8th Grade - Chapter 26 - The Great Depression and New Deal
In which year was Franklin D. Roosevelt first elected president?
1932
About 400,000 Dust Bowl farmers migrated to which state?
California
work relief program that employed about 3 million young people
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
True or false: Communism is a set of ideas that stresses the glory of the nation over individual needs and favors dictatorships.
False
True or false: Most observers agreed that the Tennessee Valley Authority failed to meet its goals.
False
True or false: The Dust Bowl catastrophe was caused entirely by human activity.
False
True or false: The Indian Reorganization Act did not help Native Americans.
False
True or false: When the Bonus Army vowed to remain in camp until its demands were met,President Hoover paid the bonuses
False
Which New Deal program insured people's bank accounts in case their bank went out of business?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
established to provide states with funds to help the needy
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Which of the following women served as secretary of labor under Roosevelt?
Frances Perkins
Which individual called for a monthly pension for retired people?
Francis Townsend
Louisiana governor and senator who planned to run against FDR in the election of 1936
Huey Long
Which of the following correctly describes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)?
It was unsuccessful.
member of FDR's "Black Cabinet"
Mary McLeod Bethune
As more and more people sold stock in September 1929, what happened to stock prices?
Stock prices decreased.
True or false: FDR defeated Herbert Hoover in the election of 1932 and it was deemed a "landslide".
True
True or false: The Great Depression changed the role of women.
True
True or false: The Hawley-Smoot Tariff raised the price of goods purchased from other countries.
True
True or false: The Works Progress Administration helped many unemployed writers, artists,and musicians.
True
borrowing money to buy stock
on margin
