WorksheetsGreat Depression and New Deal
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Unlike Hoover, FDR believed in offering unemployed and needy individuals direct
margins
relief
speculation
foreclosure
Which of the following was/were an impact of the Social Security Act? (SELECT ALL THAT APPY)
Insurance for the unemployed
Disability support for those unable to work
A retirement pension for the elderly
Immediate recovery to people and financial aid
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration tried to assist farmers by
paying them to grow more crops
buying farm surpluses
making land available for farming
paying them not to grow crops
To regulate the stock market, the Roosevelt Administration created the
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
National Recovery Administration
Social Security Administration
FDR and his advisers favored
promoting competition and small businesses
breaking up trusts and other monopolies
laissez faire policies and little government intervention
direct government intervention in the economy
The Emergency Banking Relief Act helped solve the banking crisis by
putting all banks under permanent government operation
declaring that the gold standard would not be adandoned
issuing licenses to banks that federal examiners found to be financially sound
closing banks long enough for the Federal Reserve to replenish their gold reserves
The purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to
regulate the stock market
manage public works projects
make loans to banks, large businesses, and railroad companies
administer public assistance programs for unemployed and homeless individuals
In the 1920's, tariffs like the Hawley-Smoot tariff restricted foreign demand for American manufactured goods. Why were these tariffs implemented?
Hoover refused to allow foreign imports into the country
It was a provision of the Treaty of Versailles
It made U.S. goods cheaper than foreign imports
It was a constitutional requirement
To fight the Depression, Roosevelt believed the first step was to (WHAT DID HE DO FIRST)
provide direct relief to people
set up public works programs
restore confidence in the banks
provide relief for farmers
Which New Deal program provided power and flood control specifically to those in the South?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
The stock market crash weakened the nation's banks because
banks often invested their deposits in the stock market
banks depended on income from the sale of their stock for operating funds
investors no longer had money to deposit in banks
investors could no longer afford to take out loans from banks
The purpose of FDR's "fireside chats" were to...
convince the public to support the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Encourage farmers to grow more crops
Restore public confidence and optimism throughout the nation
Encourage Americans to volunteer for military service
Which of the following weakened the stock market prior to its collapse in 1929? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
widespread speculation
panic selling
margin calls
Overselling savings bonds
Why did more and more people invest their savings into the Stock Market during the 1920s?
A increased farming industry following WWI
Reduced consumerism allowed people to save their money and invest
A prolonged bull market and rising stock prices
Increasing Republican intervention in the economy
Most economists agree that a key cause of the Great Depression was
oversupply
overproduction
inflation
deflation
In 1932 farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops because
the soil became more fertile
frequent rains eroded the soil
a wheat fungus devastated the fields
frequent drought and overproduction
Thousands of WWI veterans came to Washington D.C. in 1932 to lobby Congress to
campaign for Hoover's reelection
pass legislation giving veterans their promised bonus early
provide public works jobs for unemployed veterans
provide military jobs for unemployed veterans
During the beginning of the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed
the government stepped in to run the bank
the government covered the bank's debts
the local government repaid all deposits
depositors lost their savings
When the Senate voted the new bonus bill down, many veterans waiting outside the capitol building
rioted and burned several buildings
fixed bayonets on the service rifles and prepared to fight
left peacefully
refused to leave, remaining on the capitol steps until they were evicted by force
Following the New Deal, African Americans began to largely vote for which political party?
Republicans
Democrats
Socialists
Populists
During the 1920's consumers often purchased items on
installment plans
cash only options
federally issued loans
relief
During the start of the Depression, many unemployed people
destroyed "Hoovervilles"
lived in federal housing
collected unemployment
rode the rails searching for jobs as hobos
The day the stock market collapsed is often referred to as...
Black Friday
Black Sunday
Black Tuesday
Black Monday
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President Hoover opposed direct federal relief for the unemployed because he believed
only state and local governments should give out relief
the Depression would end soon
charities were already able to help ALL Americans
individuals should be responsible for taking care of themselves
