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Final Review Great Depression

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a legacy of the New Deal?

a)

an increase in the size of the federal government

b)

an increase in the power of each state government

c)

a decrease in the federal government's power to regulate taxes

d)

a decrease in the states' ability to pay elected officials

2.

What was the immediate impact of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Emergency Banking Relief Act?

a)

It created bank loans to provide assistance to struggling farmers.

b)

It forced banks to foreclose on weak businesses.

c)

It allowed financially sound banks to remain open for business.

d)

It allowed banks to issue gold in exchange for cash.

3.

President Herbert Hoover's administration contributed to the Depression because it—

a)

did too little to create jobs.

b)

lowered interest rates too much.

c)

loaned too much money to banks.

d)

imposed too many regulations on business.

4.

What factor led to the Dust Bowl?

a)

drought and poor farming techniques

b)

railroad expansion

c)

rapid urbanization

d)

construction of canals

5.

Which present day institution was created during the Great Depression to provide elderly citizens income help?

a)

Securities and Exchange Commission

b)

Social Security Administration

c)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

d)

Federal Housing Administration

6.

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

a)

Congress and the President were unable to cope with the Great Depression

b)

The President and Congress constantly fought over Depression era programs

c)

President Roosevelt used a system of trial and error to mend the economy

d)

President Roosevelt always followed the recommendations of Congress

7.

Working on reforestation projects, flood control and swamp drainage, the Civilian Conservation Corps helped lessen the Great Depression by directly sustaining people with which of the following?

a)

bank protections

b)

jobs

c)

food

d)

loans

8.
What program did Franklin Roosevelt create in order to help Americans during the Great depression?
a)
Roosevelts boys
b)
New Deal
c)
FDR's relief
9.

The photograph best illustrates which impact of the Great Depression upon Americans

a)

Large numbers of people were, hungry and unemployed

b)

Workers were able to afford luxury items

c)

banks were seizing property for failure to pay

d)

Workers' income rose to high levels

10.

People who could no longer afford to live in their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they build in public parks. What were these shacks called?

a)

Shantyshacks

b)

Tenement Housing

c)

Town Homes

d)

Hoovervilles

11.
Speculation
a)
a process in which a union representative or a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract
b)
a network of banks that lend money to help businesses get started
c)
food, supplies, or goods in excess of what is needed; extra
d)
to buy or sell stocks or land, hoping to gain huge profits quickly
12.
Federal Reserve
a)
FDR's plan of relief, recovery, and reform to relieve the suffering, get us out of the depression, and prevent future depressions
b)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
c)
Oct 29, 1929—the nick name for the day the stock market crashed
d)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
13.
Black Tuesday
a)
Oct 29, 1929—the nick name for the day the stock market crashed
b)
buying something without cash, by agreeing to pay the debt in the future (on the installment plan) with interest
c)
a network of banks that lend money to help businesses get started
d)
a period of economic hard times that lasted from 1929 to 1941
14.
Credit
a)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
b)
the total production, distribution, and consumption of wealth--goods, and services of a nation
c)
buying something without cash, by agreeing to pay the debt in the future (on the installment plan) with interest
d)
Oct 29, 1929—the nick name for the day the stock market crashed
15.
Stocks
a)
buying something without cash, by agreeing to pay the debt in the future (on the installment plan) with interest
b)
when factories make more than people will buy or when supply exceeds demand
c)
shares of ownership in a corporation
d)
the president whose New Deal program sought to bring about relief, recovery, and reform
16.
Tariffs
a)
what the Great Plains & much of the Midwest was called when it suffered from severe drought and dust storms in the 1930's
b)
shares of ownership in a corporation
c)
taxes places on imported good—good coming into a country-- to protect domestic businesses from foreign competition
d)
when factories make more than people will buy or when supply exceeds demand
17.
Overproduction
a)
taxes places on imported good—good coming into a country-- to protect domestic businesses from foreign competition
b)
aid in the form of goods or money to help the needy
c)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
d)
when factories make more than people will buy or when supply exceeds demand
18.
New Deal
a)
what the Great Plains & much of the Midwest was called when it suffered from severe drought and dust storms in the 1930's
b)
FDR's plan of relief, recovery, and reform to relieve the suffering, get us out of the depression, and prevent future depressions
c)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
d)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
19.
Relief
a)
aid in the form of goods or money to help the needy
b)
buying something without cash, by agreeing to pay the debt in the future (on the installment plan) with interest
c)
a period of economic hard times that lasted from 1929 to 1941
d)
the percentage of working age people who are unemployed
20.
Recovery
a)
the president whose New Deal program sought to bring about relief, recovery, and reform
b)
actions, laws or procedures to help the nation get out of the depression
c)
shares of ownership in a corporation
d)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
21.
Reform
a)
aid in the form of goods or money to help the needy
b)
the national banking system that controls the flow of money into the economy by raising and lowing interest rates
c)
actions, laws or procedures to prevent future depressions
d)
a mass movement of people from one place to another
22.
Who was Dorothea Lange?
a)
Photographer who took historically important pictures that documented the effects of the time
b)
A famous movie actress who spent time helping those impacted by the Dust Bowl
c)
FDR's wife
d)
A famous business woman who gave jobs to women to help support their family's 
23.
What was the Mexican Repatriation Act?
a)
Mexicans were encouraged to enter the country
b)
To send Mexican Americans back to Mexico
c)
Given many high paying jobs
d)
Given a quick process to citizenship 
24.
What federal agency is the >AAA< 
a)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
b)
Apples and Apricots Act
c)
American Automobile Association
d)
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
25.
What does >NIRA< stand for?
a)
National Industrial Relief Act
b)
National Industrial Recovery Act
c)
National Industrial Reform Act

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