The Great Depression

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2006 Justin Grabowski; Authors of Activity: Justin Grabowski & Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

Choose the correct answer for each question.

A group of veterans called the _____ marched on Washington in 1932.
1. Bonus Army
2. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
3. Foreign Legion
4. Blue Angels
FDR's _____ promoted economic recovery.
1. "Power to the People"
2. "New Deal"
3. "Back to Normalcy"
4. "Peace and Prosperity"
Many of FDR's programs were passed during a time known as the _____.
1. Bolshevik Revolution
2. Congressional Session
3. Hundred Days
4. Democratic Convention
The _____ were experts on economic issues who advised FDR.
1. Securities and Exchange Commission
2. Brain Trust
3. Hoovervilles
4. Ohio Gang
During the depression, many homeless people lived in shack villages called ____.
1. the ghetto
2. slums
3. Shanty Town
4. Hoovervilles
_____ was a member of the Black Cabinet.
1. George Washington Carver
2. Mary McLeod Bethune
3. John Maynard Keynes
4. Frances Perkins
_____ was an economist who stated that government-sponsored employment would end economic depression.
1. Will Rogers
2. Albert Fall
3. John Maynard Keynes
4. Charles Forbes
_____ was known as the "eyes and ears" of FDR.
1. Eleanor Roosevelt
2. Albert Fall
3. Alfred M. Landon
4. Cordell Hull
_____ was a humorist from Oklahoma who helped support FDR's New Deal programs.
1. Mark Twain
2. Christopher Buckley
3. Will Rogers
4. Erma Bombeck
_____ was the first woman Cabinet member.
1. Frances Perkins
2. Sandra Day O'Connor
3. Jeannette Rankin
4. Rebecca Felton
The _____ enforced codes that regulated wages, prices, and working conditions. (A New Deal Program)
1. Wagner Act
2. Works Progress Administration
3. National Recovery Administration
4. Securities and Exchange Commission
The _____ was also known as the National Labor Relations Act. (A New Deal Program)
1. Smoot Hawley Act
2. Rogers Act
3. Fair Labor Standards Act
4. Wagner Act
The _____ provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges, and parks. (A New Deal Program)
1. Tennessee Valley Authority
2. Civilian Conservation Corps
3. Peace Corps
4. Welfare Administration
The _____ provided cheap electricity to seven southern states. (A New Deal Program)
1. Civilian Conservation Corps
2. Securities and Exchange Commission
3. Tennessee Valley Authority
4. National Recovery Administration
The _____ provided pensions for the elderly, unemployed, and people with disabilities. (A New Deal Program)
1. Smoot-Hawley Tariff
2. Welfare Administration
3. Civilian Conservation Corps
4. Social Security Act
Which group of people faced hard economic times even before the Great Depression began as a result of poor planning?
1. farmers
2. consumers
3. bankers
4. investors
The stock market crash hurt many Americans because _____.
1. they had to wait in line for food
2. the price of farm goods fell
3. prices of stock rose
4. their stocks became worthless
An immediate effect of the Great Depression was the _____.
1. closing of many banks
2. beginning of the New Deal
3. Dust Bowl
4. creation of the Brain Trust
The Bonus Army was made up of _____.
1. retired people who wanted a bonus retirement plan
2. labor union members who wanted a special holiday
3. World War I veterans who demanded a promised bonus ahead of schedule
4. business leaders who wanted a bonus for keeping workers employed
The following quotation refers to the _____.
"The phrase, as Roosevelt described it, meant that the forgotten man, the little man, the man nobody knew much about, was going to be dealt better cards to play with."
1. Bonus Army
2. Brain Trust
3. New Freedom
4. New Deal
Which of the following is INCORRECTLY matched with its description?
1. Brain Trust - provided jobs for young Americans
2. Tennessee Valley Authority - built dams
3. National Industrial Recovery Act - set up codes for wages, prices, and working conditions
4. Social Security Act - set up a system of pensions for the elderly
Which of the following were government programs set up to provide jobs for the unemployed?
(Check all that apply.)
1. Bonus Army
2. New York Stock Exchange
3. Civilian Conservation Corps
4. Works Progress Administration
The Wagner Act provided a boost to _____.
1. farmers
2. big business
3. organized labor
4. retired people
The Dust Bowl was caused by which of the following?
(Check all that apply.)
1. drought
2. overgrazing
3. overplowing
4. irrigation
During the depression, many Americans found escape from hard times by _____.
1. writing novels
2. eating in soup kitchens
3. visiting Hoovervilles
4. going to the movies
Which of the following New Deal organizations are NOT correctly identified with its goal?
(Check all that apply.)
1. Agricultural Adjustment Act ---- reform
2. National Recovery Administration ---- recovery
3. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ---- relief
4. Public Works Administration ---- recovery
Black Tuesday refers to the day when the _____.
1. Dust Bowl began
2. stock market crashed
3. banks were all closed
4. Bonus Army was broken up
Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932 mainly because of _____.
1. Hoover's foreign policy
2. scandals in Hoover's cabinet
3. hopes that Roosevelt would improve working conditions
4. economic hard times
In 1933, Roosevelt declared a "bank holiday" because _____.
1. bank workers had worked almost constantly during the depression
2. many banks were in trouble and in danger of failing
3. he felt that the government should run the banking industry
4. he believed that most bank presidents had voted for Hoover
"Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. It can be accomplished by treating the task as we would treat the emergency of war."
In this quotation, FDR suggests _____.
1. World War I caused unemployment
2. the Bonus Army would provide jobs for the unemployed
3. unemployment is a national emergency like war
4. unemployment was not a concern of the government
Huey Long, Francis Townsend, and Father Coughlin each _____.
1. wanted to help black Americans
2. felt the government should stay out of the economy
3. criticized Roosevelt for not doing enough to help people
4. worked for labor reform
In order to support his New Deal, Roosevelt wanted to change the Supreme Court by _____.
1. having the Justices elected instead of appointed
2. raising the number of Justices from 9 to 15
3. choosing women and blacks to serve as Justices
4. reducing the number of cases the Court could hear
Which of the following were causes of the Great Depression?
(Check all that apply.)
1. Overproduction and declining demand for goods
2. People overspeculated on stocks, using borrowed money that they could not repay when stock prices crashed
3. The Federal Reserve failed to prevent the collapse of the banking system
4. Unfair labor practices
Which of the following were impacts of the Great Depression?
(Check all that apply.)
1. 25% of banks and businesses failed
2. 25% of workers were without jobs
3. A large number of people were hungry and homeless
4. Farmers' incomes fell to low levels
Is this statement a "Cause" or an "Effect" of the New Deal?:

FDR becomes President.
1. Cause
2. Effect
Is this statement a "Cause" or an "Effect" of the New Deal?:

The role of the government in the economy increases.
1. Cause
2. Effect
Is this statement a "Cause" or an "Effect" of the New Deal?:

Hoovervilles are spread around the nation.
1. Cause
2. Effect
Is this statement a "Cause" or an "Effect" of the New Deal?:

Social Security and savings insurance continue to the present.
1. Cause
2. Effect
Is this statement a "Cause" or an "Effect" of the New Deal?:

Businesses go bankrupt.
1. Cause
2. Effect
The tariff that helped make the depression become international was _____.
1. Smoot-Hawley Tariff
2. Income Tax
3. Property Tax
4. Customs Tariff
The stock market crashed on _____.
1. October 30, 1930
2. November 1, 1933
3. October 29, 1929
4. November 12, 1940
Which of the following were goals of FDR's New Deal?
(Check all that apply.)
1. Relief
2. Recovery
3. Reform
4. Repair
A special session of Congress in 1933 in which the bulk of the New Deal programs were passes is known as the _____.
1. Hundred Days
2. Secret Session
3. Teapot Dome Scandal
4. laissez faire
The _____ was a group of African Americans who were appointed to significant positions by FDR.
1. Black Cabinet
2. NAACP
3. National Action Council for Minorities
4. Congressional Black Caucus
The _____ was a relief organization that provided federal funds to states for relief to the needy.
1. Social Security Administration
2. Welfare Organization
3. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
4. Civilian Conservation Corps
The _____ was a relief project that employed young men on environmental public works projects.
1. Tennessee Valley Authority
2. National Recovery Corps
3. National Guard
4. Civilian Conservation Corps
The _____ was a recovery act that paid farmers to grow fewer crops or later to voluntarily limit crop production.
1. Agricultural Adjustment Act
2. Food and Drug Administration
3. Farmers Relief Act
4. National Agricultural Recovery Act
The _____ was established to build dams and power plants to a region covering seven southern states.
1. Civilian Conservation Corps
2. Hooverville Association
3. Tennessee Valley Authority
4. National Labor Relations Board
The _____ was established to insure deposits on individual savings accounts.
1. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
2. National Bank Recovery Organization
3. Securities and Exchange Commission
4. Mortgage Relief Corporation
The _____ was a recovery law that sought to suspend antitrust laws, eliminate unfair competition, and prevent business failures.
1. Occupational Safety and Health Act
2. Anti-Monopoly Act
3. National Industrial Recovery Act
4. National Labor Relations Act
The _____ was a recovery organization that regulated industry, wages, and prices.
1. National Labor Relations Organization
2. National Recovery Administration
3. Social Security Administration
4. Securities and Exchange Commission
The _____ was a reform organization set up to regulate the securities market.
1. Stock Exchange
2. Works Progress Administration
3. Social Security Act
4. Securities and Exchange Commission
The _____ was a relief organization that created jobs in public works, research, and the arts.
1. Civilian Conservation Corps
2. Works Progress Administration
3. National Labor Relations Act
4. Tennessee Valley Authority
The _____ was a recovery organization that provided electricity to rural areas lacking public utilities.
1. Rural Electrification Administration
2. Tennessee Valley Authority
3. National Labor Relations Act
4. Civilian Conservation Corps
The _____ was a reform law that provided unemployment and retirement pensions.
1. Retirement Relief Administration
2. Welfare Act
3. National Labor Relations Act
4. Social Security Act
The _____, nicknamed the Wagner Act, recognized laborers right to collective bargaining.
1. National Recovery Administration
2. National Industrial Recovery Act
3. National Labor Relations Act
4. Federal Deposit Insurance Act
_____ was a critic of the New Deal. He was the "kingfish" of Louisiana who created the "Share Our Wealth" program.
1. Huey Long
2. Charles Coughlin
3. Francis Townsend
4. Al Smith
_____ was a critic of the New Deal. He was the "Radio Priest" who blamed bankers, rich investors, and the Jews for the Depression.
1. Father Charles Coughlin
2. Father Huey Long
3. Father Francis Townsend
4. Father Al Smith
_____ was a critic of the New Deal. He wanted the government to give elderly people a pension.
1. Dr. Francis Townsend
2. Dr. Charles Coughlin
3. Dr. Al Smith
4. Dr. Huey Long
The _____ was a set of laws and codes that authorized the President to regulate businesses in the interests of promoting "fair" competition, supporting prices and wages, creating jobs for unemployed workers, and stimulating the United States economy to recover from the Great Depression.
1. National Recovery Administration
2. National Labor Relations Act
3. National Industrial Recovery Act
4. National Insurance Recovery Act

The Great Depression

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2006 Justin Grabowski; Authors of Activity: Justin Grabowski & Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2006 Justin Grabowski; Authors of Activity: Justin Grabowski & Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.