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Great depression - class-X

A comprehensive quiz covering the Great Depression era, including its causes, New Deal programs, social impacts, and cultural responses.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following represents an attempt by the Hoover administration to combat the effects of the Great Depression?

  1. The McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill
  2. The coining of silver
  3. The lowering of interest rates
  4. The encouragement of margin buying on Wall Street
  5. The public-works construction of the Boulder Dam
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following measures taken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration brought aid to a rural area plagued by flooding, malnutrition, and poverty?

  1. National Recovery Act
  2. Works Progress Administration
  3. Tennessee Valley Authority
  4. Public Works Administration
  5. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The stock market crash of October 29, 1929, had all the following effects except:

  1. Shareholders were forced to sell their stocks at huge losses.
  2. Businesses failed when banks called in loans they could not repay immediately.
  3. Brokers demanded immediate payment of money owed to them for stocks purchased on margin.
  4. Borrowers began defaulting on their loan payments to banks, triggering widespread bank failures.
  5. More and more people began buying on credit because there was a shortage of cash.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck describes the fortunes of a family forced out of Oklahoma by the ravages of the ______.

  1. New Deal
  2. War Department
  3. Great Society
  4. Dust Bowl
  5. Potato famine
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

All the following are included in the "Four Freedoms" President Franklin D. Roosevelt described to Congress in 1941 except:

  1. Freedom to worship in one's own way
  2. Freedom from fear
  3. Freedom of speech and expression
  4. Freedom to overthrow a tyrannical government
  5. Freedom from want
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

All the following photographers created important visual records of aspects of U.S. history except:

  1. Jacob Riis
  2. Matthew Brady
  3. Dorothea Lange
  4. Jessie Tarbox Beals
  5. Ansel Adams
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In Powell v. Alabama, the Supreme Court revoked the death sentences of the "Scottsboro boys" on the grounds that _________.

  1. the police had forced the defendants to confess their guilt
  2. the defendants had been denied the right to a trial by jury
  3. the defendants had alibis from eyewitnesses who had not been allowed to testify
  4. the defendants had been denied the right to due process
  5. the defendants had been framed for crimes committed by other people
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following proposed a 1930s relief program in which money would be taken from the wealthy and given to the poor?

  1. Harold Ickes
  2. Huey Long
  3. John Nance Garner
  4. Alf Landon
  5. Father Charles Coughlin
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Congress passed the National Recovery Act in 1933 to do all the following except:

  1. Stabilize prices
  2. Create jobs through public-works projects
  3. Allow industries to regulate themselves
  4. Raise wages
  5. Enforce antitrust laws
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Federal Securities Act created which of the following in an effort to reform business and guard against another stock market crash?

  1. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration
  2. The Civilian Conservation Corps
  3. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration
  4. The Securities and Exchange Commission
  5. The National Industrial Recovery Act
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 was _______.

  1. A reduction of the tariff on imports from Germany that caused public outrage
  2. A lower duty on Canadian goods that caused hard times in the Great Lakes states
  3. High tariffs that contributed to a global economic downturn in the 1930s
  4. An export tax on tobacco
  5. Higher salaries for senators
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

All the following are major photojournalists of the Great Depression EXCEPT:

  1. Margaret Bourke-White
  2. Walker Evans
  3. Althea Gibson
  4. Dorothea Lange
  5. Gordon Parks
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

National Industrial Recovery Act and the Wagner Act dealt with the issue of ________.

  1. The government's right to set price controls
  2. Employers' rights to exclude women from their workforce
  3. Workers' rights to organize unions
  4. States' rights to regulate interstate trade
  5. Corporations' rights to cooperate in setting industrywide standards
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following explains the original purpose of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

  1. To force poor people to deposit their income tax returns
  2. To force employers to insure workers against injury
  3. To insure corporations exploring for mineral deposits
  4. To insure bank deposits up to $5,000
  5. To protect banks against securities fraud
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The novel It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis _________.

  1. warned Americans in the 1920s that excessive buying on credit could lead to an economic crisis.
  2. described what the United States would look like if communists led a successful revolution in the 1950s.
  3. imagined a fascist takeover in the United States in the 1930s.
  4. addressed the danger of nuclear war in the 1960s.
  5. woke Californians up in the 1970s to the dangers of a devastating earthquake.
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Matches the artist and the cultural product he or she created:
X) John Steinbeck                      1) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Y) Frank Capra                         2) The Good Earth
Z) Margaret Mitchell                3) The Grapes of Wrath
                                                  4) Gone With the Wind
                                                  5) Waiting for Lefty

  1. X-2, Y-4, Z-5
  2. X-3, Y-2, Z-4
  3. X-5, Y-2, Z-1
  4. X-3, Y-4, Z-1
  5. X-3, Y-1, Z-4
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organizations, born in the 1930s, focused on organizing unskilled workers?

  1. Congress of Industrial Organizations
  2. Knights of Labor
  3. Industrial Workers of the World
  4. American Federation of Labor
  5. Communist Party
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why the Sit-down strikes proved to be a successful strategy for some unions in the 1930s?

  1. They were enthusiastically supported by the Roosevelt administration
  2. They prevented damage to company property
  3. They prevented the factory owners from carrying on production with strikebreakers
  4. They tended to gain public sympathy
  5. They were protected by federal legislation
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was an attempt to increase farm prices by ___________.

  1. restricting farm production through voluntary cooperation by farmers
  2. increasing farm production to meet growing demand
  3. reducing farm production by paying farmers to plant fewer crops
  4. lowering the tariffs to increase the sale of agricultural products abroad
  5. teaching farmers industrial skills so that they could leave the land
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One reason President Franklin D. Roosevelt was not a strong advocate of civil rights for African Americans was that he ____________.

  1. believed that the separation of the races was in the best interests of all concerned.
  2. resented the fact that African Americans voted for the Republican Party in 1936.
  3. believed the role of the federal government in society should be minimal.
  4. believed that Progressive-era reformers had successfully addressed the problem of segregation.
  5. feared losing the support of the Southern Democrats in Congress.
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's Depression-era novel, chronicles the lives of ________.

  1. Mexican migrant farm workers.
  2. displaced Dust Bowl farmers.
  3. Southern sharecroppers.
  4. coal miners from West Virginia.
  5. unemployed autoworkers from Michigan.
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is true of the 1935 Works Progress Administration?

  1. It was struck down by the Supreme Court on the grounds that it gave legislative power to the executive branch.
  2. It oversaw the building of massive hydroelectric plants along the Tennessee River, which brought electricity to many parts of the rural South.
  3. It established legal protections for workers organizing unions and listed unfair labor practices that employers could not use.
  4. It rapidly created jobs in fields as varied as airport construction and mural painting.
  5. It provided emergency assistance to banks, railroad companies, life insurance companies, and other large businesses.
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The most significant change in voting patterns in the 1930s was the _________________.

  1. decrease in the percentage of women who voted.
  2. shift among African American voters from the Republican to the Democratic Party.
  3. large percentage of voters registered to the Communist Party in presidential elections.
  4. overall decrease in the number of people who voted at all.
  5. large number of recent immigrants who registered with the Republican Party.
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 are similar in that they both ____________________.

  1. were struck down by the Supreme Court.
  2. put into practice the theory of laissez-faire.
  3. were aimed at limiting the power of the railroad companies.
  4. extended the power of government into the regulation of business.
  5. recognized the right of workers to form unions.
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's actions were noteworthy because he ________________________________.

  1. simplified the operations of the federal government.
  2. implemented a sweeping civil rights program.
  3. extended the direct influence of the government into the lives of the people.
  4. succeeded in being elected five times to the presidency.
  5. successfully concluded World War II.
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In accordance with his belief that the New Deal had not  accomplished its  goals,  Francis Townsend proposed  a  plan to _______________.

  1. Use nonviolent civil disobedience to oppose racial segregation.
  2. Send aid to antifascist groups in Europe.
  3. Force all "subversive" groups to register with the government.
  4. Ban women from working outside the home until all able-bodied men had work.
  5. Provide a monthly stipend to everyone in the United States over 60 years old.
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the correct statement about the novel "It Can't Happen Here" written by Sinclair Lewis.

  1. It warned Americans in the 1920s that excessive buying on credit could lead to an economic crisis.
  2. It described what the United States would look like if communists led a successful revolution in the 1950s.
  3. It imagined a fascist takeover in the Europe in the 1930s.
  4. It addressed the danger of nuclear war in the 1960s.
  5. It woke Californians up in the 1970s to the dangers of a devastating earthquake.
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The growth of the Communist Party in the United States in the 1930s was not due to the _____________________.

  1. The Communist Party tapped into many people's doubts the efficacy of the capitalist system during the Great Depression
  2. The Communist Party, as part of its Popular Front strategy,avoided talks of impending revolution and advocated forming alliances with anti-fascist liberals
  3. The Communist Part's work on behalf of African Americans as is evident in the Scottsboro case, won it many adherents
  4. The Communist Party's espionage work on behalf of the Soviet Union created an aura of dedication and audacity
  5. The large number of Eastern European immigrants who had supported communism back home gravitated toward the Communist Party in the United States
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following best describes the differences that existed between the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s?

  1. The AFL had a huge membership, while the CIO never developed a mass following.
  2. The AFL had its strength east of the Mississippi River, while the CIO was strongest west of the Mississippi.
  3. The AFL was more cautious in its approach to conflicts with management, while the CIO was willing to use more militant tactics, such as the sit-down strike.
  4. The AFL was actually a coalition of "company unions," organized by management to placate worker resentment, while the CIO was composed of actual worker organizations.
  5. The AFL was dominated by Communist Party members, while the CIO, fearing government reprisals, excluded Communists from leadership positions.
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ordinary dust storm took the form of the Black Blizzard in U.S. plains in 1930 because _________________.

  1. The entire ploughed landscape was stripped of all grass which earlier held the land together
  2. There was no rainfall in the region for a very long time
  3. The whole plain was an arid zone without much vegetation
  4. The area faced heavy flooding
  5. None of these
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Social Security Act of 1935 was important in that it _________.

  1. offered direct relief to eligible unemployed and disabled individuals.
  2. reformed the existing federal unemployment insurance system.
  3. created a new agency to monitor investment in the securities industry.
  4. provided relief for businesses in financial trouble as a result of the Depression.
  5. succeeded in relieving the problems of the banking system.
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the growth of the Communist Party in the United States in the 1930s?

  1. The Communist Party tapped into many people's doubts about the efficacy of the capitalist system during the Great Depression.
  2. The Communist Party, as part of its Popular Front strategy, avoided talk of impending revolution and advocated forming alliances with anti-fascist liberals.
  3. The Communist Party's work on behalf of African Americans, as is evident in the Scottsboro case, won it many adherents.
  4. The Communist Party's espionage work on behalf of the Soviet Union created an aura of dedication and audacity.
  5. The large number of Eastern European immigrants who had supported communism back home gravitated toward the Communist Party in the United States.
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