WorksheetsGreat Depression Review
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 45mins
The stock Market is also called ______________
WW1
Unemployment
Dow Jones Industrial
federal budget
What contributed to the economic instability in 1929
Overspeculation
dust bowl
banking
tariffs
Mexican Repatriation Act:
forced deportation of Mexican American workers and families to free up jobs for white farmers
True
False
Hoover passed Mexican Repatriation Act to
Free up jobs
enforce assimilation
Share Our Wealth Society wanted what to happen
government should have greater control over citizens’ economic affairs
The American working class should have the right to set their own income levels.
Tariff on trade that increases European countries taxes on imports coming into American
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
European Tariff
Hoover Tariff
Foreign Trade Tariff
Some would say that:
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff damaged the U.S. economy.
True
False
Provides financial support to the elderly, unemployed, and disabled
Social Security Administration
(SSA)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
When the Demand for goods declines the effect is what?
Businesses slowed production
Banks will close
What did The Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 do?
help people to move from rural to urban
regulate wages and working conditions
help Americans find jobs
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.
Federal Arts Project
(FAP)
Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)
why were some New Deal programs overturned by the Supreme Court?
gave the executive branch too much power
infringed on powers given to states by the Tenth Amendment
True or False:
Increased consumer debt is another cause of the Great Depression
True
False
President Hoover wanted to limit the role of the Federal Government in managing Crisis?
True
False
Eleanor Roosevelt served as her husband's " eyes, ears, and legs" and provided objective information
True
False
True or False
Congress rejected President Roosevelt’s plan to increase the number of Superior Court Justices
True
False
Twenty-Second Amendment
Women Right to Vote
President limit
two-term
Ended to prohibition
President Roosevelt proposed an increase in Supreme Court justices to do what?
from blocking laws desired legislation
decrease corruption among Supreme Court justices
prevent the Supreme Court from impeaching members
What would be an effects of the Dust Bowl?
People will move to Mexico for jobs
people migrated from the drought areas, head west
President Roosevelt New Deal programs help LOWER the unemployment rate
True
False
What's another cause the Dust Bowl
Bad soil
destruction of the prairie grasses
Homestead Act
How did the states work to lessen the effects of the Great Depression on the people?
Refusing to accept federal money
nationalize Industries to have stability
accepting federal money for relief program
Rugged Individualism was part of what?
New Deal
against/opponents of the New Deal
Rugged individualism was part of the New deal policies.
True
False
Government aid to the famers was part of the New Deal
True
False
"Share our Wealth" Plan was part of what?
New Deal Policies
against/opponents of the New Deal
Increase power of Federal government was part of what?
New Deal
Not part of New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
New Deal Policies
against/opponent of the New Deal
What state did most of the ‘Okies’ and Midwestern migrants move to
Utah
California
Michigan
Nevada
If most of the "Okie" and Midwestern migrants moved to California would that be good or bad for the state of California?
Bad
Good
Why was the FDIC created?
increase trade
To Keep financial stability
help big business
decrease trade
Public Works Administration (PWA) Built Bridges, roads , and schools
True
False
What was the purpose of the PWA
provide food
give people work
and built new building
give electricity to rural areas
decrease revenue
The Local State Government needed the help of the Federal State Government
True
False
The Federal Government help the local government giving them money for relief programs
True
False
The Supreme Court declared the NRA and AAA as unconstitutional
True
False
Why did the Supreme Court declared some of the New Deals unconstitutional
privileges to religious groups
infringed on powers for the state
need foreign nations approval
What is court packing?
wanted to add more Supreme Court justices 9 to 15
too many people in the court room
rewrite legislation
Packing the court with lawyers
Which President tried to change the number of Supreme Court justices from 9 to 15
Herbert Hoover
Andrew Jackson
Franklin Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
The belief that all individuals, or nearly all individuals, can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal.
laissez-faire
Share Our Wealth
rugged individualism
The New Deal introduced new regulatory agencies in the U.S.
True
False
During the Great Depression Federal Government was taking a stronger command
of everyday life for citizens.
True
False
President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to weaken the power of the
judicial branch over the executive branch
True
False
The Dust Bowl was caused by
construction techniques
farmers abandoning
extreme drought conditions
Guarantees money deposits are safe, even in the event of bank failures
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Social Security Administration
(SSA)
Prevents fraud and Help regulate Stock market by enforcing rules for investors and businesses
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Social Security Administration
(SSA)
Which correctly replaces the question mark on this list
decrease in interest rates
failure of banks
Outsourcing of manufacturing jobs
outbreak of a global war
How did an economic recession help cause the Great Depression?
Americans bought less, causing less demand for goods
Bank runs caused depositors to withdraw all their money from banks
The market bubble popped, crashing Wall Street
Low interest rates encouraged risky speculation
During the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in the
formation of the United States Department of Agriculture
creation of wheat surpluses
growth of the Populist movement
development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains
What happened on "Black Tuesday", October 29, 1929?
Stock Market Crash
Hitler invades Poland
Riots break out across America due to poverty
Banks begin failing and taking money from Americans
This picture is showing what?
Americans Buying cars
Farmers moving to Urban area
New Innovations
widespread of homelessness
Country Music relates to Americans struggles
True
False
