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WorksheetsDepression and War
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is an economic depression?
U.S. leaders meet with the leaders of other countries.
Farmers do not grow enough crops to feed everyone.
Profits and business activity decrease.
Business activity increases and profits rise.
Many Americans believed the PROSPERITY of the 1920's was permanent.
True
False
When stock prices rise
New Deal
Bull Market
Bear Market
Great Depression
What is a Bear Market?
A grocery story for hunters
An abundance of crops
An economic surplus
Fallen stock prices
Many people did which of the following during the 1920's?
Farmed more
Invested in the stock market
Moved to Europe
Collected unemployment
Which of the following is NOT true of life during the Great Depression?
Unemployment was high.
Many people lost their homes.
Many people struggled to have enough food.
More banks opened.
The stock market crash of 1929 caused the Great Depression.
True
False
Why was President Hoover unpopular?
He was unable to fix the Great Depression.
He did not care about people suffering.
He focused on war strategies.
He caused the Great Depression.
President Hoover waited for the economy to fix itself because he believed the governement couldn't help.
True
False
Which Alphabet Agency was most relevant to farming?
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Recovery Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Social Security Administration
The Alphabet Agencies did much work in Louisiana.
True
False
How was Roosevelt's New Deal different from Hoover's plan?
The New Deal focused on local governments.
The New Deal was direct assistance from the federal government.
The New Deal relied on money from charities.
The New Deal used foreign money to end the Great Depression.
________________ was Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression.
Louisiana Maneuvers
Longism
New Deal
Bull Market
Built Allen Hall at LSU
Works Progress Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Social Security Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Which of the following was NOT one of Huey Long's campaign promises?
Free textbooks for schoolchildren
Free access to city buses
Paved highways
Improved healthcare
Huey Long had a reputation for being a friend to rich people.
True
False
Style of government that provided assistance to Louisianians
Louisiana Maneuvers
Bull Market
National Recovery Administration
Longism
Governor Richard Leche believed that Louisiana's economy in the 1930's was too dependent on ______________.
the federal government
oil
agriculture
technology
________ ended the Great Depression.
World War I
Louisiana Maneuvers
World War II
Civil War
Many women felt a sense of independence from going to work during World War II.
True
False
The ______________________ of 1940 and 1941 were the largest peactime training maneuvers ever conducted by the U.S. Army.
Longism
New Deal
Louisiana Maneuvers
Bull Market
On the morning of August 6, 1945, the ___________________ dropped an atomic bomb on the Japeanes industrial city of Hiroshima.
Higgins boats
Hotel Bentley
Red Tail
Enola Gay
