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The Great Depression Review
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1) Who was the U.S. President before the Depression who was in favor of big business and tariffs ?
A
Jimbo McKenzie
B
Warren G. Harding
C
Theodore Roosevelt
D
Herbert Hoover
2) Who was Harding's vice president who was in favor of tariffs and big business when he became President ?
A
Calvin Coolidge
B
Herbert Hoover
C
Charles T. Wilbury
D
Warren G. Harding
3) Who was the U.S. President when the Great Depression started ?
A
Franklin D. Roosevelt
B
Calvin Coolidge
C
Warren G. Harding
D
Herbert Hoover
4) Who was the Bonus Army ?/What did they want ?/ What was the result ?
A
WWI vets / A bonus early / Hoover said no
B
Robber barons / tariffs /Harding said yes
C
Homeless Americans / looking for a handout / Coolidge said no
D
Former slaves / 40 acres and a mule / Lincoln agreed
5) Who was John Steinbeck ?
A
Leader of the Bonus Army
B
Novelist who wrote about migrant workers during the Great Depression
C
U.S. President who was in favor of tariffs
D
Organized crime boss who brought in illegal alcohol during Prohibition
6) Who was Al Capone ?
A
Organized crime boss who brought in illegal alcohol during Prohibition
B
U.S. President who was in favor of tariffs
C
Novelist who wrote about migrant workers during the Great Depression
D
Novelist who wrote about migrant workers during the Great Depression
7) If you owned stock in the CMS Rocking Chair Company, what would you have ?
A
A job at that company making rocking chairs.
B
A rivial company that also sold rocking chairs.
C
The baddest rocking chair in the world.
D
Partial ownership of that company. You are entitled to a percentage of that company's profits.
8) What's a tariff ?
A
A tax on imported goods from another county.
B
Partial ownership of a company.
C
IDK... stuff ?
D
Being isolated from other countries.
9) American's wanted to remain isolationist from Europe, why ?
A
They felt that this would prevent the Great Depression.
B
World War I was terrible and American's did not want to get involved in Europe's drama.
C
They were afraid that European diseases would come to the U.S..
D
American's believed in open trade and wanted to make money off European's.
10) Which of the following are associated with the 1920's ?
A
All of these.
B
Flapper dancers.
C
Partying and spending money you don't really have.
D
Jazz music.
11) What happened on October 29, 1929 ?
A
The Declaration of Independence was signed
B
The stock market crashed
C
Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor
D
Mr. Ketcham was born.
12) What was the name of makeshift homes unemployed and homeless built during the Great Depression ?
A
Hoovervilles
B
Roosevelt Resorts
C
Coolidge Condos
D
Hardingtowns
13) What did the 18th Amendment do ?
A
Gave women the right to vote
B
Ended slavery
C
Made alcohol illegal in the US
D
Made alcohol legal in the US again
14) What did the 19th Amendment do ?
A
Made alcohol legal in the US again
B
Gave women the right to vote
C
Made alcohol illegal in the US
D
Ended slavery
15) What did the 21st Amendment do ?
A
Made alcohol illegal in the US
B
Gave women the right to vote
C
Ended slavery
D
Made alcohol legal in the US again
16) What did politicans want tariffs do ? What did they actually do ?
A
Help end the problems caused by alcohol / created crime and more problems.
B
All of these are true
C
End the Great Depression / Ended the Great Depression
D
Help the sale of domestic products / hurt the sale of exported goods.
17) What poor economic choices did Americans practice which led to the Great Depression ?
A
Over inflated their economy by buying everything on credit.
B
Spent all their money on jazz records and twenty-two skadoos.
C
None of these
D
Didn't buy American, but flimsy imported junk.
18) What did banks, farms and factories all do during the Great Depression ?
A
Fail
B
IDK... stuff ?
C
Expand into other countries
D
Succeed
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