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Great Depression Vocab

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

October 29, 1929. On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.

a)

Black Thursday

b)

Black Tuesday

c)

Black Friday

d)

Black Sabbath

2.

A region of the Great Plains, including parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, where drought and soil created enormous dirt storms in the 1930s.

a)

Dust Bowl

b)

Dirt Bowl

c)

Dairy Bowl

d)

Dry Bowl

3.

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

a)

A protectionist law created by Senator Smoot and Representative Hawley that increased taxes on imported goods making the Great Depression even worse.

b)

A project law created by Senator Hawley and Representative Smoot that increased taxes on exported goods making the Great Depression even worse.

c)

A prohibition law created by Senator Smoot and Representative Hawley that decreased taxes on imported goods making the Great Depression even worse.

d)

A protectionist law created by Senator Smoot and Representative Hawley that decreased taxes on imported goods making the Great Depression much better.

4.

Hoovervilles

a)

Shantytowns built across America by the unemployed and homeless during the Great Depression. These towns were named after President Hoover due to his inability to help these people.

b)

Shantytowns built across South America by the unemployed and homeless during the Good Depression. These towns were named after President Hoover due to his inability to help these people.

c)

Shantytowns built across America by the employed during the Great Depression. These towns were named after President Hoover due to his ability to help these people.

d)

Fancy towns built across America by the employed and hopeful during the Great Depression. These towns were named after President Hoover due to his inability to help the poor people.

5.

New Deal

a)

A series of policies enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression that brought about reform, recovery, and relief to America.

b)

A series of policies enacted by Teddy Roosevelt during the Great Depression that brought about reform, recovery, and relief to America.

c)

A series of policies enacted by Eleanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression that brought about reform, recovery, and relief to America.

d)

A series of policies by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression that brought about rest, relaxation, and revolution to America.

6.

FDIC

a)

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insured each bank deposit up to $5,000, and created more confidence in banks in the 1930s.

b)

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sued each bank deposit up to $5,000, and created more problems in banks during the 1930s.

c)

authorized the federal government to examine all banks and allow those that were financially sound to reopen.

d)

assisted home owners who could not meet their mortgage payments.

7.

provided relief/jobs for many unemployed young American men working on public lands projects.

a)

CCC

b)

WPA

c)

FDIC

d)

AAA

8.

A program designed to help Americans find work during the Great Depression working on public works projects like roads, bridges, dams, and other public improvements.

a)

WPA

b)

PWA

c)

CCC

d)

AAA

9.

This provided unemployment insurance to workers who lost their jobs, provided payments to retired workers age 65 or older, and provided payments to people with disabilities, the elderly, and the wives and children of male workers who had died.

a)

FDIC

b)

Social Security Act

c)

Socialists Service Act

d)

CCC

10.
30 radio speeches he spoke from a chair near a fireplace in the White House.
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC
b)
fireside chats
c)
New Deal- 
11.
Tried to reduce competition for jobs
a)
New Deal
b)
Depression
c)
Mexican Repatriation Act
d)
TVA
12.
FDR wanted to replace judges over 70 1/2
a)
Court Packing Scheme
b)
Speculation
c)
Executive Branch
d)
The New Deal
13.

The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s.

a)

Great Depression

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Great Gatsby

d)

Great Pumpkin

14.

Created construction jobs for LARGE, NATIONAL projects like the Hoover Dam or Golden Gate Bridge

a)

CWA

b)

PWA