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CH 14: Great Depression and New Deal

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which situation contributed to the economic problems of the late 1920s?

a)

immigration of radicals

b)

overseas military commitments

c)

excessive use of credit

d)

overuse of natural resources

2.

The Dust Bowl in the 1930s resulted from

a)

the over-use of farmland

b)

the introduction of new crops

c)

government work programs

d)

increased pollution

3.

Which statement best explains the economic implication of California’s population growth during the Great Depression?

a)

Local and state infrastructures were not equipped to support the new increase in migrants

b)

State governments tapped into reserve funds to provide housing for residents

c)

State tax rates were increased to fund additional public safety measures.

d)

The states’ industries grew rapidly due to the large labor supply

4.

Use the table below to answer the question


What is the best title for this table?

a)

Features of the Gilded Age

b)

Characteristics of the Great Depression

c)

Results of the Treaty of Versailles

d)

Consequences of the Cold War

5.

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

We found ourselves with more agricultural products than we could possibly consume ourselves and surpluses which other nations did not have the cash to buy from us except at prices ruinously low. We have found our factories able to turn out more goods than we could possibly consume, and at the same time were faced with a falling export demand. We found ourselves with more facilities to transport goods and crops than there were goods and crops to be transported.


—President Franklin Roosevelt, Fireside Chat, July 24, 1933

What did President Roosevelt believe was the main cause of the situation he described?

a)

lack of regulation of production and markets

b)

low-interest loans on new technological equipment

c)

economic depression caused by high tariffs and overproduction

d)

increased wartime production in response to the rise of totalitarianism

6.

How did the introduction of these New Deal programs affect the role of the government?


Selected New Deal Programs

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

• Social Security Administration (SSA)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

a)

Congress replaced the president as the initiator of most government programs

b)

the federal government took an active role in protecting individual prosperity

c)

The government abandoned deficit spending to fund its programs

d)

Federal government pensions were administered at the state level

7.

Which constitutional issue was raised by these events?

• The Agricultural Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to “pack” the Supreme Court

a)

power of federal government to regulate interstate trade and taxes

b)

separation of powers between the judicial and executive branches

c)

extent of the implied powers of the legislative branch

d)

authority of the states to nullify federal laws

8.

Which New Deal program specifically hired young men for public works projects?

a)

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

Civilian Conservation Corps

d)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

9.

Name given to the 1929 stock market crash that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

Maundy Thursday

c)

Dark Friday

d)

Black Thursday

10.

Groups of shacks that housed homeless and out of work Americans during the Great Depression

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Shanty Towns

c)

Shack Cities

d)

Hovels

11.

Name used to describe FDR's program to lift the US out of the Great Depression

a)

New Deal

b)

Square Deal

c)

New Freedom

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

12.

Radio messages, broadcast weekly, where Roosevelt reassured the American public and shared progress on the recovery from the Great Depression

a)

Fireside Chats

b)

State of the Union

c)

Kitchen Table Conversations

d)

Presidential Town Hall

13.

Program designed to give jobs to out of work Americans during the Great Depression. They built public buildings, painted murals, and improved roadways.

a)

Works Progress Administration

b)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

c)

Social Security

d)

Civilian Conservation Corp

14.

Program created during the Great Depression that helped provide insurance for older Americans who could not work.

a)

Social Security

b)

Working Americans Act

c)

Senior Citizens Act

d)

Old Age Insurance

15.

Period of severe worldwide economic decline and unemployment from 1929 until the beginning the WWII.

a)

Great Depression

b)

Panic of 1929

c)

Great Recession

d)

Stock Market Bubble of 1929

16.
This term describes the bank taking over items/goods for failure to make payments.
a)
welfare
b)
foreclosure
c)
prohibition
d)
bootlegger
17.
Part ownership of a business refers to 
a)
bootlegger
b)
welfare
c)
stock
d)
foreclosure
18.
What organization would bring power to rural areas in Minnesota?
a)
REA
b)
AAA
c)
WPA
d)
CCC
19.
During the Great Depression, unemployment rates caused some men to leave their families.
a)
Yes
b)
No
20.
What word means: borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock?
a)
Buying on margin
b)
Interest
c)
Overproduction
d)
Speculation
21.
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 
22.
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. 
23.
Which of the following DID NOT contribute to the Dust Bowl?
a)
A surplus of migrant workers
b)
High winds
c)
Drought
d)
Removal of sod by modern farming methods
24.
How did the Great Depression affect women?
a)
More left the work force
b)
More entered the work force
c)
More got a pay raise
d)
More bought stocks
25.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
26.
What closed because some people could not afford to pay their loans while others rushed to pull money out?
a)
bread lines
b)
soup kitchens
c)
banks
d)
Hoovervilles
27.
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
28.
What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration developed to address?
a)
Excessive stock market speculation
b)
High unemployment
c)
Increased use of credit
d)
Overproduction of goods
29.
A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-
a)
Provide health care benefits to southerners
b)
Encourage African-Americans to settle in the valley
c)
Improve economic conditions in a poor rural region
d)
Evacuate farmers from the impoverished region
30.
What was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000?
a)
WPA
b)
CCC
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC
31.
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
32.
What were stock brokers doing that inflated the stock prices? 
a)
giving out loans they knew would not be paid back
b)
speculating stocks to be worth more than they actually were
c)
buying stocks on credit
d)
not insuring the customers' money
33.
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Securities and Exchange Commission
d)
National Recovery Administration
34.
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
35.

What were the migrant camps called?

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Okievilles

c)

Reservations

d)

Whovilles

36.
How did Eleanor act as her husbands eyes and ears when he was president? 
a)
She traveled around the country and met with people then reported back to her husband
b)
She would search for enemy spies
c)
She sent letters to people when he requested
37.
Where did FDR go for polio treatments?
a)
Tampa, Florida
b)
Warm Springs, Georgia
c)
New York, New York
d)
Washington D.C.
38.
Eleanor Roosevelt was a delegate to the ___________.
a)
United Nations
b)
Supreme Court
c)
Red Cross
d)
White House

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