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The Great Depression Review
Test Description: This is a review of the great depression era.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930s?
A
Agriculture replaced manufacturing as the primary industry
B
Congress voted to reject New Deal policies.
C
Stock prices were higher than investors could afford.
D
Unemployment reached its highest level in United States history.
2) President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?
A
It let people travel around the country freely.
B
It let all new immigrants become American citizens.
C
It created programs to put people back to work.
D
It gave all people the right to vote.
3) President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?
A
to strengthen the economy
B
to end racial discrimination
C
to avoid going to war
D
to improve public education
4) The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?
A
the end of the gold rush
B
the high price of oil
C
the crash of the stock exchange
D
the ending of World War II
5) The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a dust bowl. What was an immediate result of this?
A
The government built large dams in the West for irrigation
B
The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.
C
Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.
D
Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.
6) In 1929, the stock market crash was the beginning of the Great Depression. Which of the following BEST describes the Great Depression?
A
The depression caused revolutions all across the world.
B
Governments acted quickly and the depression only lasted two years.
C
The depression was severe, but only in the United States.
D
Many countries around the world experienced the economic depression.
7) Use the list below to answer this question. · the dust bowl · falling prices · banks failing · the New Deal All of these are associated with the
A
Great Migration.
B
Spanish- American War
C
Great Depression
D
Civil War.
8) When the stock market crashed in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president of the United States. The president who followed President Hoover began the New Deal, a program to help people during the Great Depression. This president was
A
Calvin Coolidge.
B
Harry Truman.
C
Warren Harding.
D
Franklin Roosevelt.
9) Which of these is the BEST description of Hoovervilles?
A
the first planned suburbs which were developed in the period after World War I
B
shantytowns in which homeless families lived during the Great Depression
C
housing projects associated with poverty and were constructed in urban areas
D
nickname for the department of Housing and Urban Development during the New Deal
10) Which New Deal agency instituted a program to grow new forests and prevent another Dust Bowl?
A
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
B
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
C
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
D
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
11) Which New Deal program was responsible for helping rural areas during the Great Depression by providing jobs to people for road and building construction?
A
The Wagner Act
B
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
C
The Social Security Act
D
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
12) Duke Ellington is best known for his accomplishments in what area?
A
music
B
politics
C
sports
D
literature
13) What was most notable about Jesse Owens' participation in the 1936 Olympics in Germany?
A
He entered the Olympics without any formal coaching.
B
He broke every world record held in Olympic track races at that time.
C
He was one of ten black Americans on the track team.
D
He was one of the youngest racers to ever participate in the Olympics.
14) Which work of Margaret Mitchell's sold over one million copies in six months, won her the Pulitzer Prize, and remains one of the best-selling books of all time?
A
The Grapes of Wrath
B
Their Eyes Were Watching God
C
Gone With Wind
D
Of Mice and Men
15) What were soup kitchens?
A
The part of the kitchen where the soup is cooked.
B
A place people could go during the Great Depression to get soup and a piece of bread.
C
A special restaurant that only served soup.
D
Where the wealthy people joined together to enjoy a meal.
16) What president did people blame for the Great Depression?
A
Teddy Roosevelt
B
Franklin Roosevelt
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
Herbert Hoover
17) What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
A
Created jobs for people all over the country
B
Built bridges, roads, and buildings
C
Supplied electricity
D
Helped elderly, disabled, and poor.
18) Which of these was an outcome of the Great Depression?
A
increased production by automakers
B
FDR's New Deal
C
the great flood of 1932
D
Truman's Square Deal
19) In 1929, the Great Depression began in the United States, caused mainly by the stock market crash. What was a major cause of the stock market crash?
A
People preferred to invest in European stocks.
B
Stock owners began to panic when stock prices fell.
C
The New York stock exchange was attacked by terrorists.
D
People were scared by the US involvement in World War I.
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