Review Quiz - The Great Depression of the 1930s

Review Quiz - The Great Depression of the 1930s
Frameworks for America's Past

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Review Quiz for Unit 9 - The Great Depression of the 1930s
Frameworks for America's Past

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1. When was the famous stock market crash of the 1920s?

a. 1926.
b. 1927.
c. 1928.
d. 1929.

2. What is the best title for the graphic shown above?

a. Business Growth in the 1920s
b. Causes of the Great Depression
c. The Great Depression's Results
d. New Deal Program Goals

3. The Federal Reserve is the nation’s

a. lawmaking body.
b. top federal court.
c. central bank.
d. land set aside for new National Parks.

4. Over-speculation on stocks often leads to a crash in the stock market. Which letter indicates over-speculation in stocks in the chart above?

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

5. What percent of Americans looking for work were unable to find a job during the worst period of the Great Depression?

a. 75 percent (three out of four)
b. 50 percent (one half)
c. 25 percent (one out of four)
d. 5 percent (one out of 20)

6. Which of these was NOT an impact (result) of the Great Depression?

a. many banks and businesses failed
b. many people became homeless and hungry
c. the Dust Bowl of the 1930s
d. farmer’s income fell to low levels

7. Which area of the country was referred to as the “Dust Bowl” because of severe drought and dust storms there in the 1930s?

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

8. Who was president when the Great Depression began, and was blamed by many people for not doing enough to end the crisis?

a. Herbert Hoover
b. Warren G. Harding
c. Calvin Coolidge
d. Woodrow Wilson

9. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932, on a promise to give a
"________ _______" to Americans.

a. New Frontier
b. Great Society
c. Bright Dawn
d. New Deal

10. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) was a -

a. federal work program.
b. Social Security program.
c. farm assistance program.
d. law to increase worker’s rights.

11. The Civilian Conservation Corps (the CCC) created jobs for young men in national parks. The program was also intended to

a. help elderly retired workers.
b. protect and improve the environment.
c. start schools for migrant farm children.
d. provide day care for children.

12. The National Labor Relations Act was an important new law because it

a. gave money to start new businesses.
b. helped women having babies.
c. built many new communities.
d. improved rights for workers.

13. the Social Security system was created mainly to

a. give retired workers an income.
b. encourage new marriages.
c. bring North and South closer together.
d. help Native Americans.

14. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was one of the programs created by the federal government during the Great Depression. What category does the WPA belong in on the chart shown above?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

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