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Roaring depressed 20s

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a person who buys or sells with the hope of making a profit from a rise or fall in prices.

a)

Flapper

b)

Nativist

c)

Speculator

d)

Sacco

2.

the practice of buying stock with a down-payment and borrowing the rest.

a)

Speculator

b)

Great Migration

c)

Buying on Margin

d)

Flapping

3.

What environmental factor played a part in the cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Snow

b)

Drought, Over production, High Wind

c)

Hurricane

d)

Rain

4.
During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Salad Bowl
c)
Great Plains Panic
d)
Depressing Dust
5.

Depression-era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.

a)

Pres. Hoover

b)

hoovervilles

c)

penny auctions

d)

recession

6.

Migrants from the Great Plains headed west in search of better lives were called

a)

Okies

b)

Speculators

c)

Wagners

d)

Hoosier

7.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
8.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
9.
What protects one's money in the bank?
a)
CCC
b)
NRA
c)
FDIC
d)
FBLA
10.
–regulate the stock market & prevent another stock market crash 
a)
ACC
b)
SEC
c)
TVA
d)
CCC
11.
Who did the AAA or Agricultural Adjustment Administration help?
a)
Farmers
b)
Young Men
c)
Skilled Craftmen
12.
What did young men  employed by the CCC or Civil Conservation Corps do?
a)
Planted crops on farms
b)
Cleaned the nations rivers and waterways
c)
Planted trees on public lands
13.
What did the TVA or Tennessee Valley Authority accomplish?
a)
It built roads and schools across the South
b)
It built stores and parks in the South
c)
It built dams along rivers  and power plants in the South
14.

What was FDR’s plan to add justices to the Supreme Court called? Take it from 9 to 15

a)

The Yes Man Trials

b)

Court Packing Scheme

c)

Operation Puppet

d)

Court Repatriation

15.

Eleanor Roosevelt was an advocate for what groups of people?

a)

KKK and the NAACP

b)

Booker T Washington and MLK

c)

Blacks and Women

d)

White men and Native Americans

16.

Roosevelt's wife helped him with much of his work and was called his "____________________________."

a)

eyes and ears (he called her his "legs")

b)

eyes and brains

c)

eyes and legs

d)

eyes and hands

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