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The Great Depression Test 1
Test Description: Chapters 14 and 15
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why did many Americans invest in the stock market in the 1920s?
A
Businesses were doing better than ever before
B
Business leaders encouraged people to invest in the stock market
C
Stocks in the stock market continued to rise
D
All of the above
2) What took place during the stock market crash?
A
October 29, 1929, prices dropped more, investors, especially those who bought on margin, had to sell
B
October 24, 1929 large scale investors sold huge blocks of shares, causing prices to fall even more.
C
All of the above
D
Prices hit an all time high on September 3, 1929.
3) How did the stock market crash affect the nation?
A
Those who bought on margin lost everything, were forced to use savings, or sell property to pay debt
B
It made the nation wealthier than before because nobody was investing.
C
The people didn't really feel an effect of the stock market crash
D
All of the above
4) What steps did President Roosevelt take to fight the depression immediately after taking office?
A
He reformed the nation's banks
B
He gathered a group of experts for advice on policies and programs, known as the Brain Trust.
C
He began having fireside chats (radio brodcasts to Americans reassuring them of the economy)
D
All of the above
5) How did the New Deal programs address the problem of unemployment?
A
All of the above
B
The New Deal did not address unemployment, it just gave people money.
C
It created programs, such as the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) to give jobs to Americans
D
The New Deal made laws that allowed young children to have jobs in the U.S.
6) How did President Roosevelt try to prevent the Supreme Court from overturning his New Deal programs?
A
He tried to bribe the judges on the Supreme Court so they'd support his programs. It didn't work.
B
He submitted a bill to change the number of judges from 9 to 15. It didn't pass.
C
All of the above
D
He fired several Supreme Court judges and replaced them with ones who supported his programs. It didn't work.
7) Why were some people critical of the New Deal?
A
Some claimed the New Deal had not done enough for the public
B
Some claimed it discouraged free enterprise
C
Some became impatient about the slow progress
D
All of the above
8) Fireside chat
A
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio addresses to the American people.
B
Legislation that established a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour by 1940.
C
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s programs for helping the U.S. economy during the Great Depression.
D
Name given to parts of the Great Plains in the 1930s after a severe drought dried out the region.
9) New Deal
A
Camps built outside of major cities by people who had lost their homes during the Great Depression.
B
Group of expert policy advisers who worked with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s to end the Depression.
C
Building projects such as hospitals, roads, and schools funded by federal money.
D
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s programs for helping the U.S. economy during the Great Depression.
10) Brain Trust
A
Legislation that established a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour by 1940.
B
Group of expert policy advisers who worked with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s to end the Depression.
C
Name given to parts of the Great Plains in the 1930s after a severe drought dried out the region.
D
Group of World War I veterans that marched on Washington, D.C., to demand immediate payment of government war bonuses in cash
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