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Yellow Book EOC 13-17

Total questions: 108

Worksheet time: 3610secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

When stock is sold, its value_____________.

a)

rises

b)

drops

c)

climbs

d)

gets higher

2.

On a Thursday in 1929, the stock market began to crash because everyone was _____________

a)

selling their war bonds

b)

buying too many stocks

c)

selling all their stocks

d)

demanding a refund

3.
The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?
a)
the end of the gold rush 
b)
the crash of the stock exchange 
c)
the ending of World War II 
d)
the high price of oil 
4.
The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?
a)
Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water. 
b)
The government built large dams in the West for irrigation. 
c)
Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west. 
d)
The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment. 
5.
Which of the following statements best describes what happened on Black Tuesday?
a)
Stock prices fell and the stock market crashed.
b)
Bank runs forced many banks to close their doors.
c)
Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army marchers.
d)
The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional.
6.

When the economy is expanding, leading to a rise in stock prices and increased investing, the market is described as a...

a)

DOW-JONES Cycle

b)

Bear Market

c)

Boom-Bust Cycle

d)

Bull Market

7.
This is the process of taking money borrowed from the bank or a broker, and putting it into the stock market
a)
Buying on Margin 
b)
Speculation 
c)
Buying on Credit 
d)
Overconsumption 
8.
A way of borrowing money from a bank or finance company so that you can have what you want and pay for it later
a)
Speculation 
b)
Buying on Credit 
c)
Buying on Margin 
d)
Overproduction 
9.
This is the idea that the rich become richer, while the poor become poorer
a)
Black Tuesday 
b)
Speculation 
c)
Unequal distribution of wealth
d)
Buying on Credit 
10.
When a large number of customers line up to withdraw cash from deposit accounts from a financial institution
a)
Speculation 
b)
Black Friday 
c)
Bank Run 
d)
Underconsumption 
11.
When the purchase of goods and services is at a lower level then the supply (not enough goods are being purchased by consumers)
a)
Underconsumption
b)
Overproduction 
c)
Speculation 
d)
Buying on Margin 
12.
This is making a very risky investment in the stock market, in hopes of earning a large profit
a)
Speculation 
b)
Buying on Margin 
c)
Bank Run 
d)
Bull Stock 
13.
A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices, resulting in a significant loss of wealth.
a)
Bull Market 
b)
Speculation 
c)
Bank Run 
d)
Stock Market Crash 
14.
This cause led many businesses to close, because they were producing more goods than consumers were willing to buy.
a)
Overproduction 
b)
Underconsumption 
c)
Buying on Credit 
d)
Stock Speculation 
15.

These presidents served during the 1920's?

a)

Harding,Coolidge, and Taft

b)

Harding, Roosevelt, and Wilson

c)

Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

d)

Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover

16.

He was president during the start of the Great Depression. However, he did not really cause it himself but he may have help to cause it to last longer.

a)

Warren Harding

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

17.
The Tennessee Valley Authority put thousands to work on construction projects.
a)
Hoover
b)
Roosevelt
18.
A hold was put on war debts to the United States in hope that Europe would be better able to buy American products.
a)
Hoover
b)
Roosevelt
19.
The National Recovery Administration was established to help business recover.
a)
Hoover
b)
Roosevelt
20.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration loaned money to states for food, clothing, and shelter for the poor.
a)
Hoover
b)
Roosevelt
21.
The Emergency Banking Act made federal loans available to banks.
a)
Hoover 
b)
Roosevelt
22.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was established to lend money to banks, insurance companies, and railroads.
a)
Hoover
b)
Roosevelt
23.
A national "bank holiday" was set up to prevent people from taking out all of their money from banks.
a)
Hoover
b)
Roosevelt
24.
The Civilian Conservation Corps hired young people to plant trees, work on roads, and help with rural flood control.
a)
Hoover
b)
Roosevelt
25.

Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.

a)

When people get a lot of dust in their plates and bowls.

b)

A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.

c)

When a dust storm came through Lubbock last year.

d)

A general term for when objects become dirty.

26.

What year did the Dust Bowl begin?

a)

1930

b)

2016

c)

1954

d)

1916

27.

What human activity was a part of the cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Driving

b)

Building

c)

Baseball

d)

Overplowing

28.

What group of people had the worst consequences from the Dust Bowl?

a)

Farmers in the Great Plains

b)

Doctors up North

c)

People on the East Coast

d)

People out West

29.

What other major event was happening at the same time as the Dust Bowl?

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Civil War

c)

World War 2

d)

Revolutionary War

30.

What state did NOT experience the Dust Bowl?

a)

Texas

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Florida

d)

Kansas

31.
What does Repatriation Mean?
a)
Being forced to go home
b)
Voluntarily Going home
c)
liberate a conquered country
d)
To be made a citizen of a country you are living in
32.
During the America Great Depression, many Mexicans, some of the U.S. citizens were sent back across the border, illegally, to free up jobs for the millions of Americans out of work.  
a)
Pueblo Revolt
b)
The Bracero Program
c)
Mexican Repatriation Act
d)
 Repartimiento System
33.
During World War Two 16 million young Americans went abroad to fight in the two theaters of war.  This "invitation" was given to Mexican nationals to come help fill the labor shortage in America during the war.  
a)
Bracero Program
b)
Mexican Repatriation Act
c)
Repartimiento System
d)
Encomienda System
34.
This man was president at the beginning of the Great Depression and relied on "rugged individualism" to fix it
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Sherbert Hoover
35.
This man was elected after Hoover with the hopes that he would end the Great Depression
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Warren Harding
d)
Calvin Coolidge
36.
This was the name for Roosevelt's plan to end the Depression
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Depression Ender 6500
d)
Return to Normalcy
37.
Roosevelt's fireside chats used what technology to spread his message?
a)
Television
b)
Radio
c)
Newspaper
d)
Instragram
38.
These created jobs and provided people with direct assistance during the Great Depression
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
d)
Reduce
39.
These programs were designed to stimulate the economy and end the Depression?
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
d)
Reuse
40.
These programs were designed to prevent a future Depression
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
d)
Recycle
41.
This program created jobs by building airports, dams, schools, and parks
a)
Public Works Administration
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
National Recovery Administration
42.
This was created to regulate the stock market and prevent a future stock market crash
a)
Securities and Exchange Committee
b)
Public Works Administration
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
43.
This was created to protect the money people had deposited in the bank
a)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b)
Securities and Exchange Committee
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
National Recovery Administration
44.
The Tennessee Valley Authority provided what--in addition to jobs--for the rural south
a)
Cheap Electricity
b)
Clean Water
c)
Extra Storage on Peoples' Laptops
d)
Faster Internet
45.
The Agriculture Adjustment Act and National Recovery Administration were successful in fixing the Great Depression
a)
True
b)
False
46.
This man's "Share the Wealth" campaign and campaign for President as a 3rd party ended up with him getting assassinated
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Huey Long
d)
Huey Short
47.
This was designed to provide assistance to the elderly, disabled, and poor
a)
Social Security
b)
Securities and Exchange Committee
c)
Wagner Act
d)
National Recovery Act
48.
Stopped banks from investing in the market; protect savings
a)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b)
Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act
c)
Securities and Exchange Commission
d)
Emergency Banking Act
49.
Author who wrote about common experience in Depression
a)
Dorothea Lange
b)
Frances Perkins
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
50.
Photographer funded by gov’t; documented Depression
a)
Dorothea Lange
b)
Frances Perkins
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
51.
First woman in Presidential Cabinet; headed labor department
a)
Dorothea Lange
b)
Frances Perkins
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
52.
Idea that community should own property and production
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Socialism
d)
Communalism
53.
Radio host who turned on FDR, criticized big gov’t and jews
a)
Charles Coughlin
b)
Francis Townsend
c)
Huey Long
d)
John Steinbeck
54.
Proposed pension for elderly, funded by sales tax
a)
Charles Coughlin
b)
Francis Townsend
c)
Huey Long
d)
John Steinbeck
55.
Plan by FDR to protect his New Deal programs; backfired
a)
Wagner Act
b)
Court Packing
c)
Social Security
d)
Fireside Chats
56.

What was the name of FDR's cabinent

a)

Kitchen Cabinet

b)

Brain Trust

c)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

d)

Ohio Gang

57.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act tried to help farmers by

a)

helping them become more efficient

b)

paying them not to grow crops

c)

buying up their surpluses

d)

making land available for farming

58.

Who did FDR run against in the Election of 1932?

a)

Huey Long

b)

Alfred Smith

c)

Harry Hopkins

d)

Herbert Hoover

59.

What Amendment deal with the 'lame duck" period?

a)

21st

b)

20th

c)

22nd

d)

18th

60.

When the government uses _______ it is spending more money than it has revenue.

a)

Malthusian economics

b)

deficit spending

c)

Laissez Faire

d)

New Deal economics

61.
What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration developed to address?
a)
Excessive stock market speculation
b)
High unemploment
c)
Increased use of credit
d)
Overproduction of goods
62.
One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-
a)
more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
b)
unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs
c)
able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
d)
opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions
63.
Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?
a)
“Rugged individualism” will end social inequality
b)
Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate
c)
Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system
d)
State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government
64.

Which of the following was NOT one of FDR's "three R's"?

a)

Recovery

b)

Reform

c)

Revitalize

d)

Relief

65.

FDR believed that this was the most important thing to turn around the Depression

a)

Building the confidence of the people back up

b)

Going to war

c)

Pumping money into businesses

d)

A hands off approach

66.
Believed the New Deal did not go far enough to help people during the Depression
a)
liberals
b)
conservatives
67.
Believed the New Deal allowed the government to interfere too much in the free market economy
a)
liberals
b)
conservatives
68.
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
69.
The New Deal brought __________ and __________ into the Democratic Party
a)
Labor Unions, African Americans
b)
Law Enforcement, White Southerners
c)
African Americans, Wealthy Businessmen
d)
Native Americans, Labor Unions
70.
What was the primary reason that President Roosevelt attempted to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court?
a)
to make the Court more supportive of New Deal Programs
b)
to force the Court to hear cases involving women’s rights
c)
to speed up the Court’s review of cases
d)
to increase the independence of the Court
71.
What day was Pearl Harbor attacked by the Japanese?
a)
9-1-39
b)
12-7-41 
c)
6-4-42 
d)
6-6-44
72.
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?      
a)
Because they wanted to continue to take over countries in Southeast Asia 
b)
Because they wanted to cripple the US Navy
c)
Because they wanted to prevent the US from attacking Japan 
d)
All of the above
73.
What was the reaction of the United States to the attack?
a)
They declared war on Japan the next day
b)
They fled back to the US coast and let Japan have Southeast Asia 
c)
They asked Great Britain for help 
d)
They waited several months to see what would happen next 
74.
What important type of naval vessel was not destroyed in the attack? 
a)
Warships  
b)
Destroyers
c)
Aircraft carriers 
d)
None of the above
75.

Who were the prisoners that were forced to march on the Bataan Death March?

a)

American and Filipino soldiers

b)

French and British soldiers

c)

Japanese soldiers

d)

Russian and Chinese soldiers

76.

What country had just captured the Philippines and forced the soldiers on the march?

a)

China

b)

Australia

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

77.

How did the Japanese treat their prisoners in the Pacific?

a)

well

b)

brutally

c)

okay

78.

A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Final Solution

c)

Genocide

d)

Blitzkrieg

79.

Hitler’s time in power

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Third Reich

c)

Final Solution

d)

Lebensraum

80.

the night of broken glass. German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property.

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Lebensraum

c)

Third Reich

d)

Genocide

81.

WWII U.S. General in charge of Pacific front

a)

FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Douglas MacArthur

82.

U.S. president who dropped atomic bombs

a)

FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Douglas MacArthur

83.

WWII U.S. General in charge of European front

a)

FDR (Franklin D, Roosevelt)

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Douglas MacArthur

84.

U.S. president who died during WWII

a)

FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Douglas MacArthur

85.

strategically conquering easily defeated islands in order to gain control of the Pacific

a)

D-Day

b)

Liberate

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Genocide

86.

The Nazi program of exterminating Jews during the Third Reich

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Final Solution

c)

Lebensraum

d)

Genocide

87.

the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II

a)

Genocide

b)

Holocaust

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Lebensraum

88.

These were passed after WWII broke out to allow the US to stay out of the war.

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Internment Camps

c)

Neutrality Acts

d)

Liberty Bonds

89.

The US attempted to follow this foreign policy from 1919 until 1941

a)

Isolationism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Rationing

d)

Island hopping

90.

This act ended America's neutrality. We supplied out allies with loans to help protect America's security

a)

Liberty Bonds

b)

Isolationism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Lend-Lease

91.

This was the United States' nickname during WWII because of it supplied all of the allies with weapons and supplies

a)

Lend-Lease

b)

Arsenal of Democracy

c)

Liberty Bonds

d)

Rationing

92.

Nylon, Food and Gas were things that were under strict _______________ during WWII.

a)

isolationism

b)

liberty bonds

c)

rationing

d)

island hopping

93.

Viewed as being threats to national security, Japanese-Americans were placed in

a)

North Africa

b)

Internment Camps

c)

Europe

d)

China

94.
What two countries became superpowers after the war?
a)
US and Canada
b)
US and Soviet Union
c)
US and Italy
d)
US and Germany
95.
What Russian leader was at Yalta and Potsdam
a)
Lenin
b)
Putin
c)
Stalin
d)
Nicholas II
96.
Who was president at the end of the war?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Truman
d)
Kennedy
97.
What organization in New York was created after the war?
a)
girls scouts of america
b)
United Nations
c)
planned parenthood
d)
potsdam conference
98.

This first conference held in February of 1945 showed agreement and compromise with the "Big-Three"

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

WWII Conference

99.

Which of the following countries was NOT part of the "Big-Three"

a)

United States

b)

Soviet Union

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

100.

Which country wanted to promote free elections in nations under Soviet control in Eastern Europe?

a)

United States

b)

Soviet Union (USSR)

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

101.
At which conference was it agreed that Stalin would enter war with Japan
a)
Potsdam
b)
Yalta
102.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
103.

What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?

a)

Communist North Vietnam and Democratic South Vietnam

b)

Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin

c)

Communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea

d)

Communist Aligned East and the Democratic Aligned West

104.

How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?

a)

by providing government housing for refugees

b)

by providing military assistance to Vietnam

c)

by providing money to rebuild and stop poverty in Europe

d)

by providing old military equipment to Turkey

105.

Which of the following events was an attempt by the Soviet Union to get the United States to give up West Berlin to the Soviets?

a)

Conference at Potsdam

b)

Conference at Yalta

c)

Berlin Airlift

d)

Berlin Blockade

106.

Who made the statement "An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent"?

a)

President Roosevelt

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

President Harry Truman

107.

The purpose of "containment" was to--

a)

stop the spread of democracy

b)

stop the spread of hate

c)

stop global warming

d)

stop the spread of communism

108.

At what conference did the Big 3 decide to allow the Soviet Union to collect reparations from Germany in exchange for free elections in Eastern Europe?

a)

Conference at Potsdam

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Conference at Yalta

d)

Berlin Conference

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