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The Great Depression
Test Description: A test on the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the up and down pattern in the economy known as?
A
The Business Cycle
B
Socialism
C
Communism
D
Capitalism
2) Which first lady covinced her husband to create the National Youth Administration to help young workers stay in school?
A
Jane Adams
B
Mary Todd-Lincoln
C
Eleanor Roosevelt
D
Barbra Bush
3) True or False: Woody Guthrie's lively, upbeat songs offered an escape from the loss and struggle suffered by so many people during the Depression.
A
True
B
False
4) The passage of which act was the first time the federal government took direct responsibility for many citizens' economic well-being.
A
The Wagner Act.
B
The Social Security Act.
C
The War Powers Act.
D
The Emergency Banking Relief Act.
5) True or False: The Bonus Army demanded that Hoover authorize the early payment of their military bonuses to help ease the need caused by the Great Depression.
A
True
B
False
6) True or False: The Second New Deal was made up of programs the Roosevelt administration introduced when the Supreme Court struck down programs of the first New Deal
A
False
B
True
7) How did President Roosevelt react to the Supreme Court striking down programs associated with the New Deal?
A
He passed an act that made the President able to overrule the Supreme Court.
B
He tried pass an act that would have added six more Supreme Court Justices to the court.
C
He tried passing an act that would have gotten rid of the Supreme Court.
D
He tried passing an act that would have made his programs legal again.
8) Who was an African American educator that was appointed to Roosevelt's administration?
A
Jane Adams
B
Dorothea Lange
C
Eleanor Roosevelt
D
Mary McLeod Bethune
9) Which group organized workers into unions based on industry, and not skill level?
A
The Congress of Industrial Organizations.
B
The National Youth Administration.
C
The Teamsters Union.
D
The Boilermakers Union.
10) Which of Roosevelt's organizations employed more than 8.5 million people from 1935 to 1943, building roads, bridges, and airports.
A
The Works Progress Administration.
B
The Agricultural Adjustment Bureau.
C
The Civilian Conservation Corps.
D
The Tennessee Valley Authority.
11) Critics who thought the New Deal went too far claimed which of the following?
A
The cost of the new programs could bankrupt some businesses.
B
The government should nationalize the country's wealth and rescources.
C
The new laws gave the president too much authority.
D
The enormous expansion of the federal government was a step toward communism.
12) Businesses were hurt by the stock market crash because they
A
Had no workers to make goods.
B
Lost their savings in failed banks and had to close or cut back.
C
Had lent money to foreign countries and were not paid back.
D
Were forced to cut back production but could not fire workers.
13) Which group suffered most in the Dust Bowl?
A
Farmers
B
Unskilled laborers.
C
Scientists.
D
Industrial workers.
14) Americans regained faith in banks after President Roosevelt signed the Emergency Banking Relief Act into law because the act did what?
A
It allowed only healthy banks to remain open.
B
It gave people people the right to withdraw their money without penalty or waiting period.
C
It required the federal government to pay back in full the customers of any bank that failed.
D
It authorized the government to immediately deposit $1 billion in banks to guarantee deposits.
15) Herbert Hoover lost the election in 1932 mainly because Americans...
A
Lost confidence in him or blamed him for the Depression
B
Thought he would raise taxes.
C
Thought he would spend too much government money.
D
Worried about his priority on foreign policies instead of domestic issues.
16) What problems did President Roosevelt have with the Supreme Court?
A
The Court issued a series of rulings declaring many New Deal programs unconstitutional.
B
He was not given the chance to nominate new Supreme Court Justices.
C
He directly accused the Supreme Court of causing the stock market crash.
D
The Court would not give him adequate funding for the New Deal programs.
17) Which of the following is a lasting effect of the New Deal?
A
Clean air and water.
B
Workplace safety.
C
Whistle blowers in corrupt corporations.
D
The protection of the savings of bank customers.
18) The TVA is significant because it hired people to do what?
A
Deliver food to the poverty-stricken Dust Bowl residents.
B
Build dams and generators that provided electricity.
C
Work on farms to help stabilize agriculture.
D
Work in the automobile industry to increase mass production.
19) Which of the following best describes Black Tuesday?
A
Half a million workers lost their jobs.
B
The stock market crashed.
C
Hoover lost the election.
D
Over 2,000 banks closed.
20) Look at the stock prices graph on page 779 to answer the following question: People who invested in which month wold have been hurt most by Black Tuesday?
A
September.
B
May.
C
July.
D
November.
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