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Unit 5.
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Which contributed to the economic instability in 1929?
a) Speculation
b) Overcrowding of cities
c) Illness
d) improper farming practices
Huey Long is known for Share the Wealth. What does that mean?
a) fix disparity of rich and poor
b) clean Wall Street businesses
c) fix improper banking problems
d) give jobs to the unemployed
What was the Repatriation Act?
a) converted 500,000 new Mexican citizens to America
b) deported 500,000 Mexican Americans to Mexico
c) cleaned up the stock market
d) created a government administered benefits program
SSA is known for
a) cleaning the banking industry from shady practices
b) a program for the elderly and disabled
c) adding justices to the Supreme Court
d) protecting savings in the event of a bank failure
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)
a) assisted banks with unpaid loans
b) provided money to struggling banks
c) guaranteed employment to bank employees
d) protected personal savings in the event of a bank failure
In response to the national crisis posed by the Great Depression, the US government
a) abandoned deficit spending as a remedy for economic depressions
b) assumed a role in protecting economic stability
c) decreased federal entitlements
d) dismantled financial agencies
Which factors caused the Dust Bowl?
a) improper building in flood plains
b) flash flooding and deforestation
c) drought and improper farming practices
d) severe heat and suburban development
The TVA
a) created jobs and helped the local economy
b) improved farming practices ending the Dust Bowl
c) established industrial centers in rural areas
d) constructed buildings and sewer projects
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
a) offered incentives to people buying investment properties
b) provided the homeless moving expense money
c) helped people get mortgage loans
d) helped builders obtain loans to build subdivisions
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff
a) led to an increase in trading
b) led to a decline in US employment
c) increased world trade
d) stabilized the US economy
Opposition to FDR were
a) happy with FDR's decision to pack the courts
b) felt FDR was asking for too much executive power
c) happy with FDR's New Deal programs
d) excited about the first woman Supreme Court Justice
The goal of the Mexican Repatriation Act was
a) to end discrimination of Mexican Americans
b) to allow Mexican immigrants citizenship
c) to send Mexican Americans to Mexico
d) to increase competition for jobs
Which New Deal program was designed to fix the stock market?
a) FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
b) TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
c) SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
d) WPA Works Progress Administration
What was a cause of the Great Depression
a) speculators bought on margin
b) costs associated with World War I
c) federal tax cuts to the wealthy
d) low farm production
Expressions such as Hooverville showed that President Hoover
a) was popular for his ideas
b) used the military to aid the unemployed
c) was blamed for the suffering of the poor
d) was seen as a role model for Rugged Individualism
Under the pretext of needing jobs for US citizens, supporters of the Mexican Repatriation Act called for
a) expansion of mining into protected national parks
b) expansion of US territorial holdings in order to increase foreign trade
c) the forced deportation of Mexican citizens from the US
d)
WHat was the most likely cause of the election results in the Election of 1932?
a) Republican party lost popularity in the past elections
b) voters blamed Hoover for the Great Depression
c) voters blamed FDR for the Great Depression
d) FDR had more business experience than Hoover
What was one reason for long bread lines? (people waiting for food)
a) passage of Selective Service Act
b) A sudden increase in agricultural exports
c) growing demand for payment of military expenses
d) widespread business failures
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