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Hoover and the Depression

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Hoover's National Credit Corporation do? One of these answers is incorrect.

a)

Helped banks

b)

It involved $500 million

c)

It involved businesses helping banks

d)

It involved farmers

2.

Which of these organisations was established to help the unemployed?

a)

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

b)

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

c)

POUR

d)

National Credit Corporation

3.

What did POUR stand for?

a)

Presidents Organisation for Ultimate Relief

b)

Presidents Organisation for Unemployment Relief

c)

President's Orange Umbrella Rabbit

d)

Presidents Organisation for Unemployment Rations

4.

Which of these were NOT aimed at helping farmers?

a)

Agricultural Marketing Act

b)

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

c)

Federal Farm Loan Act

d)

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

5.

Which of the following is incorrect about help for farmers?

a)

Overproduction was still a problem

b)

Falling prices were still a problem

c)

Higher tariffs caused other countries to do the same to US goods

d)

Help for farmers sorted out the overproduction problem

6.

Which of the following problems were not helped by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

a)

Banks

b)

Farms

c)

Industries

d)

Unemployment

7.

Which problem was addressed by projects like the Grand Coulee Dam?

a)

Farms

b)

Banks

c)

Industries

d)

Unemployment

8.

Which of the following included a meeting of 400 business leaders who made promises about production, expansion and wages?

a)

National Business Survey Conference

b)

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

c)

National Credit Corporation

d)

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

9.

Which of the following is not true about help for unemployment?

a)

The government doubled its spending on works projects

b)

The government loaned money to different states to spend on relief

c)

Federal government spending was still very low

d)

State spending was less than the Federal government

10.

Which of the following is not true about Hoover's beliefs?

a)

He believed that the Federal Government shouldn't force people to do things

b)

He believed in self-reliance. People should be able to look after themselves

c)

He believed the Federal Government should have a big role in people's lives

d)

He believed in laissez-faire policies

11.

Which of the following Bonus Marchers events happened first?

a)

20,000 marched to Washington

b)

Congress rejected the veterans' requests for their bonuses to be paid early

c)

Two veterans were killed

d)

5000 veterans waited for the government to back down

12.

Which of the following is not a key feature of the Bonus Marchers?

a)

The reaction of the government was severe

b)

The Bonus Marchers were protesting for their bonuses

c)

The government was against the Bonus Marchers

d)

One effect was that the armed forces responded severely

13.

How much money did the Bonus Marchers want?

a)

$425

b)

$625

c)

$825

d)

$1025

14.

Which of these is not a key feature of the Hoovervilles?

a)

They were shanty towns

b)

They were caused by the Great Depression

c)

Facilities inside them were terrible

d)

Seattle was a typical example of one