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1930s Review
Test Description: Review of the 1930s
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1) Who was President at the beginning of the Great Depression?
A
Herbert Hoover
B
Franklin Roosevelt
C
Teddy Roosevelt
D
Woodrow Wilson
2) Which President believed that any government money should go to companies and not individuals?
A
Franklin Roosevelt
B
Teddy Roosevelt
C
Calvin Coolidge
D
Herbert Hoover
3) Which President's Plan was called the New Deal?
A
Franklin Roosevelt
B
Teddy Roosevelt
C
Woodrow Wilson
D
Herbert Hoover
4) The intent of the New Deal
A
soup kitchens
B
A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage
C
relief, recovery and reform
D
equal distribution of wealth
5) One cause of the Great Depression was
A
a surplus of crops and other agricultural goods
B
buying too much (including stocks) on credit
C
both of these
D
none of these
6) The Dust Bowl was a nickname for
A
a 10-year drought and environmental catastrophe the central US
B
a game kids played during the Depression
C
cereal
D
poor people's food during the Depression
7) The group of World War I veterans who demanded their payment from the government during the Depression were called
A
Communistis
B
Bonus Army
C
Hoovervilles
D
Hobos
8) President Hoover took this action to move the World War I veterans out of Washington, DC
A
set up a camp for them at Fort Bragg, NC
B
ordered the army to attack and destroy their shanties
C
locked the White House gates
D
paid them off
9) Orson Welles read a story on the radio about a Marian invasion of earth that caused a(n)
A
restriction to be placed on radio broadcasting
B
government shut down
C
panic as people thought it was real
D
riot in New York City
10) One of the forms of entertainment in the 1930s was
A
television
B
NASCAR
C
video games
D
board games
11) John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes Of Wrath which was about
A
the Dust Bowl
B
the stock market crash
C
Herbert Hoover
D
soup kitchens
12) One of the improvements in movies in the 1930s is that they all had
A
color
B
heroes
C
sound
D
animation
13) Alphabet Soup was a nickname for
A
the dust in the houses from the dust storms
B
a popular game of the 1930s
C
the soup received from the churches
D
the programs started by FDR in his New Deal
14) Hobos were people who
A
disliked Franklin Roosevelt
B
rode the trains illegally to try to move around the country to find work
C
sold their children to try to find them a better life
D
set up a Hooverville in Washington, DC to call attention to poor
15) One of the things President Roosevelt did in his first 100 days was
A
close the banks and only reopen those that had not loaned out all of their deposits
B
get the US involved in World War II
C
open more soup kitchens
D
try to add more people to the Supreme Court
16) Programs started by President Roosevelt
A
attempted to restart the economy
B
all of these
C
gave jobs to people from the government
D
are still around today
17) Fireside Chats were the name given to
A
meetings by workers who were trying to form unions
B
a board game of the 1930s
C
a Monopoly space
D
talks that the President gave on the radio
18) Workers in the 1930s tried to form unions to
A
improve wages and working conditions
B
cause riots
C
stop communism
D
get more money from the government
19) Many people disliked immigrants in the 1930s because they felt they were
A
bringing in un-American ideas
B
from different areas of Europe from most of the people already in the United States
C
taking jobs from American citizens
D
all of these
20) The US economy started to recover toward the end of the 1930s because
A
banks were loaning more money to people to buy stocks
B
Europe was in war and needed food and equipment
C
the Dust Bowl created a surpllus
D
all of FDR's ideas were working
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