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Depression

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Herbert Hoover

a)

President during the depression that didn't help

b)

President after the depression that did help

2.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

a)

President who saved America during the depression

b)

President that made the depression worse

3.

Eleanor Roosevelt

a)

FDR's wife and an advocator

b)

FDR's cousin and advocator

4.

Woody Guthrie

a)

The songwriter of a song about the dust bowl

b)

He ran for president along side FDR

5.

John Steinbeck

a)

The writer of "The Grapes of Wrath" which was about the depression

b)

The writer of "Of Mice and Men" which was about the depression

6.

Dorothea Lange

a)

The nation's greatest documentary photographers

b)

She took good photos of people suffering

7.

Richard Wright

a)

Wrote a book about a fictional character being black during the depression

b)

Wrote a book about being black during the depression

8.

General Douglas MacArthur

a)

American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army

b)

Toes

9.

Charles Coughlin

a)

Was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little Flower.

b)

Father Coughlin, was a Canadian-American Catholic priest based in the United States near Detroit.

10.

Huey P. Long

a)

an outspoken Democrat famous for his "Share Our Wealth" ideal

b)

He was assassinated in 1935.

11.

What is a Depression?

a)

the stock market crash of 1929, bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply.

b)

the stock market crash of 192

12.

How does the circular flow of money, goods, and services work?

a)

It shows the relationship between households and businesses and how these different decision-makers in the economy fit together.

b)

People buy things that go into the businesses that go back to the people in a big circle

13.

What was the Bonus Army March?

a)

The veterans from the WWI army that wanted their money now

b)

People were marching for more money during the depression

14.

Describe the causes and effects of the Dust Bowl.

a)

Crops began to fail with the onset of drought in 1931, exposing the bare, over-plowed farmland. Without deep-rooted prairie grasses to hold the soil in place, it began to blow away.

b)

Without deep-rooted prairie grasses to hold the soil in place, it began to blow away.

15.

Name and functions of the New Deal agencies. AAA

a)

The Agricultural Adjustment Act, offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops

b)

They gave temporary jobs, employment on construction projects, and youth work in the national forests, but you had to pay them to be able to take the job

16.

What were the candidates, issues, and winners in the presidential election of 1932.

a)

Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt became the first Democrat in 80 years to win the presidency by a majority vote, rather than a plurality.

b)

Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Herbert Hoover became the first Democrat in 80 years to win the presidency by a majority vote, rather than a plurality.

17.

How were Herbert Hoover's and FDR's background different and how it affected there background as president

a)

Hoover was poor growing up and believed everyone should be able to make it out of hard times like him while FDR was raised in a rich family and believed everyone needs help once in a while.

b)

FDR was poor growing up and believed everyone should be able to make it out of hard times like him while Hoover was raised in a rich family and believed everyone needs help once in a while.

18.

What were the "fireside chats"?

a)

When FDR would talk on the radio and people felt as he was really there

b)

When Hoover would talk on the radio and people felt as he was really there

19.

What were the "alphabet soup"?

a)

The different types of agencies that FDR made to help the depression

b)

The different types of agencies that Hoover made to help the depression

20.

What was the "hundred days"?

a)

The first 3 months when FDR became president and started making a bunch of new laws

b)

The first 3 months when Hoover became president and started making a bunch of new laws

21.

What was FDR's "court-packing plan"?

a)

Federal judiciary by adding a new justice each time a justice reached age 70 and failed to retire

b)

federal judiciary by adding a new justice each time a justice reached age 50 and failed to retire

22.

What was the Share-the-Wealth Society?

a)

massive federal spending, a wealth tax, and wealth redistribution.

b)

To stimulate the economy,

23.

What was the American Liberty League?

a)

An American political organization formed in 1934, primarily by conservative Democrats to oppose the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

b)

The American Liberty League was an American political organization formed in 1934

24.

What was the New Deal?

a)

promoting economic recovery and putting Americans back to work through Federal activism.

b)

New Federal agencies attempted to control agricultural production, stabilize wages and prices, and create a vast public works program for the unemployed.

25.

What is GDP?

a)

Gross domestic product is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold in a specific time period by countries

b)

Measure of the market

26.

Know the contribution made by American artists, authors, singers, and photographers

a)

They show older generations what it was like to be alive during the depression and how people suffered

b)

Measure of the market