WorksheetsUS5 Great Depression
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which 1929 event sparked a chain reaction that led to the Great Depression?
The stock market crashed.
Herbert Hoover became president.
Bandits robbed banks across the country.
The Federal Reserve outlawed speculation.
What happened as a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff (it's in our book!)?
Foreign companies dominated the thriving world market.
The United States asked for loans from European nations.
Foreign nations increased their tariffs in response, leading to a decline in trade
European nations prospered while the United States suffered.
How did the Federal Reserve try to limit speculation in 1929?
by closing banks
by cutting interest rates
by printing more money
by limiting the money supply
What happened in 1929 as a result of stock speculation?
Increased consumer spending led to greater production.
Investors became wealthy and helped to stimulate the economy.
Investors lost their expected profits and faced economic devastation.
The Federal Reserve had to make more money to match the stock market.
Why did many banks fail in 1929?
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates.
Corruption plagued the banking system.
Depositors withdrew their money all at once.
The Federal Reserve decreased the money supply.
How did U.S. demographic patterns change during the 1930s?
Thousands of German Jews immigrated to the United States fleeing Nazi persecution.
City populations grew as farmers left their homes on the Great Plains in search of urban work.
Rural populations grew as government-funded relief workers traveled to help farmers during the Dust Bowl.
Mexican immigrants flooded into the United States to escape an even worse economic depression in Mexico.
What happened to some Mexican Americans during the Great Depression?
Government repatriation efforts forced them to return to Mexico.
Noncitizens were deported while citizens were encouraged to stay.
They were forced to take over farms that had been abandoned by Okies.
Employers hired more Mexican Americans as Chinese American laborers left the country.
How did the Great Depression affect employment in the United States?
Almost one fourth of all workers lost their jobs.
About half of all laborers were forced to work longer hours.
Many workers fled the country in search of foreign employment.
Most businesses could not fill the growing demand for more workers.
How did new farming methods in the 1920s impact the Great Plains?
They allowed farmers to grow crops even in severe droughts.
They altered landscapes and made the land more vulnerable to drought.
They led to increased deforestation that destroyed plains ecosystems.
They introduced irrigation systems that improved the quality of crops.
How did the Great Depression affect European immigrants?
They left northern urban areas to work on ranches in the Southwest.
Immigrants from Europe flooded the country because the depression there was worse than the Great Depression.
Thousands left the country for both voluntary and involuntary reasons.
Thousands were forced into internment camps within the United States.
Which policy did Huey Long support in opposition to the New Deal?
nationalizing all private industries
providing a monthly stipend to all senior citizens
designing public-works projects to create new jobs
taxing corporations and the wealthy to redistribute income
Why was President Roosevelt's reform policy more successful than Hoover's approach?
It relied on volunteerism.
It depended on a policy of localism.
It recognized the benefits of trickle-down economics.
It advocated strong leadership by the federal government.
What were Roosevelt's fireside chats?
radio speeches in which Roosevelt explained his policies and tried restore the confidence of Americans
informal White House meetings where Roosevelt talked to Americans to understand their concernsi
a series of tariff negotiations that took place at Roosevelt's cabin in Maine
town hall meetings organized by Eleanor Roosevelt to gather together supporters of the New Deal
How does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation continue to affect the American public today?
It redistributes wealth by providing housing loans to people in poor communities.
It strengthens confidence in the financial system by insuring bank deposits.
It allocates a portion of all bank deposits to federal reform initiatives.
It guarantees the safety of investments by regulating stock market speculation.
Why did many conservatives criticize Roosevelt's New Deal?
They believed the New Deal did not do enough to help the unemployed.
They were suspicious of Roosevelt's privileged background and said his programs mainly helped wealthy bankers.
They believed that the New Deal was largely an effort to promote racial equality and did little to help the economy.
They argued that the massive expansion of the government threatened individual liberty and the free market system.
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C., in 1932?
to protest the lack of quality healthcare for veterans
to demand the early payment of money owed to them
to protest the socialist leanings of new reform initiatives
to demand greater compensation for their military service
How did President Roosevelt’s treatment of the Bonus Army differ from Hoover’s
approach?
He agreed to the marchers’ demands instead of ignoring them.
He took action by ordering the use of force rather than indifference.
He confirmed that the government did not respect the marchers’ concerns.
He showed that the government cared and sympathized with the marchers.
What does it mean to say that factory workers sometimes went “from unemployed to unemployable”?
They started off wanting to work but changed their minds.
They took on a ragged appearance that kept employers from hiring them.
They physically broke down and were no longer able to handle difficult work.
They rejected the reduced hours and shortened workweeks offered by their
employers.
Which region experienced the most severe effects of the Dust Bowl?
the Midwest
the Pacific Coast
the southern Great Plains
the Appalachian Highlands
Which factor led to underconsumption during the late 1920s?
expansion of credit
poor agricultural conditions
uneven distribution of wealth
shortage of consumer products
