Great Depression Unit Test

State Standards
7.1.2 Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and
consequences of the Great Depression by analyzing

The political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression including fiscal policy,
overproduction, under consumption, and speculation, the 1929 crash, and the Dust Bowl (National
Geography Standards 14 and 15; p. 212 and 214).

The economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental
conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers and families (National Geography Standard 15, p. 214)

Hoovers policies and their impact (e.g., Reconstruction Finance Corporation)

7.1.3 The New Deal Explain and evaluate Roosevelts New Deal Policies including

Expanding the federal governments responsibilities to protect the environment (e.g., Dust Bowl and the
Tennessee Valley), meet challenges of unemployment, address the needs of workers, farmers, poor, and
elderly (National Geography Standard 14, p. 212)

Opposition to the New Deal and the impact of the Supreme Court in striking down and then accepting New
Deal laws

Consequences of New Deal policies (e.g., promoting workers rights, development of Social Security
program, and banking and financial regulation conservation practices, crop subsidies) (National Geography
Standard 16, p. 216)

Section 1: Answer each question for a total of 1 point each.

1. In the 1920s the spending and economic trends tended towards
a. Consumerism

b. Capitalism

c. Populism

d. Regulation

2. Which of the following was NOT a reason the Bubble grew so large
a. Banks taking on
risky loans

b. Underproduction of
goods

c. Stock market
speculation

d. Lowering of
margin
requirements

3. What paid for all of the New Deal programs?

a. Taxes

b. Investors

c. FDR himself

d. Government

4. How did high tariffs on overseas goods contribute to the Great Depression?
a. Communication
between

b. There became too

much competition

c. Increased prices
caused U.S. lose

d. None of the
above

countries
stopped.

for foreign
investment

foreign investors

5. Interest rates were kept ______________ making businesses think people had money.
a. Low

b. High

c. The same

d. Equal

6. List the THREE causes of the Great Depression as discussed in class

1.

2.

3.

7. Many people relied on what to get their food during the Great Depression?
a. Relatives

b. Churches

c. The garbage

d. Soup Kitchens

8. President _______________ was often blamed for the Great Depression.

a. Hoover

b. FDR

c. Coolidge

d. Obama

9. Many people lost their homes and began living in villages called
a. Settlements

b. Hoovervilles

c. Cardboard Towns

d. The ghetto

c. Poor Place

d. Shantytown

c. Crop Rotation

d. a & b

10. Another word for a Hooverville is a

a. Box Town

b. Bridge dweller

11. The major causes of the Dust Bowl were

a. Drought

b. Overgrazing of
cattle

12. Black Tuesday refers to the day when the ______________ crashed.
a. Stock Market

b. Banks

c. Businesses

13. What happened to the governments power because of the New Deal?
a. It stayed the
same

b. It decreased

c. It increased

d. White House

14. FDR created a holiday for what businesses to close?

a. Banks

b. Soup Kitchens

c. Shops

d. Farms

15. What is the story of the people in the picture? What are they living in?

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16. One way that many people coped with the toll of the Great Depression was through
a. Staying home

b. Escaping reality

c. Trying to find
work

d. Stealing

17. An important achievement of New Deal legislation was the creation of this public works program that
built over 650,000 miles of roads and highways. It also built schools, parks, and airports and employed
artists, writers, and musicians
a. The Emergency
Banking Act

b. The Civilian
Conservation
Corp

c. Works Progress
Administration

d. Laissez Fare
Policies

18. Walt Disney produced the first feature-length ______________ film.

a. Animation

b. Comedy

c. Color

d. Drama

c. FDR

d. FDR and
Hoover

19. What president created the New Deal?

a. Hoover

b. Coolidge

20. Families also enjoyed gathering around the _____________________ to escape the depression.
a. Television

b. Radio

c. Fire

d. Church

Section 2 (Short Answer) Answer each question by giving ONE correct example and ONE
summary of its impact on the Depression era and or people. (1 point for example, 1 point for
summary)
21. How did Hoover show relief to the people during the Great Depression?
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22. Explain why Hoover believed the government should either attempt to fix the economy or leave it
alone.
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23. What were the Hunger Marches?
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24. Who took part in the Bonus Marches? Why did they March?
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25. How did FDRs Fireside Chats help people during the Great Depression?
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26. Name and summarize three Rs of the New Deal?

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27. What was the cost of the New Deal programs to taxpayers?

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28. Explain how margin requirements and speculative stock investments worked together to cause the

crash on Black Tuesday

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29. What is consumer confidence and what happened to it throughout the New Deal?

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30. Summarize one element that pulled America out of the Great Depression

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