WorksheetsThe Great Depression/New Deal
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 3mins
Which event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?
The Election of 1932
An uneven distribution of income
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
farm crisis
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression
Farm crisis
An uneven distribution of income
The inability to get loans easily
all of these
What was the issue facing America’s banking system at the start of the Great Depression:
they had loaned out too much money
they would not provide money because they did not want to give it back
they refused to give loans to the poor
They did not want to loan money to Germany
What was the problem with the Hawley-Smoot Tariff
it did not allow the US to earn foreign money
it created more unemployment
it made foreign countries also not buy our products
all of these
The area of land that experienced a large drought and dust storms was called:
The Tennessee Valley
the farm area
The Dust Bowl
Texas
What issues did minorities face during the Great Depression:
They could not serve in WWI
They had an easy time finding jobs
Mexicans faced deportation
none of these
What is "rugged individualism?"
the belief that Americans did not want any federal help
the belief that the federal government should help out individuals
the belief that farmers should get paid to destroy their crops
all of these
Which event hurt Hoover’s ability to get reelected in the Election of 1932
The stock market crash of 1929
the building of the Hoover Dam
The attack on the Bonus Army
none of these
What was a goal of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal
relief
recovery
reform
all of these
Which of the following is NOT an example of an alphabet agency as set up by the New Deal?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Farmers Emergency Relief Association
Securities Exchange Commission (FSA)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The purpose of the Social Security Act was:
Give pensions to adults who retire
help farmers destroy their crops
fix the stock market prices
all of these
The first action Roosevelt took when he became president was:
Fix the stock market
create social security
burn all the excess crops
close all the banks and reopen the stable ones
What actually stopped the Great Depression
FDIC
World War II
The New Deal
Buying on Margin
What did Warren Harding mean by a “return to normalcy?”
African Americans would no longer be slaves
Factories would return to making consumer products
Allow every person into the US if they wished to live there
Factories would continue to make tanks and war goods
The 18th Amendment did the following:
Allowed women to vote
Allowed African Americans to vote
Banned alcohol
Limited the amount of terms a president could serve
The effects of the 18th amendment were:
Women were no longer allowed to have certain jobs
The sale of cars rose
A rise in gang activity
none of the answers
The 19th amendment did the following:
Gave women the right to vote
Freed the slaves
allowed alcohol to be sold again
Banned the slave trade
Most Americans bought new products in the 1920s by using:
cash from the bank
installment credit
stealing
