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WorksheetsGreat Depression Review Quiz
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins
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Class
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1.
Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression. The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which
a)
provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs.
b)
helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
c)
forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs.
d)
forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs.
2.
One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-
a)
more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
b)
unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs
c)
able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
d)
opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions
3.
What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration developed to address?
a)
Excessive stock market speculation
b)
High unemployment
c)
Increased use of credit
d)
Overproduction of goods
4.
During the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?
a)
By ending the practice of sharecropping
b)
By encouraging farmers to grow more to increase profits
c)
By paying farmers to grow fewer crops
d)
By training farmers for jobs in a new field
5.
A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-
a)
Provide health care benefits to southerners
b)
Encourage African-Americans to settle in the valley
c)
Improve economic conditions in a poor rural region
d)
Evacuate farmers from the impoverished region
6.
What was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?
a)
The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens
b)
The suffrage rights for women changed
c)
The power of the federal government was expanded
d)
The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans
7.
What was the first order of business by FDR when he got into office?
a)
End the depression
b)
closed the stock market for a week
c)
4 day bank holiday
d)
close hoovervilles
8.
What was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000?
a)
WPA
b)
CCC
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC
9.
What institution opposed parts of the New Deal because it believed it gave the federal government an unconstitutional amount of power over the states and economy?
a)
Congress
b)
Supreme Court
c)
Stock Market
d)
Executive Branch
10.
What cause of the Great Depression did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) attempt to solve?
a)
Stock market speculation
b)
Overproduction
c)
Weak banking system
d)
Unsafe loans
11.
What were stock brokers doing that inflated the stock prices?
a)
giving out loans they knew would not be paid back
b)
speculating stocks to be worth more than they actually were
c)
buying stocks on credit
d)
not insuring the customers' money
12.
Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
a)
The End of Prohibition
b)
The New Deal
c)
The Stock Market Crash
d)
The Election of Herbert Hoover
13.
What was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?
a)
The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens
b)
The suffrage rights for women changed
c)
The power of the federal government was expanded
d)
The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans
14.
The New Deal stressed Relief, Recover, and _______.
a)
Reform
b)
Revolution
c)
Reinvention
d)
Reinforcement
15.
The largest New Deal program which worked on public projects such as roads, bridges, public buildings, etc.
a)
Works Progress Administration
b)
World Peace Association
c)
Working Period Administration
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
16.
The _______________________ was FDR's plan to help get the economy going again and help the unemployed find jobs.
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
German race
c)
The New Deal
d)
Pearl Harbor
17.
What is one way the New Deal was supposed to help the economy out of the Great Depression?
a)
by eliminating trading on the stock market
b)
by encouraging war with Germany and Japan
c)
by creating jobs through various new programs
d)
by giving people money through new bank laws
18.
Which program built roads, schools, buildings, libraries, etc?
a)
Social Security
b)
FDIC
c)
CCC
d)
WPA
19.
Which program insures banks and keeps your money safe?
a)
Social Security
b)
TVA
c)
CCC
d)
FDIC
20.
Which program builds wildlife perserves and plants trees?
a)
CCC
b)
TVA
c)
WPA
d)
FDIC
21.
a)
Ford Company Assembly Line
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
Voting Administration
d)
Works Progress Administration
22.
Which program cleared the river valley in Tennesee and brought electricity to these rural parts near the river?
a)
CCC
b)
WPA
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC
23.
Which program sets up a tax to help benefit retired people?
a)
FDIC
b)
Social Security
c)
TVA
d)
WPA
24.
This program hired young men ages 18-26 who were unemployed and paid them to work mostly on outdoor projects.
a)
Civilian Conservation Core (CCC)
b)
Works Progress Administration
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
The New Deal
25.
In 1929 the Great Depression started in the United States. In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and he promised a "New Deal" to the American people. Which of the following BEST describes the role of the government during the New Deal?
a)
The government wanted people to take care of themselves and not use the government.
b)
The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country.
c)
The government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed.
d)
The New Deal led to the government being less involved in the economy of the country.
26.
The New Deal was divided into 3 categories: relief for immediate help, reform to fix problems, and _________________________ to help the people and nation “get back on their feet”.
a)
reinvent
b)
radicalize
c)
recovery
d)
reissue
27.
Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.
a)
When people get a lot of dust in their plates and bowls.
b)
A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.
c)
When a dust storm came through Lubbock last year.
d)
A general term for when objects become dirty.
28.
What human activity was a part of the cause of the Dust Bowl?
a)
Driving
b)
Building
c)
Baseball
d)
Overplowing
29.
What environmental factor played a part in the cause of the Dust Bowl?
a)
Snow
b)
Drought
c)
Hurricane
d)
Rain
30.
What other major event was happening at the same time as the Dust Bowl?
a)
The Great Depression
b)
The Civil War
c)
World War 2
d)
Revolutionary War
31.
What president began fireside chats?
a)
George Bush
b)
Donald Trump
c)
Franklin D Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
32.
What was the purpose of the fireside chats?
a)
To inform
b)
To sing
c)
To perform
d)
To have a friend to talk to
33.
What did the people use to listen to the fireside chats?
a)
AirPods
b)
Radio
c)
TV
d)
Walkie Talkie
34.
Money given to a person by a bank on condition that it will be repaid with interest.
a)
fireside chats
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
credit
d)
nativism
35.
Prohibited the production, use, and sale of alcohol.
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
18th Amendment
c)
Nativism
d)
Isolationism
36.
The 18th Amendment led to....
a)
Increase in immigration
b)
Decline of racial tension
c)
the rise of organized crime
d)
a decrease in registered voters
37.
During the Depression, newly homeless people put up communities of shacks they called....
a)
the projects
b)
Hoovervilles
c)
Bonus Armies
d)
Okie towns
38.
What organization insures bank deposits?
a)
SEC
b)
FHA
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC
39.
places where the hungry could get a free meal
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Migrant workers-
c)
soup kitchens
40.
jobless WWI veterans demanding their bonus
a)
public works
b)
bonus army
c)
Indian New Deal
41.
This ended prohibition in the United States
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
20th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
42.
A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs.
a)
Mass Media
b)
Isolationism
c)
Nativism
d)
Credit
43.
Hostility toward immigrants
a)
Speakeasies
b)
Assembly
c)
Credit
d)
Nativism
44.
What is a tax on imports?
a)
Penchant
b)
Corollary
c)
Back Tax
d)
Tariff
45.
What was FDR’s plan to add justices to the Supreme Court called?
a)
The Yes Man Trials
b)
Court Packing Scheme
c)
Operation Puppet
d)
Court Repatriation
46.
What effect do high tariffs have on trade?
a)
Increase Trade
b)
Decrease Trade
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