WorksheetsUSH (A) CH 30-33 Unit Review
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 6hrs 55mins
When an investor pays 10% of the face value of a stock on credit?
Bear Market
Bull Market
Speculation
Margin Buying
Ignoring risks, buying stocks and bonds to make a quick profit
Speculation
Black Tuesday
Buying of the margin
Bull Market
What were the 4 causes of the Stock Market Crash?
FDR, The New Deal, The Second New Deal, Roaring Twenties
Herbert Hoover, Hobos, Riding the Rails, Credit
Buying on Margin, Excessive Lending, Speculation, Roaring Twenties
People make money in the stock market by buying stocks and ________.
selling them for lower prices
selling them for higher prices
never selling them
all of the above
In what year did the Stock Market Crash?
1920
1925
1929
1932
How did industrialization help the American economy?
The country had numerous modern factories that could produce desired goods
More markets available tor the to BUY goods
Cash Crops become highly sought after World War 1
More markets available for them to SELL goods
What is a stock?
Becoming partners with a bank
trading business assets amongst corporations
ownership of a fraction of a company
one business buying out a smaller one
Black Tuesday happened on what date?
Tuesday October 29, 1939
Tuesday October 29, 1929
Tuesday October 29, 1919
Tuesday October 29, 1922
True or False: 16 million stocks are sold and billions are lost.
False
True
True or False: People were purchasing products that they could not afford.
True
False
True or False: People used loans to get involved with the stock market.
False
True
A time when the stock market is strong and doing well
Bear Market
Speculation
Bull Market
Buying on Margin
______ is a percentage that someone must pay back ON TOP Of a loan
Interesting
Interest
Interstate
Intersect
What does the term "laissez-faire" mean?
Hands-off approach - less government interference
Hands-on approach to the economy
Fancy French word for economy
a policy of exploiting colonies to help boost the economy
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the Stock Market Crash
Laissez-Faire Economics
Speculation
Bank Runs
Buying on Margins
In the year 1929 who was the President of the United States?
Herbert Hoover
Hoover Herbert
Hoover Vacuum
Herbert Hooper
Which of the following accurately describes how foreign policy contributed to the Great Depression?
German aggression threatened war, causing massive military buildups and draining treasuries
European factories produced automobiles, challenging American manufacturing dominance.
American tariffs slowed global trade by reducing exports, harming worldwide economies.
South American sugar producers slowed production, straining worldwide supply chains.
How did the stock market crash of 1929 contribute to the Great Depression?
After the crash, wealthy people took the money they had and moved abroad.
The crash left the economy too weak to overcome bigger challenges.
The poor had invested heavily in the stock market and lost whatever money they had.
Wall Street traders lost their jobs, creating massive unemployment.
What was the goal of the Bonus Army in 1932?
to set up Hoovervilles
to participate in an antiwar protest
to lobby for legislation to get bonus pay early
to gather for a World War I veterans’ reunion
Hoover established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to
establish new public works projects.
provide relief to farmers.
provide loans to businesses.
regulate the banking industry.
What forced banks to close during the Great Depression?
Huge amounts of inflation
War in Europe
Investors unable to pay loans and bank runs
Not enough people invested in the Stock Market
Who would lose money/their savings if the banks failed in the 1920s/30s?
Speculators
Big Business
Everyone
The working class
Period of time beginning in 1929 and lasting through the 1930s where people lost jobs and didn’t have enough food; the economy took a downfall
The Great Depression
The Great Recession
The New Deal
takes place when many depositors decide to withdraw their money at one time.
bank run
Stock Market Crash
long bull market
drought-related conditions in the Great Plains states.
Dust Bowl
Acai Bowl
Duster
agricultural migrant workers in California who came from Oklahoma.
Okies
Pokies
Dust Bowl
helped Americans recover from the Depression
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Herbert Hoover
Dust Bowl
Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression
New Deal
Real Deal
Square Deal
Direct talks FDR held with the American people to let them know his plan
Fireside Chats
IG Chat
Radio Talks
closing the remaining banks before bank runs could put them out of business
Bank Holiday
Bank Run
Margin Call
Program that provided aid to people with disabilities and pensions for retired workers
Social Security
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
Land was _______, there was very little ______, and there was an excess of loose topsoil. When a strong wind came it created a massive dust storm covering a portion of the US. This would be come known as the _______.
(a)
What did Hoover encourage in order to help fix the Great Depression?
Nothing. It was natural
Volunteerism
Building Hoovervilles
Buying more stock
What were two basic causes of the Dust Bowl during the early 1930s?
strip mining and toxic waste dumping
over farming and severe drought
clear-cutting of forests and construction of railroads
overpopulation and urban sprawl
The main purpose of New Deal measures such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was to
provide immediate employment opportunities
develop rules to limit speculation and safeguard savings
enable the Federal Government to take over failing industries
assure a guaranteed income for American families
What was the most likely cause of the election results shown on the map?
Most voters blamed President Herbert Hoover for the Great Depression.
It is difficult to defeat an incumbent (sitting) president.
Franklin D. Roosevelt had more business experience than Herbert Hoover.
Republican Party popularity had been declining for several elections.
Overproduction and underconsumption factored into causing the Great Depression by
causing falling prices on goods.
forcing a decrease in mechanization.
leading to more spending than saving.
scaring farmers into growing fewer crops.
An obvious defect in the United States' banking system that was exposed during the Great Depression was
excessive government regulation of banks.
the federal government's ownership of banks.
an excessive amount of currency in circulation.
the lack of protection for funds deposited by individuals in banks.
A major criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs to combat the Great Depression was that these programs
reduced the power of the federal government.
provided too much protection for big business.
ignored the plight of homeowners with mortgages.
made people dependent on the federal government.
This photograph is called "Migrant Mother," and was MOST associated with which of these issues?
Families losing their homes as a result of the Dust Bowl.
Families losing their savings as a result of the stock market crash.
Families losing their jobs as a result of underconsumption of goods.
Families sending their children to live with relatives due to unemployment.
What forced banks to close during the Great Depression?
Huge amounts of inflation
War in Europe
Investors unable to pay loans and bank runs
Not enough people invested in the Stock Market
FDR helped gain peoples trust by reassuring them that he had a plan to help fix the Great Depression. What did he call this program?
The New Deal
The Fair Deal
The Square Deal
The Bad Deal
The man who promised a “New Deal” for America was
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ike Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
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
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
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 factor did not contribute to the Dust Bowl?
The Hoover Dam
Overgrazing
Unusual Weather Conditions
Overplowing
What did RRR stand for in Roosevelt's New Deal?
Revert, Reduce, Recover
Restore, Recover, Readjust
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Reform, Restore, Reclaim
Thousands of World War I veterans came to Washington, D.C., in 1932 to lobby Congress to
give bonus payments to war veterans and their families.
pass legislation giving veterans their promised bonuses early.
provide public works jobs for unemployed veterans.
provide military jobs for family members of veterans.
What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?
Excessive stock market speculation
High unemploment
Increased use of credit
Overproduction of goods
Franklin D. Roosevelt took many actions during his “First Hundred Days” in the White House in 1933, but what was the FIRST thing he did?
close all of the nation’s banks and order inspections of those banks
end slavery
borrow money from China
desegregate the Military
Many Americans opposed the idea of forced retirement
The angry judges reacted by striking down much of the New Deal legislation
It appeared to interfere with the Constitution's separation of powers
Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempt to “pack” the U.S. Supreme Court in 1937?
he was angry that the court had ruled some of his New Deal programs unconstitutional
he wanted to appoint a number of his friends to the court
he felt that having so many older men on the court was dangerous for the nation
he was having a bad week
The Wagner Act (the National Labor Relations Act) forced employers to
bargain collectively with worker-elected union representatives.
end prohibition
share their profits with their employees collectively
hire undocumented illegal immigrants
FDR's most popular economic programs that provided jobs for the people were collectively called...
Alphabet Soup Agencies
Spaghetti Soup Agencies
Chicken Soup Agencies
Soup Agencies
One of The New Deal's programs that still exists today is the...
18th Amendment
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Social Security Act
True or False. Congress granted Roosevelt full support in all the laws he wanted to pass.
True
False
True or False. Hoover did not provide any government assistance/ welfare programs for the American public.
True
False
Some critics say that it wasn't the New Deal that got the nation out of the Great Depression, but rather that it was ...
World War II
World War I
the Cold War
Vietnam War
