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Great Depression Review Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the President during the start of the Great Depression?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Herbert Hoover

2.

a Louisiana governor and senator who criticized the New Deal and proposed a 'Share Our Wealth' program.

a)

Huey Long

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Charles Caughlin

3.

a Catholic priest who used his popular radio show to criticize Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal.

a)

Huey Long

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Charles Coughlin

4.

the 32nd president of the United States, who led the country during the Great Depression and World War II.

a)

Huey Long

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Eleanor Roosevelt

5.

The wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States, helped him lead the country during the Great Depression and World War II.

a)

Eleanor Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Alice Paul

6.

A time when many people lost their jobs, homes, and savings, making life very hard.

a)

Great Depression

b)

New Deal

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Black Tuesday

7.

the process of sending someone back to their own country

a)

genocide

b)

repatriation

c)

discrimination

d)

immigration

8.

A tax on goods coming into the country, meant to help American businesses

a)

Property Tax

b)

Trickle-Down economics

c)

Hawley-Smoot Tarriff

d)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

9.

the idea that tax breaks and benefits for corporations and the wealthy will eventually benefit everyone else

a)

Hawley-Smoot Tarriff

b)

capitalism

c)

socialism

d)

trickle-down economics

10.

A group of World War I veterans who marched to Washington, D.C. in 1932 to ask for the money the government had promised them, but were told they had to wait until later

a)

tenant farmers

b)

sharecroppers

c)

Okies

d)

Bonus Army

11.

Which of the following was TRUE about the wealth gap during the 1920s? Pick all that apply

a)

There was a LARGE Gap Between the Rich and the Poor

b)

There was a SMALL Gap Between the Rich and the Poor

c)

The richest 0.1% of people couldn’t buy enough goods to keep the economy going

d)

99.9% of people didn't need loans or credit to buy goods and services

12.

Too much money was being poured into stock   _________, which eventually led to __________ in 1929.

a)

speculation, Black Friday

b)

business cycle, Black Tuesday

c)

business cycle, speculation

d)

speculation, Black Tuesday

13.

All of the following took place in the economy after the stock market crashed EXCEPT

a)

America stopped lending money to Europe

b)

Businesses began closing plants and workers were laid off

c)

Banks began to fail across the nation

d)

Farmers faced supply and demand issues

14.

Which of the following was true about people in cities during the Great Depression?

a)

Unemployment rate jumped to 25%

b)

People had to stand in bread lines to find food

c)

Homeless Americans set up Hooverville communities

d)

All are ture

15.

Which of the following was true about farmers during the Great Depression EXCEPT

a)

Crop prices dropped even further

b)

Overfarming and droughts created the Dust Bowl

c)

Millions migrate away from the Great Plains

d)

Many tenant farmers bought the lands they worked on for cheap

16.

Which of the following was TRUE about minorities during the Great Depression? Pick all that apply

a)

African Americans were twice as likely to be unemployed

b)

Mexican immigrants and their children were deported on a large scale

c)

African American sharecroppers were forced back into slavery

d)

Native Americans were given the land abandoned by farmers during the Dust Bowl

17.

President _______ believed in a policy of _________ which  asked state and local governments to provide more jobs and relief measures during the Great Depression

a)

Hoover, localism

b)

Hoover, New Deal

c)

Roosevelt, New Deal

d)

Roosevelt, localism

18.

President _______  believed that the Great Depression required strong action by the federal government and created the  _________ 

a)

Hoover, localism

b)

Hoover, New Deal

c)

Roosevelt, New Deal

d)

Roosevelt, localism

19.

All of these were Roosevelt's New Deal programs EXCEPT

a)

Public Works Administration (PWA)

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

c)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

d)

Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

20.

Which of the following were Populist critics ideas to deal with the Great Depression? Check ALL that apply

a)

government should charge high taxes on the wealthy and on large corporations

b)

government should get rid of minimum wage

c)

government should provide $200 a month to all citizens over the age of 60

d)

government should let large corporations take over industry