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WorksheetsGreat Depression Review Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who was the President during the start of the Great Depression?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
a Louisiana governor and senator who criticized the New Deal and proposed a 'Share Our Wealth' program.
Huey Long
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Caughlin
a Catholic priest who used his popular radio show to criticize Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal.
Huey Long
Herbert Hoover
Eleanor Roosevelt
Charles Coughlin
the 32nd president of the United States, who led the country during the Great Depression and World War II.
Huey Long
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
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.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jane Addams
Alice Paul
A time when many people lost their jobs, homes, and savings, making life very hard.
Great Depression
New Deal
Dust Bowl
Black Tuesday
the process of sending someone back to their own country
genocide
repatriation
discrimination
immigration
A tax on goods coming into the country, meant to help American businesses
Property Tax
Trickle-Down economics
Hawley-Smoot Tarriff
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
the idea that tax breaks and benefits for corporations and the wealthy will eventually benefit everyone else
Hawley-Smoot Tarriff
capitalism
socialism
trickle-down economics
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
tenant farmers
sharecroppers
Okies
Bonus Army
Which of the following was TRUE about the wealth gap during the 1920s? Pick all that apply
There was a LARGE Gap Between the Rich and the Poor
There was a SMALL Gap Between the Rich and the Poor
The richest 0.1% of people couldn’t buy enough goods to keep the economy going
99.9% of people didn't need loans or credit to buy goods and services
Too much money was being poured into stock _________, which eventually led to __________ in 1929.
speculation, Black Friday
business cycle, Black Tuesday
business cycle, speculation
speculation, Black Tuesday
All of the following took place in the economy after the stock market crashed EXCEPT
America stopped lending money to Europe
Businesses began closing plants and workers were laid off
Banks began to fail across the nation
Farmers faced supply and demand issues
Which of the following was true about people in cities during the Great Depression?
Unemployment rate jumped to 25%
People had to stand in bread lines to find food
Homeless Americans set up Hooverville communities
All are ture
Which of the following was true about farmers during the Great Depression EXCEPT
Crop prices dropped even further
Overfarming and droughts created the Dust Bowl
Millions migrate away from the Great Plains
Many tenant farmers bought the lands they worked on for cheap
Which of the following was TRUE about minorities during the Great Depression? Pick all that apply
African Americans were twice as likely to be unemployed
Mexican immigrants and their children were deported on a large scale
African American sharecroppers were forced back into slavery
Native Americans were given the land abandoned by farmers during the Dust Bowl
President _______ believed in a policy of _________ which asked state and local governments to provide more jobs and relief measures during the Great Depression
Hoover, localism
Hoover, New Deal
Roosevelt, New Deal
Roosevelt, localism
President _______ believed that the Great Depression required strong action by the federal government and created the _________
Hoover, localism
Hoover, New Deal
Roosevelt, New Deal
Roosevelt, localism
All of these were Roosevelt's New Deal programs EXCEPT
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Which of the following were Populist critics ideas to deal with the Great Depression? Check ALL that apply
government should charge high taxes on the wealthy and on large corporations
government should get rid of minimum wage
government should provide $200 a month to all citizens over the age of 60
government should let large corporations take over industry
