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WorksheetsHoover and the Depression
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What did Hoover's National Credit Corporation do? One of these answers is incorrect.
Helped banks
It involved $500 million
It involved businesses helping banks
It involved farmers
Which of these organisations was established to help the unemployed?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
POUR
National Credit Corporation
What did POUR stand for?
Presidents Organisation for Ultimate Relief
Presidents Organisation for Unemployment Relief
President's Orange Umbrella Rabbit
Presidents Organisation for Unemployment Rations
Which of these were NOT aimed at helping farmers?
Agricultural Marketing Act
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Federal Farm Loan Act
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Which of the following is incorrect about help for farmers?
Overproduction was still a problem
Falling prices were still a problem
Higher tariffs caused other countries to do the same to US goods
Help for farmers sorted out the overproduction problem
Which of the following problems were not helped by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
Banks
Farms
Industries
Unemployment
Which problem was addressed by projects like the Grand Coulee Dam?
Farms
Banks
Industries
Unemployment
Which of the following included a meeting of 400 business leaders who made promises about production, expansion and wages?
National Business Survey Conference
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
National Credit Corporation
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Which of the following is not true about help for unemployment?
The government doubled its spending on works projects
The government loaned money to different states to spend on relief
Federal government spending was still very low
State spending was less than the Federal government
Which of the following is not true about Hoover's beliefs?
He believed that the Federal Government shouldn't force people to do things
He believed in self-reliance. People should be able to look after themselves
He believed the Federal Government should have a big role in people's lives
He believed in laissez-faire policies
Which of the following Bonus Marchers events happened first?
20,000 marched to Washington
Congress rejected the veterans' requests for their bonuses to be paid early
Two veterans were killed
5000 veterans waited for the government to back down
Which of the following is not a key feature of the Bonus Marchers?
The reaction of the government was severe
The Bonus Marchers were protesting for their bonuses
The government was against the Bonus Marchers
One effect was that the armed forces responded severely
How much money did the Bonus Marchers want?
$425
$625
$825
$1025
Which of these is not a key feature of the Hoovervilles?
They were shanty towns
They were caused by the Great Depression
Facilities inside them were terrible
Seattle was a typical example of one
