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Great Depression Review

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The stock Market is also called ______________

a)

WW1

b)

Unemployment

c)

Dow Jones Industrial

d)

federal budget

2.

What contributed to the economic instability in 1929

a)

Overspeculation

b)

dust bowl

c)

banking

d)

tariffs

3.

Mexican Repatriation Act:

forced deportation of Mexican American workers and families to free up jobs for white farmers

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Hoover passed Mexican Repatriation Act to

a)

Free up jobs

b)

enforce assimilation

5.

Share Our Wealth Society wanted what to happen

a)

government should have greater control over citizens’ economic affairs

b)

The American working class should have the right to set their own income levels.

6.

Tariff on trade that increases European countries taxes on imports coming into American

a)

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

b)

European Tariff

c)

Hoover Tariff

d)

Foreign Trade Tariff

7.

Some would say that:

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff damaged the U.S. economy.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Provides financial support to the elderly, unemployed, and disabled

a)

Social Security Administration

(SSA)

b)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

c)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

9.

When the Demand for goods declines the effect is what?

a)

Businesses slowed production

b)

Banks will close

10.

What did The Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 do?

a)

help people to move from rural to urban

b)

regulate wages and working conditions

c)

help Americans find jobs

11.

Which program hired young men to work in the

forestry and flood-prevention work

they would also plant trees and clean up after a wildfire.


a)

Federal Arts Project

(FAP)

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps

(CCC)

12.

why were some New Deal programs overturned by the Supreme Court?

a)

gave the executive branch too much power

b)

infringed on powers given to states by the Tenth Amendment

13.

True or False:

Increased consumer debt is another cause of the Great Depression

a)

True

b)

False

14.

President Hoover wanted to limit the role of the Federal Government in managing Crisis?

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Eleanor Roosevelt served as her husband's " eyes, ears, and legs" and provided objective information

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False

Congress rejected President Roosevelt’s plan to increase the number of Superior Court Justices

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Twenty-Second Amendment

a)

Women Right to Vote

b)

President limit

two-term

c)

Ended to prohibition

18.

President Roosevelt proposed an increase in Supreme Court justices to do what?

a)

from blocking laws desired legislation

b)

decrease corruption among Supreme Court justices

c)

prevent the Supreme Court from impeaching members

19.

What would be an effects of the Dust Bowl?

a)

People will move to Mexico for jobs

b)

people migrated from the drought areas, head west

20.

President Roosevelt New Deal programs help LOWER the unemployment rate

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What's another cause the Dust Bowl

a)

Bad soil

b)

destruction of the prairie grasses

c)

Homestead Act

22.

How did the states work to lessen the effects of the Great Depression on the people?

a)

Refusing to accept federal money

b)

nationalize Industries to have stability

c)

accepting federal money for relief program

23.

Rugged Individualism was part of what?

a)

New Deal

b)

against/opponents of the New Deal

24.

Rugged individualism was part of the New deal policies.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Government aid to the famers was part of the New Deal

a)

True

b)

False

26.

"Share our Wealth" Plan was part of what?

a)

New Deal Policies

b)

against/opponents of the New Deal

27.

Increase power of Federal government was part of what?

a)

New Deal

b)

Not part of New Deal

28.

Relief, Recovery, Reform

a)

New Deal Policies

b)

against/opponent of the New Deal

29.

What state did most of the  ‘Okies’ and Midwestern migrants move to

a)

Utah

b)

 California

c)

Michigan

d)

Nevada

30.

If most of the "Okie" and  Midwestern migrants moved to California would that be good or bad for the state of California?

a)

Bad

b)

Good

31.

Why was the FDIC created?

a)

increase trade

b)

To Keep financial stability

c)

help big business

d)

decrease trade

32.

Public Works Administration (PWA) Built Bridges, roads , and schools

a)

True

b)

False

33.

What was the purpose of the PWA

a)

provide food

b)

give people work

and built new building

c)

give electricity to rural areas

d)

decrease revenue

34.

The Local State Government needed the help of the Federal State Government

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The Federal Government help the local government giving them money for relief programs

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The Supreme Court declared the NRA and AAA as unconstitutional

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Why did the Supreme Court declared some of the New Deals unconstitutional

a)

privileges to religious groups

b)

infringed on powers for the state

c)

need foreign nations approval

38.

What is court packing?

a)

wanted to add more Supreme Court justices 9 to 15

b)

too many people in the court room

c)

rewrite legislation

d)

Packing the court with lawyers

39.

Which President tried to change the number of Supreme Court justices from 9 to 15

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

40.

The belief that all individuals, or nearly all individuals, can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal.

a)

laissez-faire

b)

Share Our Wealth

c)

 rugged individualism


41.

The New Deal introduced new regulatory agencies in the U.S.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

During the Great Depression Federal Government was taking a stronger command

of everyday life for citizens.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to weaken the power of the

judicial branch over the executive branch

a)

True

b)

False

44.

The Dust Bowl was caused by

a)

construction techniques

b)

farmers abandoning

c)

extreme drought conditions

45.

Guarantees money deposits are safe, even in the event of bank failures

a)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

b)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

c)

Social Security Administration

(SSA)

46.

Prevents fraud and Help regulate Stock market by enforcing rules for investors and businesses

a)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

b)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

c)

Social Security Administration

(SSA)

47.

Which correctly replaces the question mark on this list

a)

decrease in interest rates

b)

failure of banks

c)

Outsourcing of manufacturing jobs

d)

outbreak of a global war

48.

How did an economic recession help cause the Great Depression?

a)

Americans bought less, causing less demand for goods

b)

Bank runs caused depositors to withdraw all their money from banks

c)

The market bubble popped, crashing Wall Street

d)

Low interest rates encouraged risky speculation

49.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
50.
What cause of the Great Depression did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) attempt to solve?
a)
Stock market speculation
b)
Overproduction
c)
Weak banking system
d)
Unsafe loans
51.

During the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in the

a)

formation of the United States Department of Agriculture

b)

creation of wheat surpluses

c)

growth of the Populist movement

d)

development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains

52.

What happened on "Black Tuesday", October 29, 1929?

a)

Stock Market Crash

b)

Hitler invades Poland

c)

Riots break out across America due to poverty

d)

Banks begin failing and taking money from Americans

53.
A time in America following the roaring 20's where America experience rising unemployment that did not end until the onset of World War II. 
a)
New Deal
b)
Roaring 20's
c)
Great Depression
d)
Cold War 
54.
Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?
a)
low worker productivity
b)
high income taxes
c)
decreasing tariff rates
d)
buying stocks on margin
55.
Define Black Tuesday
a)
Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
b)
October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
c)
Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.
56.

This picture is showing what?

a)

Americans Buying cars

b)

Farmers moving to Urban area

c)

New Innovations

d)

widespread of homelessness

57.

Country Music relates to Americans struggles

a)

True

b)

False