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WorksheetsGreat Depression Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
17,000 WWI veterans demonstrated in Washington, DC to demand early cash for the service certificates
a)
Salvation Army
b)
Bonus Army
c)
Veterans of Foreign Wars
d)
Seven Nation Army
2.
Makeshift homeless shelter during the early years of the Great Depression
a)
Shanty Towns
b)
Salvation Army
c)
Settlement House
d)
Hoovervilles
3.
Insured Bank deposits so that people would not lose their savings in the event of a bank failure
a)
Securities & Exchange Commission
b)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
c)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
d)
Wagner Act
4.
Passed in 1933, repealed Prohibition
a)
18th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
20th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
5.
The rate of people out of work reached 25% at the peak of the Great Depression & did not drop below 10% until WW2.
a)
Deficit Spending
b)
Speculation
c)
Unemployment
d)
Buying on Margin
6.
Photographed migrant farm workers during the Depression, inspired government aid programs and Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
a)
John Steinbeck
b)
Dorthea Lange
c)
Huey Long
d)
Father Coughlin
7.
An Act which allowed states to deport all their Latino-looking people out of the country whether or not they were citizens
a)
Indian New Deal
b)
Wagner Act
c)
Chicano Movement
d)
Mexican Repatriation
8.
President who declared the Great Depression a national emergency and proposed the New Deal with relief, recovery, reform
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
9.
October 29, 1929, share prices on NY Stock Exchange collapse, beginning of the Great Depression
a)
Black Friday
b)
Day of Infamy
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Really, Really, Really Bad Day
10.
provided unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and early death insurance, funded by workers and employers
a)
Securities & Exchange Commission
b)
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
c)
Public Works Administation
d)
Social Security Administration
11.
Organization created to watch over the stock market, to prevent fraud, and guard against another stock market collapse
a)
Social Security Administration
b)
Securities & Exchange Commission
c)
Brain Trust
d)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
12.
Wrote The Grapes of Wrath which described the hardships of Dust Bowl refugees as they migrated west
a)
Dorthea Lange
b)
John Steinbeck
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Huey Long
13.
FDR's plan to appoint 6 additional justices to the Supreme Court; it was met with opposition and he was forced to withdraw the bill
a)
Brain Trust
b)
Hundred Days
c)
Fair Labor Standards
d)
Court Packing Scheme
14.
President who did "too little, too late" to combat the Great Depression, he provided aid to businesses, but not directly to the people
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Woodrow Wilson
15.
Consumer law passed to regulate industry for fair wages & prices that would stimulate economic recovery
a)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps.
c)
National Industrial Recovery Act
d)
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
16.
Beginning of FDR's administration in which he presented new initiatives to Congress to counter the effects of the Great Depression
a)
Hundred Days
b)
New Deal
c)
Brain Trust
d)
Fireside Chats
17.
Most severe economic downturn in American history, lasted from 1929 to 1941
a)
Roaring 20s
b)
Great Depression
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Dust Bowl
18.
taking the risk of buying something in hopes of reselling it at a higher price
a)
Deficit Spending
b)
Buying on Margin
c)
Safety Net
d)
Speculation
19.
First lady who encouraged women to keep their head up & hold things together while their husbands were unemployed
a)
Eleanor Roosevelt
b)
Francis Perkins
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Jane Addams
20.
Provided navigation, flood control, generated electricity, brought economic development to the area effected by the Depression
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps.
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Public Works Administation
d)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
21.
Week long shut down of the banking system, after a month-long run of withdrawal by panicked depositors
a)
Bank Holiday
b)
Bank Run
c)
Bank Failure
d)
Bank Robbery
22.
1932 plan that provided loans to businesses but gave no direct aid to the people
a)
Securities & Exchange Commission
b)
Social Security Administration
c)
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
d)
Works Progress Administration
23.
President Roosevelt's relief, recovery, reform programs designed to combat the Great Depression
a)
Square Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
Return to Normalcy
d)
Fireside Chats
24.
Radio broadcasts made by President Roosevelt to the nation, beginning in 1933
a)
New Deal
b)
Brain Trust
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Hundred Days
25.
New Deal agency that employed millions of job-seekers to carry out public projects
a)
Works Progress Administration
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Civilian Conservation Corps.
d)
Fair Labor Standards Act
26.
Dry weather in the Great Plains that led farmers to migrate to California
a)
Peach Bowl
b)
Cotton Bowl
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Super Bowl
27.
Raised import duties to protect American businesses and farmers
a)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
b)
Wagner Act
c)
Fair Labor Standards
d)
Mexican Repatriation
28.
A priest who was outspoken against FDR on his popular radio broadcast
a)
Huey Long
b)
John Steinbeck
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Father Coughlin
29.
New Deal program that offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops
a)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps.
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Overproduction
30.
a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. It helped to shape the modern national and state park systems we enjoy today.
a)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps.
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Mexican Repatriation Act
31.
Occurs when many clients withdraw their money from a bank because out of fear that it may fail.
a)
Black Tuesday
b)
Bank Holiday
c)
Bonus Army
d)
Bank Run
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