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week 7 quiz - SP21

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 22mins

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1.

Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?

a)

a decrease in the supply of consumer goods

b)

overproduction and under consumption

c)

an increase in demand for imported products

d)

an increase in the price of wheat on the world market

2.

What factor directly contributed to the Wall Street Crash of 1929, known as Black Tuesday?

a)

The over production and under consumption of goods and services

b)

"Get rich quick" attitudes to maximize wealth through speculation in real estate and the stock market

c)

The disparity of wealth of Americans throughout the 1920s

d)

A Banking Panic that spread throughout the nation

3.

What do think the author is trying to say in this political cartoon?

a)

Hoover is just passing on the issues of domestic policy on to Roosevelt

b)

Orphanages should come under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government

c)

Hoover and Roosevelt are working together to solve foreign policy

d)

The issues that are harming America are so easy a baby could fix them

4.

What is NOT a factor that lead to the Dust Bowl

a)

Drought caused by lack of rain

b)

Erosion of the top soil due to high winds

c)

Deep plowing of the soil

d)

Stock Market Speculation

5.

What key domestic factor led to the political defeat of Herbert Hoover in the 1932 Election?

a)

25% National unemployment rate

b)

Supplying the Belgians with food during WWI

c)

His swift handling of the stumbling economy

d)

His creation of over 1 million new jobs in 6 months

6.

Make shift homes built during the Great Depression, to provide shelter for the people that lost their permanent homes were called

a)

Rooseveltvilles

b)

ghetto

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

leanto

7.

Relief Recovery and Reform were goals of which President, to get us out of the Great Depression

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Elaenor Roosevelt

8.

What was the main purpose for the New Deal programs?

a)

To get us out of the depression

b)

To help with WWII

c)

To aid the Germans after WWI

d)

To rebuild the Lusitania

9.

Which 2nd New Deal Program was established to provide income for spouses and children of injured or killed income providers, and after people were too old to work?

a)

NLRB

b)

AAA

c)

SSA

d)

WPA

10.

In response to the Supreme Court's criticism of FDR's First New Deal, he did the following...

a)

fired Supreme Court Justices

b)

packed the court

c)

created another branch of government

d)

signed an Executive Order to pass the New Deal Acts regardless

11.

How did Eleanor Roosevelt impact domestic policy?

a)

first woman to become a female US Navy officer

b)

became the first female Supreme Court Justice

c)

voted against the First New Deal because it did not include roles for minority women

d)

expanded the roles for women and African Americans