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The Great Depression
Test Description: American history
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
A
overproduction
B
stock prices
C
too many banking regulations
2) Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
A
stock market speculation
B
overproduction
C
low tariffs
D
failure of banks
3) Many hated Herbert Hoover and coined the term Hooverville. What was a Hooverville?
A
an apartment complex where unemployed people lived
B
shacks and makeshifts homes to homeless people lived in .
4) In light of the Stock Market crash of October 1929, President Hoover shared the popular assumption that
A
the economy was strong enough to rebound by itself
B
immediate government intervention was needed to end the depression
5) The purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to
A
loan federal money to banks and insurance companies
B
channel loans directly to individuals
6) Which of the following CORRECTLY describes Hoover's attempts to provide relief from the conditions of the Depression?
A
Instituted direct federal relief programs for the most seriously needy.
B
Provided loans to banks, major corporations, insurgency
7) Which of the following critics did Not criticize FDR?
A
Huey Long
B
Pete Shaw
8) Francis Townsend complained that the New Deal interfered too much with business and people’s lives.
A
True
B
False
9) Father Coughlin criticized FDR in his radio show for not taking stronger action against bankers and rich investors
A
True
B
False
10) . Senator Long wanted to put heavy taxes on the rich and to use the money to give every American family a house, a car, and a decent income
A
False
B
True
11) Set up a system of pensions for the elderly, unemployed, and people with disabilities
A
Public Works Administration
B
Social Security Act
C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
12) Insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government
A
Tennessee Valley Authority
B
Social Security Act
C
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
13) Established minimum wages and maximum hours for all businesses engaged in interstate commerce
A
National Labor Relations Act of 1935
B
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
14) Roosevelt's first fireside chat with the American people over radio engaged which of the following topics?
A
Direct relief checks to be issued by the federal government to the poor.
B
Banking policy to be pursued by his administration.
15) Which New Deal program specifically hired young men for public works projects?
A
Tennessee Valley Authority
B
Civilian Conservation Corps
16) The Social Security Act of 1933 provided all the following services to the American public EXCEPT?
A
Hospitalization for wounded World War I veterans.
B
Aid for the handicapped.
17) • conserved natural resources • generated electric power • controlled floods and navigation Which New Deal program should be added as the title for the information?
A
Civilian Conservation Corp
B
Tennessee Valley Authority
18) A federal minimum wage level and rules governing child labor were established by which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation?
A
National Labor Relations Act of 1935
B
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
19) What New Deal program created jobs and constructed aircraft carriers roads, and schools?
A
Wagner Act
B
Public Works Administration
20) The National Recovery Administration(NRA)
A
was eventually ruled unconstitutional
B
was focused only on immediate relief for workers in both urban and rural areas of the US
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