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Ch.25 The Great Depression

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What provided financial security for elderly, disabled, children, and unemployed?
a)
Social Security Act
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Civilian Conservation Corps
d)
New Deal
2.
These were radio addresses given by President Roosevelt to speak to the American people?
a)
State of the Union
b)
New Deal
c)
Inaugural Address
d)
Fireside Chats
3.
 What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929 more commonly referred to as?
a)
Black Friday
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Stock Market Crash of 1929
d)
Beginning of the Depression
4.
What program built dams and generators to bring electricity and jobs to local communities?
a)
Social Security Act
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Civilian Conservation Corps
d)
New Deal
5.
What organized workers into industries as opposed to skill level?
a)
Federal Department of Labor
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Congress of Industrial Organizations
6.
Series of programs create by Congress and the President to aid in economic recovery?
a)
Social Security Act
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Civilian Conservation Corps
d)
New Deal
7.
What was the group of WWI veterans that marched to Washington D.C to collect their bonuses?
a)
Veteran Affairs
b)
Service Bonus
c)
Bonus Army
d)
Army Service
8.
Who was the president responsible for helping the US out of the Great Depression?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William Taft
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Harry Truman
9.

Which president did people blame for the depression?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

John Kennedy

10.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

The stock market crash.

b)

Overproduction

c)

Child labor

d)

People bought too many goods on credit.

e)

Low prices for farm crops.

11.

This president promised a "new deal" to end the depression:

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

John F. Kennedy

12.

This administration wanted to put every unemployed person to work by building schools, hospitals, playgrounds, museums, and airports:

a)

Works Progress Administration

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

Social Security Administration

13.

Why did people who lived during the depression like going to the movies?

a)

To escape reality.

b)

To see cool special effects.

c)

Because they had a lot of extra money.

14.

People stood in these lines to get food:

a)

Breadlines

b)

Food stamp lines

c)

Unemployment benefit lines

15.

Slums where homeless people lived during the Great Depression were called this:

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Hoods

c)

Tenement housing

16.
When did the Stock Market crash?
a)
1919
b)
1929
c)
1985
d)
1829
17.
When people could not pay back their loans ___________. 
a)
banks forgave them
b)
banks loaned more 
c)
banks raised the interest rate
d)
banks closed
18.
What were the names of the groups of shacks that were built in city parks?
a)
Roosevilles
b)
Hoovervilles
c)
Teddy Towns   
d)
Fort Franklin         
19.
How did "bank runs" impact the American people during the Great Depression?
a)
Banks eventually ran out of money to loan, and people's life savings were gone.
b)
Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pays bills until they could find work.
c)
Banks were able to people's deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.
d)
Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.
20.
During the early 1930s, the main goal of the Bonus Army was to pressure the Hoover administration to
a)
strengthen the nation’s defenses
b)
end the military draft
c)
bring American troops home from overseas
d)
support the early payment of money promised to veterans
21.
During the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in the
a)
formation of the United States Department of Agriculture
b)
creation of wheat surpluses
c)
growth of the Populist movement
d)
development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains
22.
Which of these statements is true of the 1932 presidential election?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide.
b)
Hoover lost by a narrow margin.
c)
Huey Long ran a strong third-party campaign.
d)
Roosevelt won a third term.
23.
A major difference between the philosophies of President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression is that Roosevelt
a)
wanted to rely on private charities to provide assistance
b)
stressed the need for individual rugged individualism
c)
supported direct relief to people out of work
d)
thought the government should not be involved in economic reform
24.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
25.
The photograph best illustrates which impact of the Great Depression upon Americans?
a)
A large number of banks failed.
b)
The stock market crashed.
c)
Large numbers of people were hungry and homeless.
d)
Farmer’s incomes fell to low levels.
26.
Which of the following was "NOT" a cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Over speculation on stocks using borrowed money
b)
High tariffs discouraged international trade
c)
Unpaid debts from fighting World War I
d)
Too much debt from buying goods on installment plans
27.
Social Security• Federal Work Programs• Farm Assistance• Increased rights for labor• Environmental Improvement Programs

What is the best title for the list?
a)
League of Nations
b)
New Deal
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Segregation
28.
The New York Times
October 1929
The topic of this newspaper article is the...
a)
Stock Market Crash
b)
Stock Market Boom
c)
Great Migration north and west
d)
Roaring Twenties
29.

Shares of ownership in a corporation are called:

a)

bond

b)

future

c)

mutual fund

d)

stock

30.

How does the stock market impact the U.S. economy?

a)

Individuals invest in the stock market because they don't trust banks.

b)

Individuals invest in the stock market to earn money for the future.

c)

Individuals invest in the stock market because interest rates are high.

d)

Individuals invest in the stock market to save money for clothing.

31.

Stock prices are going up in a:

a)

Bear Market

b)

Bull Market

c)

Peak Market

d)

Soft Market

32.

Stock prices are going down in a:

a)

Bear market

b)

Bull market

c)

Peak market

d)

Soft market

33.

To buy stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest.

a)

Interest

b)

Temperance

c)

On Margin

d)

Quota System

34.

Gave immediate help to those that needed it in the form of cash payments

a)

Bank Holiday

b)

Emergency Banking Act

c)

Federal Emergency Relief Act

d)

Civil Works Administration

e)

Civilian Conservation Corps

35.

Provided temporary jobs repairing roads, dams, bridges, and water lines...

a)

Bank Holiday

b)

Emergency Banking Act

c)

Federal Emergency Relief Act

d)

Civil Works Administration

e)

Civilian Conservation Corps

36.

A time period in history with a severe economic depression that followed the stock crash of 1929.

a)

Buying on Margin

b)

The Great Depression

c)

Bonus Army

d)

Business Cycle

37.

A strategy used by workers who went on strike in a factory or a workplace where the workers remained inside rather than striking outside.

a)

sit-down strike

b)

new deal strike

c)

terrible Tuesday strike

d)

authority strike

38.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal included programs that put people back to work on public projects such as building...

a)

roads

b)

airports

c)

parks

d)

All of the above

39.

True or False? Many farmers had to move from the Great Plains to other parts of the country to look for work during the Great Depression due to the dust storms across the Dust Bowl of the Great Plains.

a)

True

b)

False

40.
Bethune gave advice to the President ______ about education
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Barack Obama
d)
George Washington
41.
Photographer funded by gov’t; documented Depression
a)
Dorothea Lange
b)
Frances Perkins
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
42.
First woman in Presidential Cabinet; headed labor department
a)
Dorothea Lange
b)
Frances Perkins
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
43.
Senator who pushed for gov’t to take from rich to pay poor
a)
Charles Coughlin
b)
Francis Townsend
c)
Huey Long
d)
John Steinbeck
44.

A group of African-American advisers to President Franklin Roosevelt

a)

Congress of Industrial Organization

b)

NAACP

c)

Black Cabinet

d)

Bonus Army

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