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