The Great Depression Vocabulary-2021 Question Preview (ID: 49776)


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1929-1939; the dramatic decline in the world's economy; millions of people lost their jobs as banks and businesses closed around the world
a) The Great Depression
b) Roaring Twenties
c) Stock Market Crash
d) Bank Failures of the 1930s

A national banking system, established in 1913, that controls the U.S. money supply and the availability of credit in the country
a) U.S. Government First National Bank
b) Bank of United States
c) Federal Reserve
d) Local and State Bank Act

Insured bank deposits so that people would not lose their savings in the event of a bank failure
a) Speculation Funds
b) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
c) Social Security Act
d) Security and Exchange Commisson

Poor farming practices and a severe drought led to horrible dust storms and left much of the southern Great Plains in despair
a) Dust Bowl
b) New Deal
c) The Great Depression
d) Agricultural Adjustment Act

Roosevelt's attempt to load the courts with justices who supported his policies; wanted to increase supreme court justices from 9 to 15
a) Supreme Court Leveling
b) Court Packing Scheme
c) Constitutional Amendment
d) New Deal

October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed; began the Great Depression
a) Black Thursday
b) World War I
c) Speculation Begins
d) Black Tuesday

Buying stocks and borrowing money from a bank or broker; if the money was not paid back, the bank would foreclose on possessions; everyday people could now buy stock; led to stock market crash because of overextension
a) Stock Broker
b) Speculation
c) Buying on the Margin
d) Get Rich Quick

New Deal program; hired unemployed men to work, cleaning up forests and planting trees
a) Public Works Administration
b) Civilian Conservation Corps
c) Works Progress Administration
d) Tennessee Valley Authority

The government paid farmers to plant less in hope of increasing crop prices
a) Agricultural Adjustment Act
b) Civilian Conservation Corps
c) Public Works Administration
d) Works Progress Administration

Began New Deal programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression; president during most of WWII
a) Woodrow Wilson
b) Herbert Hoover
c) Harry Truman
d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

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