreclose is to:

a)

To own your own property

b)

To take property because payments on loans were not made

20.

Rugged Individualism is:

a)

Hoover's belief that recovery would come through private businesses and not direct government aid to the poor

b)

an organized system for investors with money to buy and sell shares, or blocks of investments, in corporations.

21.

credit

a)

a fee paid for borrowing money

b)

total number of people without a job

c)

installment plan of monthly payments to purchase goods

d)

a plan to save money on a monthly basis

22.
Won 4 gold medals in the Berlin olympics?
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Lou Gehrig
23.
1930's Movie Star
a)
Clark Gable
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Jesse Owens
d)

Duke Ellington

24.

Famous Boxer of the 1930's

a)

Joe Louis

b)

Max Schmelling

c)

Mike Tyson

d)

Muhammad Alli

25.
When faced with the bad economy in the 1930s, where did most families move?
a)
California
b)
Oregon
c)
Washington
d)
Texas
26.

In 1930 a gallon of gas was

a)

$0.50

b)

$0.25

c)

$1.25

d)

$0.10

27.

Created to provide retirement income

a)

Securities

b)

Social Security Act of 1935

c)

Exchange Commission

d)

Federal Security Act of 1936

28.

Novel describing the hardships of the Great Depression by John Steinbeck.

a)

The Great Gatsby

b)

To Kill a Mockingbird

c)

The Jungle

d)

The Grapes of Wrath

29.

Name of the German zeppelin (airship) that blew up in NJ?

a)

Brittanica

b)

Lusitania

c)

Schlieffen

d)

Hindenburg

30.

What was the historic (Civil War era) and epic romance film made in 1939 starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh?

a)

Casablanca

b)

Maltese Falcon

c)

Gone With The Wind

d)

Rebel Without A Cause

31.

Which was was not a critic of FDR and his New Deal?

a)

Huey Long

b)

Dr. Francis Townsend

c)

Father Charles Coughlin

d)

D.W. Griffith

32.

What is the title of the picture?

a)

Migrant Mother

b)

American Gothic

c)

American Mother

d)

Depression Dolly

33.

She was the first female to serve in a presidential cabinet when FDR appointed her as Sec. of Labor.

a)

Marian Anderson

b)

Frances Perkins

c)

Dorothea Lange

d)

Elizaabeth Cady Stanton

34.

This well known painting, by Grant Wood, shows what appears to be an angry farmer with a pitch fork and standing beside his daughter.

a)

American Dream

b)

A Farm in Depression

c)

The Farmer's Daughter

d)

American Gothic

35.

Which of the following BEST describes farmers during the Great Depression

a)

Many farmers found success through out the depression selling their items to other countries

b)

Many farmers found success through out the depression selling their items to hungry Americans

c)

a drought and low prices forced many farmers into poverty and foreclosures

36.

The New Deal is BEST described as

a)

fixing and ending the Great Depression giving millions a steady job and a regular paycheck moving forward into the 1940s

b)

being the same thing President Hoover did just setting up a system of empty promises given to the people

c)

temporary help and relief to some Americans, but could not sustain or end the Great Depression

37.

The Great Depression began in

a)

1929

b)

1932

c)

1933

d)

1919

38.

In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food. These were normally run by charities.

a)

stadiums

b)

soup kitchens

c)

businesses

d)

banks

39.

Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?

a)

low worker productivity

b)

high income taxes

c)

decreasing tariff rates

d)

buying stocks on margin

40.

The Bonus Army incident in 1932 best illustrates the idea that

a)

F.D.R.'s relief programs were unsuccessful.

b)

many felt that Herbert Hoover was not handling the Depression well.

c)

protests by veterans during the Depression were effective.

d)

the U.S. Army had increased in size and power during the Depression.

41.

What state is FDR from?

a)

Calif.

b)

Mass.

c)

Illinois

d)

N.Y.

42.

FDR's wife's name?

a)

Lenora

b)

Elaina

c)

Eleanor

d)

Edith