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WorksheetsGreat Depression Check in
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Tariff
war in which all a nation's resources go towards the war effort (money, food, clothes, etc.)
information, especially biased or misleading, used to promote a cause or point of view
confusing series of alliances that bring countries into war
tax to be paid on imported goods
What is the nickname given to the day the Stock Market crashed?
Black Tuesday
Bloody Sunday
The Day the Sky Fell
Terror Tuesday
The borrowing of large amounts of money to invest in the stock market is called...
buying on margin
overproduction
borrow & trade
selling short
What year did the Stock Market crash?
1928
1929
1932
1933
What year was Hoover elected president?
1929
1928
1932
1933
What year did the Bonus Army march on Washington end?
1928
1929
1932
1933
What year did Franklin Roosevelt defeat Hoover in the presidential election?
1928
1929
1932
1933
....was when customers tried to withdraw all of their money from banks
Bloody Monday
Bank Runs
Dust Bowl
Bonus Army
drought
war in which all a nation's resources go towards the war effort (money, food, clothes, etc.)
information, especially biased or misleading, used to promote a cause or point of view
confusing series of alliances that bring countries into war
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
The combination of over plowing farmland and severe drought leading to massive farm failures was called...
the Dust Bowl
Black Tuesday
tariffs
Bloody Sunday
In which ways did the government contributed to the Great Depression?
strict bank regulations forcing banks to be local
encouraging farmers to overproduce wheat
lack of stock market regulation
paying farmers to keep land plowed
Where did the Dust Bowl have it's largest impact?
What is the name of the region where the Dust Bowl had its largest impact?
Pacific Northwest
Great Plains
The South
The Northeast
Where did a lot of the victims of the Dust Bowl move when they lost their homes and farms?
How did World War I contribute to the Dust Bowl?
farmers were encouraged to grow more wheat to supply to Europe
the many WWI battles destroyed American farmland
most farmers left their farms behind to fight in the war
Germany used a secret weapon to block rain in the US
When farmers moved from their farms to new homes out west, this was known as
migration
assimilation
tariffs
instigation
This encouraged people to move and set up farms in the region of the country that eventually fell victim to the Dust Bowl
Homestead Act
Railroad expansion
Exodusters
Gospel of Wealth
laissez-faire
war in which all a nation's resources go towards the war effort (money, food, clothes, etc.)
Government practice that rejects intervention in an economy
confusing series of alliances that bring countries into war
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
What term did Democrats use against Hoover to win the election of 1932?
A chicken for every pot
a car in every backyard
freedom from want
war for democracy
Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?
Hoover
F. Roosevelt
Cooledge
Raegan
What was the government program designed to provide loans for failing companies?
RFC
CCC
TVA
WPA
Which of the following accurately describes Hoover's reaction to the Great Depression (2)
he wanted to wait for the economy to correct itself
he tried to save businesses but it was too late
his programs successfully staved of economic ruin
he showed himself to be in touch with the needs of the people
When the government tried to raise Tariffs, what was that program called?
Smoot-Hawley
Homestead Act
Indian Removal Act
Finance Reconstruction Act
World War I vets who protested the lack of payment for their service in the war were called...
Bonus Army
Hoover's Army
The 5th Column
Victimized Vets
Shantytowns that many homeless families lived in during the Great Depression were called...
Hoovervilles
LaVergne
Coolegecastles
Franklinfarms
What was one fears related to communists during the Great Depression?
infiltration of the Bonus Army protests
takeover of abandoned farms
takeover of closed banks
scams involving government programs
What directly caused large inventories of unsold goods?
Overproduction
Bank Runs
buying on margin
easy credit
US workers who relocated and competed for agricultural jobs, forcing wages down, were often called...
oakies
scabs
hobos
racist
Frustration with the lack of government assistance and action increased with more citizens becoming homeless resulted in...
Shantytowns being called "Hoovervilles"
the assassination of President Hoover
the dissolution of Congress
Hoover enacting the New Deal
Which of the following were reasons people blamed the start of the Great Depression on Hoover?
Laissez Faire economics
Bank Holidays
Work Progress Policies
Court Packing
This picture is mostly closely related to which of FDR's New Deal Programs?
Electricity created by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Homes given to miners by the Cumberland Homesteads
Designation of the Smokey Mountains as a National Park
Sidewalks and roads built by the Works Progress Administration
New Deal Programs were
directed toward urban areas
job training programs unavailable to workers
established to provide direct benefits to communities.
Cultural preservation was a low priority for public works programs
The Securities and Exchange Commission targeted...
Stock Market speculation
tax evasion
unemployment benefits
Banks
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) ...
provided loans to farmers to purchase equipment with no additional regulations
increased Tariffs to encourage access to foreign markets
regulated farming practices in order to control prices
adopted a laissez faire approach and ended all regulation over farming.
The Social Security Act ....
provided relief to struggling citizens.
reformed the banking industry to support families.
regulated markets to allow for industrial recovery.
reduce the amount of involvement in everyday life.
One of the reasons people opposed the New Deal was...
the government acquired too much power
restrictions were not placed on the stock market
unemployment skyrocketed under the New Deal
older citizens were given no benefits
One of the reasons people opposed FDR's New Deal was
the structure and reach of the government had already drastically changed.
the New Deal worsened racial inequities
the New Deal was too laissez faire
none of the programs improved problems in the stock market
