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WorksheetsChapter 7 AH
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Insured deposits in individual bank accounts
Lent money to homeowners to refinance their mortgages
Refinanced loans to keep farmers from losing their land
Gave the executive branch the right to regulate banks
Which of the following not true about the Townsend Plan?
Each retired person over 60 would receive $200 a month
It was a plan to stimulate the economy
They were required to spend money
They were forced to put money in stock market
The famous line “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” was spoken by
Will Rogers
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
The Second New Deal aimed to
Slow down legislative activity
Relax controls over business
Lower taxes on the rich
Do more for ordinary Americans
Roosevelt wanted to reform the Supreme Court because he believed the nine judges of the Court were
Wanted change too fast
Not supportive enough of his New Deal programs
Against older citizens
Too progressive
FDR caused the most opposition when he
Attempted to “pack” the Supreme Court
Refused to use the militia against the General Motors strike
Used WPA funds for the arts
Failed to balance the budget
Roosevelt’s “fireside chats” were
Private meetings
Public rallies
Radio broadcasts
Television broadcasts
During the Depression, many African Americans
Moved back to the south to return to sharecropping
Were the last to be hired, first to be fired
Moved back to Africa
Took high paying jobs in factories
Shantytowns were also called ____________________.
Hoovervilles
Lincolnvilles
Teddyvilles
Harrisonvilles
Throughout most of the 1920's, Americans were generally
delighted the wealth was evenly distributed
worried that the stock market would crash
concerned with the economic danger signs
confident that business would bring continued prosperity
Black Tuesday
Helped people to see that credit was not the best way to purchase goods
Was the day the stock market crashed
Was the day the stock market recovered
Was the day that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated
Overproduction in industry and agriculture, war debts, and the stock market crash were all causes of
World War II.
the Dust Bowl.
the Great Depression.
the Smoot Hawley Tariff.
Which of the following was a sign of an unsound economy during the 1920's?
More goods were being produced than consumers could buy
Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady
Personal debt was decreasing
Wages were keeping pace with production
In 1929, the American agricultural sector was
Finally beginning to recover strongly from the recession that had begun in 1920
Suffering from overproduction and surpluses, which caused prices to drop
Was not in good condition, but it didn’t matter because farmers only represented 8 % of the population
in the sixth year of unparalleled prosperity
Many stock market speculators put up as little as 10 percent of the price of stock when they
buying in credit
bought on margin
ad their broker demand cash
expected a merger
The main character in Cinderella man lost his original occupation and found work
on the docks
in the circus
as a butcher
in a bakery
The movie Cinderella Man focused on
the life of a young Franklin D Roosevelt and the challenges he faced as president
the life of the boxer Joe Louis and his famous fight against Max Schmeling
a man and his family ... successful in the 20's and feeling the effects of the depression of the 30's
The 1929 stock market crash in great detail including Black Tuesday
Which fact is the BEST piece of supporting evidence that overproduction and falling prices was a cause of the Great Depression?
In 1930 over 1,350 banks closed and customers lost all their savings.
In 1920 a bushel of wheat sold for $2.94, in 1929 it sold for $1.00 and by 1932 a bushel sold for .30 cents.
The stock market's dow average dropped over 23% over a two day period in October of 1929 and lost 90% of it's value by 1932.
The unemployment rate in 1929 was 3.2% and by 1933 there was a 25% unemployment rate.
The Depression ...
Was caused by many economic issues
Was over quickly
Was the result of only one event
Got Hoover re-elected
Cinderella man was a true story of the life of
James Brown
James Dean
Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Braddock
