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WorksheetsGreat Depression & New Deal - Game 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
While running for president in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promised a plan where the federal government would provide work for Americans. What did he call this?
The Fair Deal
The New Deal
The New Frontier
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan
What statement is MOST ACCURATE about Herbert Hoover and/or J. Edgar Hoover?
Following his invention of the vacuum cleaner, J. Edgar Hoover became the richest man in America
As Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover helped eradicate a lot of organized crime
Due to his Catholicism and his alcoholism, Herbert Hoover was a damaged presidential candidate
Brothers J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover were the most notorious bank robbers during the 1930s
This agency protected the public against the sale of fraudulent stocks or bonds, trading on inside information, and secretive trading between small groups of investors to drive up stock prices. It also required periodic reporting of information, such as profits and losses, by companies traded on the stock market.
Stock Market Act
Social Security Administration
Securities & Exchange Commission
Fair Labor Standards Act
How would a Keynesian economist suggest to end a recession or depression?
Raise taxes on the wealthy and redistribute the money to those in need
Increase government spending so its effects will multiply to create more spending, jobs, and growth
Provide incentives to private contractors to construct housing for the homeless
Encourage the President to give speeches to reassure the public that "Prosperity is right around the corner"
The federal government program Federal Farm Board and the farmer-created Farm Holiday Association both had one thing in common. What was it?
Both led to mass violence, with thousands of farmers killed in a revolt
Both operated on the principle of cutting supply to raise prices
Both pressured the banks to stop foreclosing on farm property
Both programs advocated laissez-faire policies for seed and fertilizer
The impact of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff was that it
raised enough revenue to fund all of the New Deal programs
caused countries to retaliate and sunk all the world's economies further into depression
helped President Hoover win reelection in 1932
ended the Great Depression
Upton Sinclair ran for governor of California, proposing an EPIC plan, which was most closely associated with
capitalism
socialism
the ideas proposed by former President Hoover
cutting taxes
Why was Black Tuesday important?
It was the day many retail stores made a profit because of all the Christmas sales
It was the final day of the 1929 Stock Market crash
It was the day the entire Great Plains were engulfed by a black cloud of topsoil
FDR used the disaster of that day to rally the people to support all of his programs
This program created projects related to highways, buildings, natural resource conservation, energy, flood control, housing, and more. Some prominent projects are New York’s Triborough Bridge, Grand Coulee Dam, the San Francisco Mint, Reagan National Airport, and Key West’s Overseas Highway.
Civilian Conservation Corps
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Agency
What was the outcome of the 1936 Presidential Election for Democratic candidate Huey Long?
He surprisingly defeated President Franklin Roosevelt
He was assassinated
He was imprisoned for corruption
His campaign was ruined by attack films produced by Hollywood
