Question | Answer |
Which of the following increased in the 1920s?
a) Farmers' debt
b)Prices for farm products
c)Foreign demand for U.S. farm products
d)Domestic demand for U.S. farm products | a) Farmers' debt |
Which was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?
a)Drought
b)High winds
c)Thick layers of prairie grass
d)Overproduction of crops | c)Thick layers of prairie grass |
Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a) access to easy credit
b) overproduction & underconsumption of farm products
c) the Hawley-Smoot Tariff
d) a growing number of homeless people | c) the Hawley-Smoot Tariff |
What does buying a stock on margin mean? | borrowing money to help pay for the stock |
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?
a) Many children had a poor diet.
b) Many families became homeless.
c) Many men became unemployed.
d) Many people started farming | D) Many people started farming |
Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food to the poor?
a) rugged individualism
b) direct relief
c) price supports
d) speculation | b) direct relief |
In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles," people conveyed their ... | disgust with Hoover |
Herbert Hoover's approach to the Depression economy was based on a belief in | voluntary cooperation |
One long-range effect of the Great Depression was that many people | developed habits of saving and thriftiness |
What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president? | He closed all of the nation's banks |
Which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional?
CCC
WPA
TVA
NIRA | National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA |
Which of the following of Roosevelt's ideas failed to become a law?
a) federal housing loans
b) regional planning authorities
c) federal pension program
d) reorganizing the Supreme Court | d) reorganizing the Supreme Court |
This term refers to the stock market crash on October 29, 1929.
a) Black Tuesday
b) Black Monday
c) Black Friday
d) Bloody Sunday | a) Black Tuesday |
During the Great Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about | 25-percent |
Each of the following was one of FDR's 3 Rs EXCEPT:
a) relief
b) reform
c) rehabilitation
d) recovery | c) rehabilitation |
This was the name given to FDR's speeches to the nation between 1933-1944:
a) Meet the press
b) Fireside chats
c) Keeping up appearances
d) Face the nation | b) Fireside chats |
Buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit without considering risks is known as:
a) buying on margin
b) profit-taking
c) living on credit
d) speculation | d) speculation |
What role did Eleanor play in the Roosevelt administration?
a) She served as a cabinet member.
b) She focused on being an excellent housewife.
c) She was an important adviser on foreign policy.
d) She was an important adviser on domestic policy. | d) She was an important adviser on domestic policy. |