Apple Guy August 23rd, 2010 at 7:07 pm

PLEASE ANSWER! GREAT DEPRESSION ?'S!?
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

APPLYING MAIN IDEAS

1.

Which of the following BEST explains why most Americans voted for Franklin Roosevelt in 1932?
a.
Franklin Roosevelt inspired them with his confidence.
b.
Franklin Roosevelt vowed to continue Hoover’s policies.
c.
Voters feared Hoover’s bold ideas.
d.
Voters believed in Roosevelt’s cautious approach.

2.

Why did the government fail to notice the slowing economy in the mid-1920s?
a.
President Hoover refused to acknowledge the slowdown.
b.
The economy was slowing in only a couple of industries.
c.
The government had no system to track economic statistics.
d.
The economy had only just begun to slow down.

3.

Which of the following was enacted to protect people’s savings?
a.
Wagner Act
b.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c.
National Industrial Recovery Act
d.
Truth-in-Securities Act

4.

What alternate plan to end the depression was proposed by New Deal critic Huey Long?
a.
Give government pensions to all Americans over the age of 60.
b.
End New Deal programs that interfere with private businesses.
c.
Have the government buy unused factories and give them to workers.
d.
Increase taxes on the rich, and provide each American family with a house, car, and decent income.

5.

Which of the following was an effect of the other three?
a.
high winds
c.
overgrazed pasture
b.
Dust Bowl
d.
drought

6.

How did the Supreme Court initially react to New Deal programs in the 1930s?
a.
The Court ruled that all New Deal programs were constitutional.
b.
The Court ruled that New Deal programs did not do enough to solve the crisis.
c.
The Court refused to hear any cases involving New Deal programs.
d.
The Court ruled that many New Deal programs were unconstitutional.

7.

In which of the following pairs was the first event the cause of the second?
a.
Great Depression begins; stock market crashes
b.
jobless veterans march to Washington; troops disband Bonus Army
c.
FDR launches Hundred Days; Brain Trust is formed
d.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is formed; FDR declares “bank holiday”

8.

Which of the following was a direct effect of the Wagner Act?
a.
Sit-down strikes were outlawed.
b.
Management was given the right to fire workers who joined unions.
c.
Workers could contribute to a pension fund for their retirement.
d.
Workers gained the legal right to collective bargaining.

9.

Which of the following statements is the BEST interpretation of President Roosevelt’s remark that he was “a bit shell-shocked” by the Hundred Days?
a.
He had been able to achieve only one of his three New Deal goals.
b.
He had not believed that he could end the depression so quickly.
c.
He was surprised at the number of laws that Congress passed.
d.
He had heard too many proposals from the experts in the Brain Trust.

10.

A common theme among painters and photographers in the 1930s was
a.
happier times in the past.
c.
the future.
b.
escapism.
d.
the hard times of the present.

11.

In his compaign speeches, which of the following groups did Franklin Roosevelt NOT promise to help?
a.
jobless workers
c.
wealthy supporters
b.
the elderly
d.
poor farmers

12.

Which of the following was intended to end risky buying and selling of stocks?
a.
the National Recovery Administration
b.
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c.
the Social Security Act
d.
the Truth-in-Securities Act

13.

Which of the following summarizes the IMMEDIATE cause of the stock market crash of 1929?
a.
Investors continued buying stocks on margin.
b.
Investors who were unable to repay loans tried to sell stocks.
c.
Brokers asked investors to repay loans.
d.
Speculators bought stocks at greatly reduced prices.

14.

Which of the following would be MOST likely to agree with the Liberty League’s objections to the New Deal?
a.
a labor union leader
c.
a business owner
b.
an unemployed worker
d.
an elderly person

15.

Which of the following groups strongly objected to the actions of the Tennessee Valley Authority?
a.
private power companies
c.
the rural poor
b.
displaced farmers
d.
textile industry workers

16.

The Great Depression affected American workers in all of the following ways EXCEPT that
a.
they worked fewer hours.
b.
they left families to find work.
c.
they lost faith in labor unions.
d.
they took pay cuts.

17.

Why did President Roosevelt try to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices from 9 to 15?
a.
He wanted the Court to be able to hear more cases.
b.
He wanted to appoint Justices who supported his New Deal programs.
c.
He wanted to lighten the workload of individual Justices.
d.
He wanted greater diversity on the Court