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Worksheets05.20 QUIZIZZ: The Great Depression & New Deal
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
The man who promised a “New Deal” for America was:
FDR
Eisenhower
Hoover
Truman
After the Stock Market Crash in October 1929, there was:
A decrease in demand for consumer goods
An increase in loans for building and factories
A decrease in business failures
An increase in industrial production
All of following were a long-term causes of the Great Depression except:
Overproduction in farming
Decline of industries like steel and oil
Decrease in farm prices
The Stock market crash
Why was President Hoover hated so much?
He was known for his racist ideas
He forced Japanese Americans into Internment Camps
He did very little to help end the Great Depression
He decided to drop the atomic bomb
The Bonus Army consisted of:
World War I veterans and their families
Farmers forced off their land by dust storms
Unemployed industrial workers and their families
Business and labor leaders who attempted to work together
What does buying a stock on margin mean?
Purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange
Buying the stock for someone else
Paying less than the market price of the stock
Borrowing money to help pay for the stock
Which of the following was not an effect of the Great Depression?
Many children had a poor diet.
Many families became homeless.
Many men became unemployed.
Many people started farming.
Which was not a cause of the Dust Bowl?
Drought
High winds
Thick layers of prairie grasses
Overproduction of crops
Which of the following was the goal of the New Deal?
Help alleviate the problems of the depression
Keep American neutral in World War I
Decrease prices of farm goods
Increase crop production
Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?
Social Security Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
National Labor Relations Act
Works Progress Administration
FDR’s plan to end the Great Depression helped in all ways EXCEPT:
Created jobs
Fixed the banking system
Forced people to buy war bonds
Put systems in place to prevent another economic collapse.
(2015) President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal policies contributed to what pattern in 20th century U.S. history?
Increasing numbers of immigrants
The rise of laissez-faire economic policies
The expanding role of the federal government
Widespread persecution of suspected communists
(2016,17) What was one effect of the New Deal?
Thousands of government workers lost their jobs
The powers of the president became significantly weaker
The role of federal government in American’s lives expanded
Roosevelt became a one-term president when he lost the 1936 election
(2019) The Great Depression was caused by several key factors, resulting in a dramatic change in American society.
Identify three factors that led to the Great Depression.
Excessive lending and consumer debt
Speculation and stock market crash
Increased government spending to create jobs
The elimination of social programs
Federal Reserve constricts money supply
(2019) The Great Depression was caused by several key factors, resulting in a dramatic change in American society.
Identify the resulting action that was taken to address the negative conditions of the Great Depression.
Excessive lending and consumer debt
Speculation and stock market crash
Increased government spending to create jobs
The elimination of social programs
Federal Reserve constricts money supply
(2015) President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal policies contributed to what pattern in 20th century U.S. history?
Increasing numbers of immigrants
The rise of laissez-faire economic policies
The expanding role of the federal government
Widespread persecution of suspected communists
(2016,17) What was one effect of the New Deal?
Thousands of government workers lost their jobs
The powers of the president became significantly weaker
The role of federal government in American’s lives expanded
Roosevelt became a one-term president when he lost the 1936 election
(2019) Historians evaluate the credibility of sources using a number of criteria. What is one of the criteria that historians consider?
the ease of availability of the source
the race and gender of the source’s author
the accuracy and internal consistency of the source
the payment made by the publisher to the source’s author
(2019) Which source would provide the most credible information about the daily life of factory workers during the 1880s?
a collection of letters written by a farmer
a journal written by an employee at a factory
a novel written to encourage factory regulation
a pamphlet written by a group opposing unions
(2016) A student is researching popular culture in the United States. She has found a book on the subject and will need to determine whether it is a credible source. Which piece of information should she evaluate to determine the source’s credibility?
The age of the author
The length of the book
The author’s qualifications
The city in which the book was published
(2019) Use your knowledge of research methods to identify three factors that need to be considered when considering the credibility of a source.
The level of bias in the information
The author’s qualifications
The ability to verify information in other credible sources
The employment status of the author
The accuracy of the information
The availability of the information
(2018) A historian is collecting sources for a paper about the impact of industrialization in the United States during the early 1900s. She has determined that all of the sources she has collected are relevant to the topic, but is worried that some may not be credible. Select three sources the historian can use because they are credible.
A transcript of eye-witness trial testimony following a New York City factory fire in 1911
A research article without citations that describes working conditions in factories in the early 1900s
A data set from the Census Bureau detailing changes to urban and rural populations between 1900 and 1910
A fictional novel about challenges facing a group of female factory workers in Philadelphia during the early 1900s
A book published by the American Historical Association about working conditions in factories during the early 1900s
