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| 1) Which one of the following would not characterize an economic depression? A) increased numbers of poor citizens B) increased numbers of bankruptcies C) rising prices D) rising unemployment | show 🗑
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| 2) What usually happens during an economic depression? A) Prices of goods increase. B) Fewer goods are purchased by consumers. C) The unemployment rate decreases. D) More money is borrowed to begin new businesses. | show 🗑
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| show | agricultural workers
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| 4) Which one of the following items would be the most valuable item to have during an economic depression? A) a telephone B) a car C) a mortgage D) money | show 🗑
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| show | Great Depression
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| 6) According to the graph, when was unemployment the lowest? A) 1929 B) 1935 C) 1931 D) 1939 | show 🗑
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| 7) What most likely caused the trend in unemployment between 1939 and 1941 to decrease? A) consumer purchasing of automobiles B) business spending on imported equipment C) government spending on goods and services D) family spending on luxury items | show 🗑
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| show | Herbert Hoover
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| 9) Who was blamed for being unable to solve the problems of the Great Depression? A) Calvin Coolidge B) Herbert Hoover C) Warren Harding D) Franklin Roosevelt | show 🗑
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| 10) At the beginning of the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover assured the people that the A) wages of most workers were not high enough B) leaders of the business and industry would solve the problem C) government would earn money by selling savings bonds D) business cycle would correct itself | show 🗑
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| show | Many careers and businesses were ruined.
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| show | Many Americans lost jobs.
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| show | failure of banks
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| 14) Why was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) established in 1932? A) to prevent government interference in the economy B) to provide soup kitchens and homeless shelters C) to provide loans to unemployed individuals D) to lend money to railroads, banks, and insurance companies | show 🗑
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| 15) Who were the people who joined the Bonus Army? A) factory workers who wanted a bonus from management B) business owners who wanted loans to keep their factories open C) veterans of World War I who needed a promised income from the government D) elderly people who wanted an improved retirement system | show 🗑
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| These two photographs were most likely taken during what period in American history? A) Great Depression B) Reconstruction Era C) Harlem Ranaissance D) Roaring Twenties | show 🗑
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| show | shacks of homeless people
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| show | They were forced to leave their homes for economic reasons.
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| show | overgrazing
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| 20) What was the immediate cause of the Dust Bowl? A) years of overgrazing B) a severe drought C) the Great Depression D) extensive mining | show 🗑
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| 21) What was a major cause of the 1930s Dust Bowl? A) deforestation of the Plains B) air and water pollution C) increased population in the Midwest D) too little rainfall | show 🗑
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| 22) What occupation did Dust Bowl farmers turn to when they left their farms to find new work? A) mining B) military C) migrant farming D) factory jobs | show 🗑
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| 23) What novel portrayed the plight of the Okies during the dustbowl era? A) The Great Gatsby B) The Grapes of Wrath C) An American Exodus D) Native Son | show 🗑
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| 24) What two presidents served in office during the Great Depression? A) Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower C) Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft D) Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge | show 🗑
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| 25) Franklin D. Roosevelt was a member of what political party? A) Liberal B) Republican C) Democratic D) Conservative | show 🗑
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| 26) Why was Franklin Roosevelt able to defeat Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election? A) public expectation that Roosevelt would improve the economy B) former policies of Hoover were already effective C) scandals in Harding's administration D) the hard times of the Republican presidencies | show 🗑
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| show | stock market crash of 1929
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| show | Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| show | New Deal
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| show | New Deal
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| show | New Deal
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| show | New Deal
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| 33) The cartoon was most likely drawn during what period in American history? A) Roaring 20s B) Progressive Era C) Great Depression D) World War I | show 🗑
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| show | Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| 35) What was represented by the figure on the right side of the cartoon? A) Congress B) the United States C) the United Nations D) the Supreme Court | show 🗑
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| show | The president took action to end the economic depression.
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| show | The federal government's control over the nation's economy increased.
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| 38) Which one of the following statements about the New Deal is accurate? A) The government was not concerned about the economic well-being of its people. B) Government control over the economy increased. C) The government followed a policy of laissez-faire. D) Government control over the economy decreased. | show 🗑
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| 39) The New Deal period in American history is associated with the idea that A) churches and charities do the best job of helping the poor B) local governments are best equipped to take care of their own citizens C) government must take responsibility for helping those in need D) people are responsible for their own success or failure | show 🗑
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| show | fireside chats
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| 41) What nickname was given to Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio address to the nation? A) Eleanor's Hour B) National Public Radio C) Fireside Chats D) Roosevelt Report | show 🗑
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| 42) What were the talented advisors who helped shape Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal commonly called? A) Fair Deal B) Kitchen Cabinet C) Great Society D) Brain Trust | show 🗑
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| 43) Why was Franklin Roosevelt accused of "packing" the Supreme Court? A) He included more than white men to serve on the Supreme Court. B) He elected the judges instead of appointing them. C) He fired the existing judges and replaced them with his choice of judges. D) He increased the number of judges from 9 to 15. | show 🗑
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| show | to minimize the Supreme Court's opposition to his New Deal programs
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| 45) What president was represented in the cartoon? A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Woodrow Wilson C) Herbert Hoover D) Harry S. Truman | show 🗑
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| 46) Who does the symphony in the cartoon represent? A) the president B) Congress C) the judicial branch D) United States citizens | show 🗑
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| 47) Which one of the following best describes the theme of the cartoon? A) The president's court-packing plan was not approved by Congress. B) The Supreme Court rejected most of the president's New Deal plans. C) The three branches of the federal government were not working together to solve the nation's domestic problems. D) The president and the Supreme Court severely restricted the powers of Congress. | show 🗑
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| show | He was attempting to pack the Supreme Court.
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| 49) What president was portrayed in the cartoon? A) Woodrow Wilson B) Harry S. Truman C) Franklin D. Roosevelt D) Dwight D. Eisenhower | show 🗑
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| show | The president's plan to increase his power could lead to a future dictatorship.
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| show | size of the Supreme Court
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| 52) What idea did President Franklin Roosevelt propose to provide jobs to the unemployed? A) private business partnerships B) installment buying C) social security D) public works programs | show 🗑
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| show | economic recovery
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| In the cartoon, what problem was Franklin Roosevelt attempting to remedy? A) business monopolies B) Progressivism C) Great Depression D) World War I | show 🗑
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| show | Emergency Relief Appropriations Act
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| show | Civilian Conservation Corps
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| 57) Why was the Civilian Conservation Corps established? A) to protect factory workers B) to aid farmers C) to create new jobs D) to secure the safety of banks | show 🗑
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| 58) What segment of the population did the Wagner Act benefit? A) agricultural B) elderly C) small businessmen D) labor unions | show 🗑
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| show | National Labor Relations Act
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| 60) What law was created to protect workers who are negotiating work agreements? A) Sherman Act B) Wagner Act C) Clayton Act D) Hatch Act | show 🗑
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| show | take part in collective bargaining
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| show | meetings of union officers and workers with business owners to settle on contracts and wages
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| 63) What method was used by workers to have labor unions recognized during the Great Depression? A) boycotts B) blacklists C) sit-down strikes D) yellow dog contract | show 🗑
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| show | Automobile and steel companies were forced to recognize labor unions.
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| show | growth of the automobile and steel industries
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| Local labor unions in the United States began to grow in importance in the late 1700s and early 1800s. These early organizations were craft unions. Employers were mostly against unions. The courts ruled that unions were illegal. 66) According to the author of the reading passage, when did early craft unions first begin? A) before the French and Indian War B) shortly after the United States adopted the Constitution C) in the l930's D) during the Civil War | show 🗑
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| 7) Which title best expresses the main idea of the reading passage? A) " Labor and the Supreme Court" B) " Labor Leaders" C) " Unskilled Workers" D) " Growth of Labor Unions" | show 🗑
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| show | Civil War
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| show | It succeeded in unionizing workers in many mass production industries.
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| show | deficit spending
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| show | to provide jobs and get money into circulation
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| show | increase the amount of money in circulation
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| 73) What was the purpose of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "bank holiday?" A) to stop the banks from failing B) to start New Deal programs C) for the government to audit each bank D) to relieve stress on bank tellers | show 🗑
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| show | to increase government control over business
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| show | They felt there was too much government intervention in the economy.
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| 76) What was the intent of New Deal programs such as Social Security, unemployment insurance, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation? A) efforts to reform the United States economy B) temporary measures to solve immediate economic problems C) efforts to create jobs D) benefits to big business | show 🗑
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| 77) The creation of the FDIC, Social Security, and unemployment insurance during the New Deal indicates that A) Franklin D. Roosevelt believed change should take place as slowly as possible B) capitalism had failed as an economic system C) the federal government took additional responsibility for the economic welfare of the individual D) laissez-faire was the basis for Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic policies | show 🗑
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| show | to provide employment and income
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| show | help the economy recover from the depression
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| 80) Which one of the following statements about the New Deal measures is correct? A) The Federal Emergency Relief Act allowed the reopening of the stock market. B) The Social Security Act provided education for the elderly. C) The Fair Labor Standards Act established a system of unemployment insurance. D) The National Industrial Recovery Act allowed trade associations to write codes regulating prices and production. | show 🗑
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| 81) Why was the Tennessee Valley Authority created? A) to make money for the government B) to improve the economic life of an entire region C) to discover new sources of oil D) to promote civil rights legislation | show 🗑
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| 82) What was one reason that Congress established the Tennessee Valley Authority? A) to limit the use of rivers for transportation B) to increase the power of the Republican Party in the South C) to conserve the region's natural resources D) to gain government control over private power companies | show 🗑
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| show | Tennessee Valley Authority
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| show | Truth-in-Securities Act
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| show | Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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| show | retirement plan
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| show | Social Security System
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| 88) Which federal act established a payment plan for retired people? A) Taft-Hartley Act B) Social Security Act C) National Labor Relations Act D) Workmen's Compensation Act | show 🗑
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| show | to provide a source of income for retired workers
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| show | 1935
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| show | the Social Security System
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| 92) Which one of the following events ultimately resulted in an increase in overall farm income during the 1930s? A) a drought in the Central Plains states B) Franklin Roosevelt's Agricultural Adjustment Act C) the farmers' agreement to reduce agricultual production D) the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps | show 🗑
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| 93) What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933? A) to resettle farmers who lost their farms as a result of the Dust Bowl B) to improve farm efficiency C) to raise the standard of living for tenant farmers D) to reduce crop production | show 🗑
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| 94) Which New Deal program was explicitly intended to help sharecroppers and tenant farmers? A) Wagner Act B) National Recovery Act C) National Labor Relations Board D) Agricultural Adjustment Act | show 🗑
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| show | Huey Long
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| 96) Who opposed the New Deal and instead suggested a plan to tax the rich? A) Frances Perkins B) Herbert Hoover C) Franklin Roosevelt D) Huey Long | show 🗑
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| 97) What government action resulted in the economic recession of 1937? A) cuts in spending B) elimination of Social Security taxes C) use of deficit spending D) reduction of interest rates | show 🗑
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| show | Carmen Carter
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| show | failing businesses
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| 100) Why would this family be considered lucky compared to other families at that time? A) They raised their own food. B) They had no debts. C) They sold many turkeys. D) They sold cut wood. | show 🗑
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| 101) According to the passage, why was the depression over for the Carters? A) Carmen increasingly wrote and sold more of her poetry to the Grit. B) Orlo was hired on a job that earned him $15 a week. C) Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president. D) Turkey sales increased. | show 🗑
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| show | People used movies to escape the stresses of the Great Depression.
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| 103) During the Great Depression, what nickname was given the movie theaters because admission only cost a nickel? A) arcades B) centennials C) cineplexes D) nickelodeons | show 🗑
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| show | Depression 30s
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| show | the depression of the United States economy
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| 106) The United States' tariff policy in the late 1920s led to A) the strengthening of democracies in Europe B) increased European prosperity C) a lowering of European tariffs D) a decline in world trade | show 🗑
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| show | It led to a depression in Europe.
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| show | to repay their World War I debts
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| 109) The terms "Big Stick" and "Good Neighbor" were generally used in reference to United States policies toward A) Eastern Europe B) the Middle East C) Africa D) Latin America | show 🗑
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| 110) Which United States president began the Good Neighbor Policy? A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Franklin D. Roosevelt C) Warren G. Harding D) Calvin Coolidge | show 🗑
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| show | Good Neighbor Policy
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| show | revoked the Platt Amendment
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| show | Adolf Hitler
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| 114) What was the effect of the Great Depression on European fascists? A) They were blamed for the 1929 stock market crash. B) It helped to increase their power. C) It made them very unpopular with the common people. D) They lost supporters. | show 🗑
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| 115) To what event did the Stimson Doctrine relate? A) Japanese aggression in China B) British control of India C) German invasion of the Rhineland D) Italian invasion of Ethiopia | show 🗑
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| 116) Franklin Roosevelt's "Quarantine the Aggressors" speech was a reaction to what nation's actions? A) Britain B) France C) Japan D) Russia | show 🗑
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