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Chapter 9 Test Prep
The Great Depression and the New Deal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did "Hoovervilles" get their name during the Great depression? | The Democratic Party nicknamed the scrap wood and metal shelters that poor people made "Hoovervilles" to shame President Hoover. |
| What happened to the U.S. banking system after the stock market crash in 1929? | Banks failed when consumers could not repay their debts and/or demanded their money from the banks. |
| Who was the president when the Great Depression began? | Herbert Hoover |
| Who was the president when the Great Depression ended? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Which president believed in "rugged individualism"? | Herbert Hoover |
| Which president believed in the "New Deal"? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Which president believed the government needed to do more to help than it was doing? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| The Federal Reserve did ______________ regulating American monetary an financial systems before the Stock Market Crash of 1929. | a poor job |
| Government passed high American tariffs that ___________ international trade. | discouraged |
| Government's lack of regulation allowed many banks to _________ when the stock market crashed. | fail |
| The banking crisis occurred in part because government did not limit how much money people __________ to buy stocks. | borrowed |
| What characteristics accurately describe soup kitchens during the Great Depression? | They were a volunteer effort to feed the poor. They serve meals to up to 3,000 people per day. They developed in response to "rugged individualism" policies. |
| What was the goal of the Civilian Conservation Corps? | to preserve natural resources through soil conservation, tree planting, and flood control projects that expanded and developed the national parks. |
| What was the goal of the Works Progress Administration? | to build airports, highways, public buildings, and public parks, and fund the creation of artistic decorations of public buildings |
| What is the goal of the Tennessee Valley Authority? | to build dams to prevent flooding an provide electricity to a poverty-stricken region throughout seven states |
| What was a goal of the New Deal? | to create jobs to end mass unemployment |
| How did passing the Social Security Act help people? | taxes paid by workers an employers were used to help elderly people |
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