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2.5 Great Depression

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Resource availability during the Great Depression mainly refers to access to which items?

a)

Entertainment and travel options

b)

Jobs, money, food supplies

c)

Voting booths and ballots

d)

Military bases and weapons

2.

The New Deal is best described as a set of programs created to do what?

a)

Reduce tariffs on imports

b)

Privatize public utilities

c)

Provide relief, recovery, reform

d)

Expand overseas colonies

3.

If a family lost its job and savings, which New Deal action would most directly help?

a)

Lowering tariffs on luxury goods

b)

Creating art museums nationwide

c)

Establishing work relief programs

d)

Building overseas naval bases

4.

According to the unemployment chart, which year shows the highest unemployment rate during the Great Depression, and which candidate became president that same year?

a)

1932 and Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

1933 and Herbert Hoover

c)

1933 and Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

1932 and Herbert Hoover

5.

During the first 100 days, what approach best describes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal plan?

a)

Active government to provide relief, recovery, reform

b)

Limited government leaving problems to private charity

c)

Tax cuts only to stimulate business confidence

d)

Focus on foreign policy over domestic economy

6.

Which goal best describes Reform programs during the New Deal?

a)

Permanent laws to prevent future collapses

b)

Temporary jobs for quick relief only

c)

Seasonal projects for public parks

d)

Short-term loans to small businesses

7.

Which statement best describes the Second New Deal?

a)

A plan to reduce government size and taxes

b)

Initial relief efforts in early 1933 only

c)

New programs launched after FDR’s reelection

d)

Policies that ended deficit spending in 1935

8.

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

9.

What was a major cause of the Great Depression in 1929?

a)

A sudden increase in manufacturing output

b)

The collapse of the stock market

c)

A decrease in agricultural production

d)

An increase in global trade

10.

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