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