Worksheets20s/Great Depression/New Deal
Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 39mins
What is the name of the movement which promoted the growth of African-American culture and later influenced the civil rights movement?
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Back to Africa Movement
Temperance Movement
What innovation, embraced by Henry Ford, made the production of automobiles more efficient (cheaper, faster, better)?
Bessemer Process
Just-In-Time Technology
Assembly Line
Time-Study Analysis
What movement during the 1920s caused many Americans to fear immigrants because they thought they could be communists?
Red Scare
Americanization Movement
Social Gospel Movement
Social Darwinism
Which words are related to the abolition of alcohol during the 1920s?
Temperance
Prohibition
18th Amendment
All of the above
What belief system encouraged immigration quotas and the rise of the KKK during the 1920s?
Social Gospel
Civil Rights Movement
Nativism
NAACP
During what event did many African Americans leave the south and move to the north in search of economic opportunities in industrialized cities?
Great Migration
Dust Bowl
Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration
Social Darwinism
What scandal during the 1920s led to public disappointments over revelations of corrupt government?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Watergate Scandal
Clinton Impeachment
All of the above
Although the assembly line helped make production more efficient, what was one negative effect?
It led to overproduction which resulted in laying off some workers.
It led to a decrease in supply of goods.
It caused Americans to do more of the work by hand.
It led to the government placing tariffs on imported goods.
Why was Prohibition seen as a failure?
Speakeasies were established to replace bars.
It led to an increase in organized crime.
Mobsters made it unsafe in the cities.
All of the above
Why did the government carry out the Palmer Raids in the 1920s?
They wanted to prevent workers from joining labor unions.
They wanted to block civil rights advocates from staging public protests.
They wanted to suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges.
They wanted to stop the spread of communists ideas by radicals.
What movements during the 1920s believed that some people were inferior and should not reproduce.
Eugenics & Social Darwinism
Red Scare & Nativism
Social Gospel & Muckrakers
Tin Pan Alley & Harlem Renaissance
Flappers during the 1920s -
confronted discrimination in employment and education
challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.
joined the Army and fought in combat
refused to use their 19th Amendment rights
During the Great Depression, who wanted a "share the wealth" plan?
Huey Long
Francis Townsend
Charles Coughlin
Herbert Hoover
After the Stock Market Crash of 1929, what did President Hoover recommend for Americans?
Withdraw all of your money from the banks
Take advantage of the stock "sale" and buy more
Handle business as usual
He Ignored it and didn't recommend anything
Which of the following was not a goal of the New Deal?
Reform
Relief
Recovery
Retirement
During the Great Depression, neighborhoods of shacks would be known as...
Shantytowns
Hoovervilles
Ghettos
Projects
Who primarily benefited from the 2nd New Deal (1934-1941)?
Big Pharma
Big Business
Small Farms + Labor
Oil industry
Where could people go to get free or reduced-price food?
Restaurants, right before closing
City Hall
Schools
Soup Kitchens
True or False: Conditions for Minorities improved during the Great Depression
True
False
How did Hoover handle the Bonus Army?
The US Army was sent in
The protesters gave up
He personally paid them their bonus
Congress and the veterans compromised
What percentage of Americans had invested in the stock market by the end of the 1920s?
10%
25%
30%
50%
___________ is the practice of using borrowed funds from a broker to trade a financial asset.
Saving
Margin
Speculation
Investing
During the Great Depression, who demanded a "living wage"?
Francis Townsend
Herbert Hoover
Huey Long
Charles Coughlin
What was Black Tuesday?
A massive sale that companies held once a year
The day the Dust Bowl hit
The 1929 collapse of the Stock Market
The total eclipse of 1929
How did Hoover win the 1928 election?
He emphasized the years of prosperity under previous Republicans
Americans were looking for a change
He ran unopposed
He was known as a "man of action"
What was the bank run?
A 5k run sponsored by the big banks
People wanting to give as much money as possible
Banks running out of paper
Americans withdrawing all of their money from the banks
Unemployment reached its peak at what percentage?
10
25
50
75
What factor did not contribute to the Dust Bowl?
The Hoover Dam
Overgrazing
Unusual Weather Conditions
Overplowing
Who primarily benefited from the 1st New Deal (1933-1934)?
Consumers
Nobody
Agricultural Business + Big Business
banks
Which of these was NOT a reason Conservatives opposed the New Deal?
It increased the power of the presidency
It added to the National Debt
It didn't go far enough
It encouraged idleness
During the Great Depression, who wanted a program to pay unemployed people over the age of 60 every month?
Francis Townsend
Charles Coughlin
Herbert Hoover
Huey Long
Why did FDR try and purge the Democratic party?
Many of them were communists
He wanted more of his close friends in congress
They were too old
They were too conservative
It provided jobs for single males on conservation projects like planting trees and building roads.
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
National Youth Administration (NYA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
It created jobs on government projects like building schools and paying teacher salaries.
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
It protected bank deposits in the event of a bank failure
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Civilian Conservation Corp
Social Security Administration
It supervised the stock market and eliminated dishonest practices and "rigging" of the market.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Rural Electrification Act (REA)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
It aided farmers and regulated crop production during the Great Depression.
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (EDCA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
It developed resources in the Tennessee Valley by creating dams and providing power and flood control.
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Rural Electrification Act (REA)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
It provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and the unemployed.
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Wagner Act
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
This funded the state and local governments to provide emergency relief and enabled millions of people to be hired on "make-work" projects
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
What are the 3 R's of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, Regress
Relief, Run, Reform
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Run, Race, Reform
This gave workers the right to form unions, bargain, and submit grievances.
Wagner Act (NLRA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Who was President of the US when the stock market crashed and Depression began?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
William McKinley
What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?
Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
Unemployment decreased gradually
Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
Hoover was re-elected as president.
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?
Shantyshacks
Tenement Housing
Town Homes
Hoovervilles
What is speculation?
a process in which a union representative or a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract
a network of banks that lend money to help businesses get started
food, supplies, or goods in excess of what is needed; extra
to buy or sell stocks or land, hoping to gain huge profits quickly
What was the most damaging effect of bank failures?
People who worked in banks lost their jobs.
People who needed to cash checks were unable to do so.
People who had deposited money did not get it back.
People who owed money to banks did not have to pay it.
President Herbert Hoover's administration contributed to the Depression because it—
did too little to create jobs.
lowered interest rates too much.
loaned too much money to banks.
imposed too many regulations on business.
Under the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the U.S. government reacted to the Great Depression by —
recruiting additional immigrant workers.
reducing the number of federal employees
restricting the movement of farm workers.
implementing new government programs.
What factor led to the Dust Bowl?
railroad expansion
rapid urbanization
drought and poor farming techniques
construction of canals
On what day did the "bottom fall out" of the stock market becoming one of the leading causes of the Great Depression? (Known as Black Tuesday)
September 29, 1929
October 29, 1929
January 21, 2019
November 29, 1929
Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?
Stock market crash
Unpaid debts from fighting WWI
Banks make loans that borrowers cannot pay back
Factories and farms produce more goods than people can buy
In the 1930's, people would line up at ______ to get food. Thes were normally run by charities.
churches
soup kitchens
businesses
work
WWI veterans marched to Washington DCwanting to pass legislation to get vet bonus early ($1000.00) instead of waiting until 1945.
Veterans Association
Bonus Army
Veteran's Army
Veteran's Bonus March
What was the purpose of the New Deal?
Created agencies in an attempt to ease the burden of the Great Depression.
Created policies that solved all the problems of the Great Depression.
Provided a safety net for people by eliminating all of their debt.
To continue the Great Depression for as long as possible.
Which of the following were the goals (aka: THREE R's) of the New Deal?
Relief
Reform
Retribution
Recovery
Built hydroelectric plants and dams aimed at improving seven Southern states and attracting industry to the South.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Tacoma Valley Argonauts (TVA)
Gave unemployed men aged 18-25 the opportunity to work with the national forestry service.
CJC - Civilian Job Corps
FDIC
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
Paid farmers not to raise certain crops to lower crop production.
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
FERA - Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Provided government insurance for bank deposits up to $2500; Today up to $100,000
NRA - National Recovery Act
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FTIC - Federal Transaction Insurance Corporation
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
Series of construction projects, creating additional jobs.
PWA - Public Works Administration
CWA - Civil Works Administration
NRA - National Rifle Association
FDIC
Hired workers directly and put them on the government’s payroll.
FDIC - Federal Dog Into Canine
CWA - Civil Works Administration
PWA - Public Works Administration
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
What was the overall goal of New Deal legislation such as the CCC, CWA, PWA and TVA?
Give money back to business
Create banks to deposit money
Create Jobs for People
Waste taxpayer money
What New Deal program was created to regulate the stock market?
FDIC
SEC
TVA
PWA
What New Deal program built hydro-electric plants and dams?
TVA
FDIC
SEC
CWA
What New Deal program provided government insurance for bank deposits up to $2500?
NRA
FDIC
SEC
AAA
•Gov’t was “hands on” in industry
•Increased union membership
•Controlled industrial production and prices with industry-created codes of fair competition.
•No longer around today-Declared unconstitutional in 1935.
NRA - National Recovery Administration
FDIC - Federal Deposit Corporation
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
NRA - National Rifle Association
Why were some people opposed to Roosevelt’s new Deal Programs?
Everyone was in favor of the New Deal
Created national debt b/c the gov't paid for them.
Created a way for people to be lazy since they didn't' earn their jobs.
They don't like to work.
Second New Deal Program:
•Spent $11 billion over several years, creating jobs for workers.
•Its most controversial aspect was offering work to artists, musicians, theater people, and writers.
WPA - Works Progress Administration
PWA - Public Works Adminstration
PCA - Public Cat Advertisements
BWA - Baldwin Works Administration
•Provided some security for the elderly (65+) and for unemployed workers
•Provided welfare for needy people
Social Security set the principle that the federal government should be responsible for people who, through no fault of their own, were unable to work
WPA - Workers Protection Act
WPA - Works Progress Admin
SEC - Securities and Exchange
SSA - Social Security Act
The New Deal comes to an end when what event begins?
World War I
World War II
Vietnam War
Microsoft's Founding
•Organized industrial unions, skilled and unskilled workers
•Between the 1930s-50s labor unions benefited Industrial workers
LUO - Labor Union Organization
SSA - Social Security
CIO - Congress of Industrial Organizations
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
