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What was the Economic theory that reducing taxes will allow more money for consumers to spend in an economy. It is what Herbert Hoover practiced in an attempt to correct the Great Depression.
a) Supply-Side (trickle down) Economics
b) Keynesian Economics
c) Laissaiz-Faire Economics
d) Voodoo Economics
What was the term used to describe FDR's whole reform program that he used to combat the Great Depression called?
a) New Deal
b) Neutrality Acts
c) Square Deal
d) Fair Deal
What was the New Deal reform agency established to provide a public watchdog against deception and fraud in stock trading?
a) Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)
b) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
c) Works Progress Administration (WPA)
d) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
What were the shantytowns set up by those who lost their homes during the Great Depression called? They were named after the president whom many blamed for their financial distress.
a) Hoovervilles
b) Rooseveltvilles
c) Coolidgevilles
d) Taftvilles
Who was the Louisiana senator and popular mass agitator who promised to make every man a king at the expense of the wealthy?
a) Huey P. Long Kingfish
b) Joseph Stalin
c) Ira Hayes
d) Winston Churchill
What was the large federal employment relief program, established in 1935 under Harry Hopkins, that provided jobs in many fields including Art, construction,and history called? 8.5 million people were employed in this program.
a) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
b) Federal Deposit Insurance Incorporation (FDIC)
c) Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)
d) Works Progress Administration (WPA)
What was the term for over 20,000 unemployed veterans who went to Washington, D.C. to demand their bonus checks early from the Adjusted compensation act? They were eventually forced to leave.
a) Blitzkrieg
b) CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
c) Bonus March
d) Axis Powers
Who was Prime Minister of Italy known as Il Duce? He was the leader of the Fascist party, he gained power by threatening force and he ruled from 1922-1945. He allied himself with Germany during WW II.
a) Salvatore Bustamonte
b) Benito Mussolini
c) Adolph Hitler
d) Hideki Tojo
Who was the Fuhrer of Germany and leader of the Nazi party from 1934 -1945? His party gained control of the government by force. His expansion plan for Germany lead to World War II.
a) Kaiser Wilhelm II
b) Adolph Hitler
c) Benito Mussolini
d) Winston Churchilll
Who was the Prime minister and Army minister of Japan from 1940-1944? His plans lead to the expansion of the Japanese Empire which lead to Japan's involvement in WW II.
a) Emperor Hirohito
b) Winston Churchill
c) Benito Mussolini
d) Hideki Tojo
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