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Chapter 15 Packet--Dr. Larson
Matching
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. Hawley-Smoot tariff
b. Black Tuesday
c. Hooverville
d. Dow Jones Industrial Average
e. business cycle
f. Dust Bowl
g. Twenty-first Amendment
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shanty towns built by the homeless during the Great Depression
October 29, 1929
periods in which the economy grows, then contracts
repeal of Prohibition
1930 import tax, the highest in history
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. Hoovervilles
b. Twenty-first Amendment
c. business cycle
d. Dust Bowl
e. Bonus Army
f. Dow Jones Industrial Average
g. Hawley-Smoot tariff
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The ____ is a period in which the economy grows, then contracts.
Information about stock prices is reflected in the ____.
During the Depression, homeless people set up ____.
The ____, ratified in 1933, repealed the ban on alcoholic beverages.
In 1930, Congress passed the ____ to protect domestic industries from foreign imports.
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each name with the correct statement below. You will not use all the names.
a. Herbert Hoover
b. Wilson Ledford
c. Douglas MacArthur
d. Eleanor Roosevelt
e. John Maynard Keynes
f. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
g. Dorothea Lange
____ 11. photographer who showed the realities of the Depression to the nation
____ 12. wife of the President and experienced social reformer
____ 13. ordered force to be used against the Bonus Army
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____ 14. economist who believed that massive government spending programs could revive a failing economy
____ 15. President who promised the nation a “New Deal”
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
____ 16. Throughout most of the 1920s, Americans were generally
a. worried that the stock market would crash.
b. confident that business would bring continued prosperity.
c. delighted that wealth was evenly distributed.
d. concerned with economic danger signs.
____ 17. One sign that the economy might be weakening in the 1920s was
a. uneven distribution of national wealth.
b. underproduction of consumer goods.
c. an increase in personal savings.
d. the collapse of large corporations.
____ 18. When the Dow Jones Industrial Average began to drop sharply in late October 1929,
a. investors bought record shares of stock.
b. bankers pardoned personal loans and mortgages.
c. President Hoover warned Americans to stop investing.
d. investors raced to get their money out of the stock market.
____ 19. European economies were hurt during the Depression when
a. President Hoover pardoned war debts.
b. Congress lowered tariffs.
c. United States companies stopped investing in Germany.
d. the United States increased its exports.
____ 20. A major environmental crisis of the 1930s was known as
a. the Dust Bowl.
b. the Grapes of Wrath.
c. Black Tuesday.
d. the Great Crash.
____ 21. During the Depression, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans
a. made great strides in equal rights legislation.
b. often lost jobs to white laborers.
c. were less affected than other groups.
d. were encouraged to start their own businesses.
____ 22. In 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment brought an end to
a. Prohibition.
b. stock speculation.
c. the Depression.
d. the United States Communist Party.
____ 23. The 1932 presidential election served as a turning point in the way Americans viewed
a. presidential elections.
b. the Bill of Rights.
c. the responsibilities of the federal government.
d. local relief programs and private charities.
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____ 24. Which statement best describes the American economy in the 1920s?
a. Wages decreased and the economy appeared weak.
b. Unemployment was at an all-time high.
c. Stock prices rose and the economy appeared healthy.
d. Small businesses dominated American industry.
____ 25. Which group faced hard times during much of the 1920s?
a. urban bankers
b. farmers
c. small investors
d. owners of large corporations
____ 26. Which of the following was a sign of an unsound economy during the 1920s?
a. Personal debt was decreasing.
b. Wages were keeping pace with production.
c. More goods were being produced than consumers could buy.
d. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady.
____ 27. How did most investors react to a sudden fall in stock prices in 1929?
a. They called in their loans.
b. They pooled money to buy stock.
c. They raced to sell their stocks.
d. They pledged their stocks as collateral.
____ 28. What was one effect of the wage cuts and unemployment of the 1930s?
a. The divorce rate nearly tripled.
b. Banks pardoned thousands of farm mortgages.
c. Hoovervilles sprang up in the nation’s cities.
d. Most industries gave top jobs to married women.
____ 29. During the Depression, many African Americans
a. took low-paying jobs previously held by white workers.
b. experienced worsening conditions and discrimination in job and relief programs.
c. returned from northern cities to the South.
d. won new civil rights, such as access to education and healthcare.
____ 30. President Hoover believed that the best strategy for ending the Depression was
a. encouraging massive government spending.
b. lowering import duties.
c. setting up federal relief programs.
d. encouraging voluntary controls in the business sector.
____ 31. A fundamental disagreement between the candidates in the 1932 presidential election concerned whether
or not
a. the Depression existed.
b. the federal government should try to fix people’s problems.
c. Americans should offer aid to European economies.
d. any relief efforts were necessary to ease the economic crisis.
____ 32. In the fall of 1929, a wave of panic selling gripped the stock market as a result of
a. a sudden fall in stock prices.
b. corruption among stockbrokers.
c. business failures.
d. government limits on speculation.
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____ 33. Not long after Black Tuesday, the stock market crash was affecting
a. only those who had invested heavily in stocks.
b. wealthy industrialists almost exclusively.
c. millions of Americans, many of whom had never owned stocks.
d. mainly stockbrokers and banks.
____ 34. The Crash led to
a. increased factory production.
b. a brief period of rising profits.
c. higher farm prices.
d. unemployment for millions of workers.
____ 35. After the Crash, thousands of American banks closed, because they
a. had to print new money.
b. could not return depositors’ money.
c. had invested in European banks.
d. charged too high an interest rate.
____ 36. The collapse of the American economic system
a. affected only the German economy.
b. boosted American investment in Europe.
c. led to a worldwide depression.
d. increased demand for American-made goods.
____ 37. One of the underlying causes of the Great Depression was the United States’s
a. lack of farmers.
b. lack of speculators.
c. unstable government.
d. unstable economy.
____ 38. During the Depression, wage cuts and unemployment eventually affected
a. mainly women.
b. factory workers only.
c. mainly farmers.
d. all levels of society.
____ 39. Those hit hardest by the Depression were
a. wealthy industrialists.
b. high-paid office workers.
c. low-paid laborers.
d. southern landowners.
____ 40. The rise in homelessness mainly resulted from
a. increased immigration.
b. high interest rates.
c. a decline in housing construction.
d. laid-off workers losing their homes.
____ 41. Many farms were auctioned off when farmers
a. began to irrigate crops.
b. could not pay their mortgages.
c. combined households to save money.
d. destroyed crops to protest low prices.
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____ 42. Dorothea Lange’s photographs of migrant workers
a. appeared in The Grapes of Wrath.
b. angered many unemployed mothers.
c. were lost in the Dust Bowl.
d. helped win aid for the workers.
____ 43. People’s physical and mental health declined as a result of
a. poor diet and anxiety.
b. a soaring divorce rate.
c. increased wages.
d. Farm Security Administration programs.
____ 44. During the Depression working women were
a. embarrassed to be working.
b. respected for being family providers.
c. paid extra if they got married.
d. accused of taking jobs away from men.
____ 45. During the Depression, many members of minority groups
a. headed south to find factory work.
b. won many civil rights battles.
c. took jobs away from white workers.
d. lost their low-paying jobs to whites.
____ 46. Which activity would the “Depression generation” avoid?
a. buying expensive items on credit
b. pinching pennies for a future purchase
c. paying cash for a purchase
d. preparing for economic misfortune
____ 47. What did some people agree to do when a foreclosed farm was auctioned?
a. hold an auction party
b. cooperate to buy and run the farm
c. keep bids low
d. give the original owners free seeds
____ 48. What group gained some support because of the terrible conditions?
a. prohibitionists
b. Wall Street brokers
c. the Socialist Party
d. gangsters
____ 49. Why did radical and reform movements work together?
a. to destroy communism
b. to reelect President Hoover
c. to seek social justice
d. to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment
____ 50. Why did people use humor during the Depression?
a. to make higher salaries
b. to fight the Prohibition Amendment
c. to force radical political change
d. to help fight despair
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____ 51. What was one goal of the repeal of Prohibition?
a. to curb gangsters
b. to protest rent increases
c. to support farmers
d. to help reopen failed banks
____ 52. What was one dramatic symbol of hope during the Depression?
a. Hooverville
b. the Empire State Building
c. the Model T
d. Calvin Coolidge
____ 53. What symbol of business in the 1920s became labor’s prime enemy in the 1930s?
a. Will Rogers
b. Calvin Coolidge
c. Henry Ford
d. Babe Ruth
____ 54. Hoover believed that the best way to end the Depression was through
a. a military crackdown.
b. direct federal aid to the jobless.
c. bold, new laws.
d. voluntary controls by American businesses.
____ 55. International trade slowed down as a result of
a. the Bonus Army’s demands.
b. the election of 1932.
c. the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
d. the Allies’ payment of their war debts.
____ 56. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation aimed to
a. create a national bank.
b. provide government credit to banks.
c. give loans to war veterans.
d. build houses for the homeless.
____ 57. To get the Bonus Army marchers to leave the capital, General MacArthur
a. used force.
b. negotiated with the veterans’ leaders.
c. gave a patriotic speech.
d. paid them their bonus.
____ 58. One of Franklin Roosevelt’s traits that appealed to Americans was his
a. spirit of optimism.
b. unwillingness to experiment.
c. disability.
d. extreme shyness.
____ 59. As governor of New York, Roosevelt had worked vigorously for
a. banks and businesses.
b. the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
c. relief for the jobless.
d. voluntary aid from industry.
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____ 60. Roosevelt easily won the 1932 presidential election by promising
a. a New Deal for Americans.
b. repeal of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
c. lower taxes.
d. a White House conference on business.
Short Answer
KEY TERMS
Briefly define or identify each of the following terms.
61. Dow Jones Industrial Average
62. Great Crash
63. Great Depression
64. business cycles
65. Hoovervilles
66. Dust Bowl
67. Twenty-first Amendment
68. penny auctions
KEY TERMS
Explain the main objective, or goal, of each of the following.
69. Hawley-Smoot Tariff
70. Bonus Army
Essay
CRITICAL THINKING
71. Distinguishing False From Accurate Images Did President Hoover present a false or an accurate image of
the Depression to the American public? Cite examples to support your answer.
72. Drawing Conclusions What kind of advice do you think a survivor of the Great Depression might give
younger adults today?
73. Checking Consistency Explain whether the maxim “Work hard, be thrifty, don’t borrow” from Benjamin
Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac is consistent or inconsistent with attitudes displayed in the United States
during the 1920s.
74. Recognizing Cause and Effect In your opinion, what was the greatest single effect of the Depression on the
United States? Support your answer.
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