Lesson 18-30-31-32 lesson game

Question 1

What was the highest rate of unemployment during the Great Depression?

Answer 1

25 percent

Question 2

.Which of the following groups was particularly hard-hit by the Depression?

Answer 2

All the above

Question 3

3.Why did farm property values fall substantially in the early 1930s?

Answer 3

Farmers could no longer sell their crops in the recession.

Question 4

4.During the early 1930s, the marriage rate _____ and the birth rate _____.

Answer 4

decreased; decreased

Question 5

The legal process that landlords use to remove tenants from their property is known as

Answer 5

eviction

Question 6

Why were the shantytowns on the edge of cities named after Hoover?

Answer 6

He was accused of not doing enough to combat the depression.

Question 7

Which of the following was an effect of high malnutrition rates during the Great Depression?

Answer 7

the introduction of soup kitchens across the country

Question 8

What were the black blizzards that plagued farmers on the Great Plains?

Answer 8

heavy winds that blew thick dust clouds

Question 9

What was the nickname given to the ruined Great Plains farmland?

Answer 9

Dust Bowl

Question 10

What process caused the black blizzards in the Great Plains?

Answer 10

desertification

Question 11

Why did Great Plains farmers overuse their lands prior to the drought?

Answer 11

Falling crop prices forced them to increase output.

Question 12

How did the federal government respond to the deterioration of the farmland?

Answer 12

It created the Soil Conservation Service to improve farming methods.

Question 13

Why did depopulation occur across the Great Plains?

Answer 13

All the above

Question 14

What famous book by John Steinbeck described the Great Plains migration?

Answer 14

The Grapes of Wrath

Question 15

Where did the majority of Great Plains migrants choose to relocate?

Answer 15

California

Question 16

How did government assistance change under the New Deal legislation?

Answer 16

It expanded the federal role in helping the poor.

Question 16

How did Congress react to the Great Flood of 1936?

Answer 16

It created a national flood-control program.

Question 17

Government support in the form of money or services to those in need is called

Answer 17

public assistance

Question 18

Why did government assistance change over time during the Great Depression?

Answer 18

Local and state relief agencies quickly ran out of funds

Question 19

Why did Harry Hopkins argue that “Hunger is not debatable”?

Answer 19

He knew that the government aid was helping to satisfy basic human needs.

Question 20

What was the goal of the Bonus Army march on the capital?

Answer 20

earning the veterans’ bonus early to help during the hard times

Question 21

In the 1930s, a prolonged drought and windstorms turned much of the Great Plains into a

Answer 21

Dust Bowl

Question 22

Why did so many men join the Bonus Army movement?

Answer 22

They were unemployed and struggling to make ends meet

Question 23

Which of the following best describes the conservative political ideology?

Answer 23

seeking to preserve traditional customs and values

Question 24

The repeating pattern in economic growth is often referred to as a

Answer 24

business cycle

Question 25

What did conservatives believe was the best economic approach in the Great Depression?

Answer 25

allowing the economy to stabilize on its own

Question 26

Why did the Great Depression change popular opinions on government-funded public assistance?

Answer 26

The length of the recession forced many to seek out aid.

Question 27

Which of the following best describes the liberal political ideology?

Answer 27

seeking to expand individual and public liberties

Question 28

What did liberals believe was the best economic approach in the Great Depression

Answer 28

using government spending to help the economy

Question 29

Government-funded construction projects are often called

Answer 29

public works.

Question 30

Which of the following best describes the radical political ideology?

Answer 30

seeking to make sweeping changes in a society

Question 31

What did communists believe was the best economic approach in the Great Depression?

Answer 31

replacing the market economy system

Question 32

How did President Hoover initially react to the Great Depression?

Answer 32

He looked for local communities to take care of their citizens.

Question 33

What did the popular term "Hooverville" represent?

Answer 33

crude shantytowns built near urban areas

Question 34

What role did Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corporation play in the recovery?

Answer 34

It offered loans to save failing banks and businesses.

Question 35

Liberals criticized Hoover for promoting what economic ideology?

Answer 35

trickle-down theory

Question 36

How did Hoover react to the Bonus Army's arrival in Washington, D.C.?

Answer 36

He ordered their removal by mobilizing military troops.

Question 37

What did Hoover warn Americans about a potential Roosevelt presidency?

Answer 37

He claimed that federal involvement in the economy would stifle businesses.

Question 38

What did Roosevelt mean when he promised "a new deal with the American people"?

Answer 38

He wanted to expand government efforts to help create new jobs.

Question 39

What was significant about Roosevelt's "First Hundred Days" as president?

Answer 39

Congress passed a record number of bills.

Question 40

What was the main goal of most relief measures during Roosevelt's presidency?

Answer 40

helping the unemployed

Question 41

What was the name of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's set of economic reforms?

Answer 41

New deal

Question 42

The key cause of the Great Depression was the

Answer 42

stock market crash.

Question 43

October 29, 1929 is known as Black Tuesday. What notable event happened on this day?

Answer 43

The worst day of plunging stock market prices.

Question 44

The nation’s longest economic slump is called the

Answer 44

Great Depression

Question 45

A ____________ is a person who sells stock.

Answer 45

Broker

Question 46

A bull market is a period in which stock prices are steadily _________.

Answer 46

Rising

Question 47

What is a period in which stock prices are steadily decreasing called?

Answer 47

a bear market

Question 48

____________ is the charge made by a bank for the use of money deposited in an account.

Answer 48

Interest

Question 49

Which of the following describes a bank run?

Answer 49

Many customers withdrawing money until the bank’s closure.

Question 50

During the stock market crash, how did banks trigger a rash of bank runs?

Answer 50

They lent businesses too much money.

Question 51

Overproduction is a situation in which

Answer 51

more goods are being produced than people can afford to buy.

Question 52

What is referred to as the flip side of overproduction

Answer 52

underconsumption

Question 53

Used to meeting high demands during World War I, who were the first people to experience underconsumption and the impact of the Great Depression

Answer 53

Farmers

Question 54

Which of the following increased for workers during the Great Depression?

Answer 54

unemployment rate

Question 55

Why did Americans blame the Federal Reserve System, called the Fed, for weakening the economy in 1930 and 1931?

Answer 55

all of the above

Question 56

Based on the Federal Reserve System’s actions in 1931 and those of the Congress in 1930, the U.S. government’s repeated attempts to help the economy

Answer 56

were not at all successful.

Question 57

Which law did Congress pass in 1930 to raise the tariffs on imported goods in order to protect U.S. businesses and farmers?

Answer 57

Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

Question 58

Overall, the Great Depression caused a(n) ____________ in the world economy.

Answer 58

Slump

Question 59

The Federal Reserve System supplies its banks with a discount rate, which refers to what?

Answer 59

The rate at which banks can borrow money from the Fed

Question 60

What effect did the Federal Reserve System have on money supply between 1929 and 1933?

Answer 60

Money supply dropped by a third.

Question 61

Investor optimism was so intense prior to the Great Depression, people ____________ money to invest in stocks.

Answer 61

borrowed

Question 62

How did underconsumption affect farmers during the Great Depression?

Answer 62

They were left with unusually large surpluses.

Question 63

In this image, who is sitting on Theodore Roosevelt's shoulder?

Answer 63

William Howard Taft

Question 64

Why does the artist refer to Taft as the crown prince?

Answer 64

It was expected that Taft would become president after Roosevelt

Question 65

Why did President Theodore Roosevelt support Taft as his successor?

Answer 65

Roosevelt was confident that Taft would continue his reform program.

Question 66

What is one reason why Roosevelt's support of Taft diminished after Taft became president?

Answer 66

Taft signed the Payne-Aldrich Bill, which raised tariffs.

Question 67

What kind of ailments did Brown's Iron Bitters claim to cure?

Answer 67

all of the above

Question 68

What effect might the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 have had on the makers of this product

Answer 68

The law required the product to be tested and approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Question 69

Why didn't products like this one carry a list of ingredients to inform and protect consumers?

Answer 69

The government did not regulate patent medicines until 1906

Question 70

In addition to the Pure Food and Drug Act, how else did progressive presidents try to protect consumers?

Answer 70

Child labor laws banned certain types of companies from hiring workers younger than 14.

Question 71

How did Pinchot believe Americans should make use of their natural resources?

Answer 71

Americans should use enough to meet their own needs, without depriving future generations.

Question 72

How does Pinchot link conservation and equal opportunity?

Answer 72

Each American should be allowed his or her fair share of natural resources.

Question 73

How does Pinchot see the relationship between the use of natural resources and the preserving of natural resources?

Answer 73

There should be a balance. Americans should use some and save some.

Question 74

By linking the conservation movement to American ideals of democracy, rights, and equal opportunity, Gifford Pinchot appeals to Americans' sense of

Answer 74

patriotism

Question 75

The Eighteenth Amendment made it illegal to

Answer 75

all of the above

Question 76

Who had the authority to make laws to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment?

Answer 76

Congress and the states

Question 77

Section 3 of the Eighteenth Amendment

Answer 77

imposed a seven-year time limit for ratification of the amendment.

Question 78

Of the following, who were the advocates of prohibition?

Answer 78

Protestant churches and the Women's Christian Temperance Union

Question 79

What cause are these women protesting in favor of

Answer 79

the right of women to vote

Question 80

What argument finally convinced President Wilson to accept women's suffrage?

Answer 80

Giving women the vote was a wartime measure to allow them to do their duties on the home front.

Question 81

These women were protesting in front of the White House because they wanted the president to

Answer 81

pressure Congress for a constitutional amendment giving women the vote.

Question 82

Which amendment to the Constitution gave women the results they had been campaigning for?

Answer 82

Nineteenth Amendment