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Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a) overproduction
b) stock prices
c) too many banking regulations
d)

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a) stock market speculation
b) failure of banks
c) low tariffs
d) overproduction

Many hated Herbert Hoover and coined the term Hooverville. What was a Hooverville?
a) shacks and makeshifts homes to homeless people lived in .
b) an apartment complex where unemployed people lived
c)
d)

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
c)
d)

The purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to
a) loan federal money to banks and insurance companies
b) channel loans directly to individuals
c)
d)

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
c)
d)

Which of the following critics did Not criticize FDR?
a) Pete Shaw
b) Huey Long
c)
d)

Francis Townsend complained that the New Deal interfered too much with business and people’s lives.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Father Coughlin criticized FDR in his radio show for not taking stronger action against bankers and rich investors
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

. 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) True
b) False
c)
d)

Set up a system of pensions for the elderly, unemployed, and people with disabilities
a) Social Security Act
b) Public Works Administration
c) Agricultural Adjustment Administration
d)

Insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government
a) Tennessee Valley Authority
b) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c) Social Security Act
d)

Established minimum wages and maximum hours for all businesses engaged in interstate commerce
a) Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
b) National Labor Relations Act of 1935
c)
d)

Roosevelt's first fireside chat with the American people over radio engaged which of the following topics?
a) Banking policy to be pursued by his administration.
b) Direct relief checks to be issued by the federal government to the poor.
c)
d)

Which New Deal program specifically hired young men for public works projects?
a) Tennessee Valley Authority
b) Civilian Conservation Corps
c)
d)

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.
c)
d)

• 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
c)
d)

A federal minimum wage level and rules governing child labor were established by which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation?
a) Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
b) National Labor Relations Act of 1935
c)
d)

What New Deal program created jobs and constructed aircraft carriers roads, and schools?
a) Wagner Act
b) Public Works Administration
c)
d)

The National Recovery Administration(NRA)
a) was focused only on immediate relief for workers in both urban and rural areas of the US
b) was eventually ruled unconstitutional
c)
d)

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