An excellent example of the reckless
speculation of the late 1920s was
margin calls.
broker pricing.
margin loans.
broker fees.
buying stock on margin.
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Question 21 pts
Which of the following statements regarding
Europeâs role in the Great Depression is most accurate?
Germany was in a strong
financial position after World War I.
The Great Depression was a
strictly American event.
The United States had to
borrow money from Germany after World War I.
America owed many European
nations money in the aftermath of World War I.
Many European nations had
not recovered from World War I and had high debts.
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Question 31 pts
Who did the Great Depression affect?
The Great Depression
affected all classes and colors.
Life got better for all the
poor.
The middle class was
untouched by the Great Depression.
Business owners were the
only ones affected.
Life got worse for only the
rich.
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Question 41 pts
During the Great Depression, all of the
following increased in frequency except
spousal desertion.
suicide rates.
birth rates.
prostitution.
crime.
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Question 51 pts
Which of the following statements regarding
married women during the Great Depression is correct?
As the Depression went on,
more married women were laid off.
Married women were
immediately targeted by employers in layoffs.
Married women luckily
always had employed husbands to take care of them.
If laid off, married women
could relax and take care of their families.
Married women often held
high-paying jobs.
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Question 61 pts
In-Depth Study from
Learning Module 6: Photographer Dorothea Lange rejected the first photographs
she took of the “Migrant Mother” and her family because:
the absence of a father
raised questions about whether he had died, had abandoned the family, or was
out seeking work.
they sent a mixed message.
the presence of several
school-age children raised questions about why they were not in school.
none of the other
photographs matched the impact of the one she chose.
the presence of a 14
year-old daughter raised irrelevant questions about when the woman had begun
having children.
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Question 71 pts
As a result of the Great Depression, the lives
of American blacks often
got worse.
got better.
got much better.
stayed the same.
got much worse.
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Question 81 pts
Which of the following groups had the highest
rate of joblessness in the early years of the Great Depression?
Whites
Mexicans
African Americans
Married women
Asians
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Question 91 pts
In-Depth Study from
Learning Module 6: The woman in Dorothea Lange’s photograph “Migrant
Mother”:
had been a wealthy
socialite before the Depression.
turned out to be a fugitive
from justice.
used the notoriety the
photograph brought her to launch a Hollywood acting career.
was found among migrant
farm workers left destitute by the failure of the pea crop.
had been abandoned by her
husband.
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Question 101 pts
The Dust Bowl occurred in all of the following
states except
Kansas.
Nevada.
Arkansas.
New Mexico.
Colorado.
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Question 111 pts
Based on Assignment 3 in Learning Module 6: Read the following
statements and determine if they are TRUE or FALSE:
·
(Statement A) The
government created the Federal Art, Music, and Writers’ Projects as well as a
Federal Theatre, all under the WPA. These agencies put thousands of creative
Americans to work, painting public murals, composing and performing new music,
and writing everything from new plays to the still-treasured WPA travel guides
to every state.
·
(Statement B) Among the more dramatic New Deal
measures was the Civilian Conservation Corps, the CCC, which was designed to
put jobless young men to work in the national forests and on federal
conservation and road construction projects.
·
(Statement C) “CCC boys,” as they were
called, received thirty dollars a month in addition to room, board, and health
care, which in most cases left the boys as much as twenty-five dollars to send
home to their impoverished families every month.
·
(Statement D) U.S. Chamber of Commerce assembled
its troops in Washingtonin 1935 to denounce the New Deal as an attempt to
“Sovietize America.”
·
(Statement E) Social
Security would prove the most significant social welfare program in American
history. Franklin Roosevelt called it the New Deal’s “supreme
achievement.”
·
(Statement F) The New Deal essentially ended
with the midterm elections of 1938, when Roosevelt’s attempt to purge his
Democratic party of conservatives backfired.
Only Statements D and F are
FALSE.
All of the statements are
TRUE
All of the statements are
FALSE
Only statement A is TRUE
Only statements D is FALSE
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Question 121 pts
According to your textbook, what was the
initial response of the Hoover administration to the Great Depression?
The Hoover administration
provided food to the starving.
The Hoover administration
denied the problem.
The Hoover administration
lowered tariffs.
The Hoover administration
sought foreign aid.
The Hoover administration
lowered taxes.
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Question 131 pts
As the Great Depression lengthened, President
Hoover did all of the following except what?
He organized conferences at
the White House for various American leaders to meet.
He asked people to keep up
hope.
He asked union leaders to
organize strikes.
He urged states to follow
through on construction projects.
He placed his trust in
American capitalism.
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Question 141 pts
What was a Hoover blanket?
A comforter
A dollar bill
A newspaper
A wool blanket
A tax bill
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Question 151 pts
In-Depth Study from
Learning Module 6: In 1935, Senator Huey Long proposed that the government
should do each of the following except:
set maximum and minimum
income levels.
provide all
“youth” with a free college education.
equalize all incomes.
pay the soldiers’ bonus in
cash.
confiscate
“excess” fortunes and redistribute the money as old age pensions.
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Question 161 pts
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was
created to do what?
Provide shelter to the
homeless
Aid the hungry
Provide jobs to the
unemployed
Make loans to struggling
banks, life-insurance companies, and railroads
Buy houses that had been
foreclosed on
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Question 171 pts
Who made up the so-called Bonus Expeditionary
Force?
Hobos and tramps
World War I veterans
Members of state militias
People left homeless by the
Dust Bowl
Out-of-work women
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Question 181 pts
President Roosevelt faced four major
challenges when he first took office. They included all of the following
except?
Reviving the industrial
economy
Alleviating widespread
American suffering
Aiding European governments
abroad
Rescuing the farming sector
of the economy
Reforming the economy to
prevent another Great Depression
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Question 191 pts
The First New Deal focused on three immediate
goals.
Relief, reform, revival
Relief, recovery, reform
Reform, revitalization, revival
Recovery, reform,
revitalization
Relief, revival, recovery
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Question 201 pts
The purpose of the Emergency Banking Relief
Act was to
give the Treasury time to
print more paper currency.
lend federal money to banks
in trouble.
save money by shutting down
the federal government.
provide money to those who
lost it in the stock market collapse.
restore confidence in
American banks.
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Question 211 pts
In-Depth Study from
Learning Module 6: In 1932, confronted with veterans demanding immediate
payment of a bonus promised in 1945, President Hoover opted to:
stage a photo-op with the
marchers, thank them for their service to the nation, and ask for their
support in the tough times that lay ahead.
perceive the Bonus March as
an attempt to use the threat of violence to pressure the government, and send
army troops to dispel the marchers.
pressure Congress to pay
off the bonuses immediately.
reject the marchers’ claim
but treat them as misguided but harmless.
call for a congressional
investigation of the Bonus March.
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Question 221 pts
The first large scale federal experiment with
work relief was
the CWA.
Social Security.
the FERA.
the SEC.
the WPA.
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Question 231 pts
The infamous Alabama court case that convicted
nine black boys of raping two white women on flimsy evidence is the case of the
Potomac boys.
Jonesboro boys.
Alabama boys.
Scottsboro boys.
Wright boys.
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Question 241 pts
The Townsend Plan targeted which segment of
the American population to aid during the Great Depression?
Women
Senior citizens
African Americans
Native Americans
Mexican Americans
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Question 251 pts
The Second New Deal focused on all of the
following except
banking reforms.
a reduction in taxes.
a new federal construction
program to employ the jobless.
increased taxes for the
wealthy.
programs to aid the old and
infirm.
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Question 261 pts
The purpose of the Works Progress
Administration was to
help Americaâs urban youth.
aid Americaâs senior
citizens.
employ out-of-work
Americans.
protect unions and union
members.
help farmers keep their
farms.
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Question 271 pts
The so-called Wagner Act
regulated the stock market.
worked to end unions in
America.
protected American
homeowners.
guaranteed American workers
the right to organize.
protected the civil rights
of African Americans.
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Question 281 pts
Because the Great Depression was especially
hard on American senior citizens and those with disabilities, the Second New
Deal included the
Wagner Act.
Social Security Act.
Wealth-Tax Act.
Agricultural Adjustment
Act.
National Industrial
Recovery Act.
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Question 291 pts
In his second presidential election in 1936,
Democrat Franklin Roosevelt carried all the states of the Union except
Texas and Alabama.
Florida and Georgia.
California and New York.
Maine and Vermont.
Pennsylvania and New
Jersey.
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Question 301 pts
In 1937, President Roosevelt tried to add six
new justices to the Supreme Court. Why?
He believed the existing
justices were overworked.
He wanted to mount a coup.
Congress gave him that
right.
He wanted to change the
courtâs makeup to aid his policies.
He did not trust the
justices already in place.