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The Great Depression
Test Description: GD Review
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1) All of the following can be identified as causes of the Great Depression except:
A
Overproduction on farms
B
Overspeculation – buying stocks on credit
C
Low Tariff
D
Uneven Distribution of wealth
2) The Social Security Act sought to provide for the following groups except:
A
Senior citizens
B
Unemployed
C
Workers hurt on the job
D
Handicapped
3) Which one of the following does not belong:
A
Herbert Hoover
B
FDR
C
Democrat
D
Liberal
4) Herbert Hoover believed:
A
Americans were suffering and needed direct relief
B
Hand-outs made people dependent on government and they should work through there hardships
C
Cutting taxes to poorer class Americans would stimulate economic growth
D
Economic depression could be reversed through government legislation
5) This person was known as the “Kingfish.”
A
Huey Long
B
Eleanor Roosevelt
C
Henry Wallace
D
Harry Hopkins
6) The New Deal was based upon all of the following except
A
Reform
B
Recovery
C
Reactionary
D
Relief
7) This Act allowed workers to collectively bargain with their employers:
A
Hawley-Smoot
B
Emergency Quota
C
Fordney-McCumber
D
Wagner
8) The following was considered a “New Deal remedy” for the sick economy
A
AAA
B
TVA
C
CCC
D
All choices are correct
9) This person was a photographer who’s pictures captured the hardships of the depression:
A
Helen Lynd
B
Woody Guthrie
C
Ida Tarbell
D
Dorothea Lange
10) The Stock Market crashed finally and most severely
A
Oct. 29, 1930
B
Oct. 24, 1919
C
Oct. 29, 1929
D
Sept. 1, 1939
11) Which of the following can not be associated with Herbert Hoover
A
Conservative
B
Corrupt and dishonest
C
Hawley Smoot Tariff
D
Republican
12) FDR was elected president how many times?
A
4
B
1
C
3
D
2
13) People who moved from the Midwest to California to escape the Dust Bowl were known as:
A
New Dealers
B
Okies
C
Dusties
D
The Liberty League
14) Hoover’s approach to stimulating economic growth was based in:
A
Keynsian Economics
B
Supply Side Economics
C
Communism
D
Trickle Down Economics
15) What group opposed the 21st amendment?
A
Police
B
New Dealers
C
Gangsters
D
Democrats
16) What American hero’s baby was abducted and killed in the, “Crime of the Century?”
A
George Patton
B
Alvin York
C
Douglas McArthur
D
Charles Lindurgh
17) The plight of the Okies was written about in The Grapes of Wrath written by:
A
Woody Guthrie
B
Richard Wright
C
John Steinbeck
D
Dorothea Lange
18) FDR's cmpaign song was
A
Kingfish
B
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
C
Happy Days are Here Again
D
Jitterbug Fever
19) The anthem of the Great Depression for many Americans became:
A
Over There
B
Allentown
C
Brother Can You Spare A Dime
D
The Poor Man's Blues
20) People who criticized FDR referred to him as a:
A
A Communist
B
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
C
A Socialist
D
Franklin Deficit Roosevelt
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