THE GREAT DEPRESSION- THE 1930s Question Preview (ID: 59334)


1929-1941. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Overproduction was one of the causes of the Great Depression. Which 2 overproductions were true ?
a) overproduction of cell phones and Chrome Books
b) overproduction of farm goods (the price of farm products was low due to overproduction) and over production of factory goods
c) over production of movies, TV shows, and songs
d)

Shantytowns that had homes made from scraps were called
a) Shantyvilles
b) Boxvilles
c) Hoovervilles
d)

Choose the correct New Deal program that created a tax on workers and employers and helped people with disabilities, the elderly, and children whose parents couldn't support them.
a) Social Security Act
b) The Tax Dance Act
c)
d)

True or False The government's role in the economy was extensive during Roosevelt's presidency.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Which New Deal program created jobs for young, single men, worked on projects to benefit the public, lived and worked in structured style settings, and made sure that most of the money they earned was sent home to their families?
a) Jobs for young single men- JYSM
b) Civilian Conservation Corps- CCC
c) Tennessee Valley Authority
d)

What New Deal program employed people to build schools, hospitals, parks, and airports in addition to employing writers, musicians, and artists?
a) The Bob The Builder Program
b) The Works Progress Administration- WPA
c)
d)

Which New Deal Program raised farm prices quickly, controlled farm production, paid farmers to destroy crops, livestock, and milk, and leave portions of land uncultivated?
a) The Agricultural Adjustment Act-AAA
b) Funny Farms
c)
d)

Which New Deal program insured people's bank deposits which meant the government guaranteed that money put in a bank insured by the FDIC would not be lost if the bank ever failed?
a) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b) The Kellogg's Corporation
c)
d)

Which New Deal program was created to control flooding, promote conservation and development, and bring electricity to rural areas in the Tennessee Valley?
a) The Tennessee Valley Authority-TVA
b) Power R Us- PRU
c)
d)

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration- FERA
a) provided ferrets to everyone
b) gave Farrah Faucet from Charlie's Angels to assist
c) gave relief to the unemployed and others who needed it to survive
d)

The Securities Exchange Commission- SEC was created to
a) regulate the sale of stocks and bonds and could punish dishonest stockbrokers
b) regulate exchange of mall cops during the movie
c) regulate trade of socks
d)

These new laws and programs gave relief (helped with the suffering by providing jobs), recovery (helped business and industry recover), reform (created steps to prevent another depression). The name of this was
a) The New RRR
b) The New Recipe
c) The New Deal
d)

The new laws and programs to battle the Great Depression were named
a) The Old Deal
b) The New Deal
c) No Deal
d)

Dust Pneumonia, couldn't farm, farmers couldn't pay laons, banks forclosed, many left, some went to California, some found work as migrant laborers, nicknamed Okies were all effects of
a) eating bacon
b) The Dust Bowl
c) pealing out while riding your four-wheeler
d)

Manmade causes of the Dust Bowl are
a) over plowing, overgrazing, overplanting
b) not sweeping your house, not dusting your house, having too many animals
c) using powder, using flour, not bathing
d)

Environmental causes of the Dust Bowl are
a) playing in the sand, using sidewalk chalk, and four wheeling in deep mud
b) over watering, extreme cold, no wind
c) draught, high heat, high winds
d)

President D. Roosevelt's words are
a) What's up?
b) I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
c) I got you!
d)

An area of the Great Plains that experienced severe dust storms is
a) The Plain Bowl
b) The Fruit Loop Bowl
c) The Dust Bowl
d)

A period when business slows, prices fall, wages fall, and unemployment rises
a) Economic Depression
b) Inflation
c) Clearance Sale at Walmart
d)

Homelessness, Hunger, and High Unemployment were all
a) breakfast specials at Bacon's Breakfast Bistro
b) effects of the depression
c) flowers sold at Walmart
d)

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