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Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The public-works construction of the Boulder Dam- serious attempt made by Hoover administration.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

By the early 1930s, the U.S. film industry had made which of the following major changes?

  1. From silent films to talking pictures

  2. From black-and-white to colour film

  3. From a studio system to an independent film industry

  4. From filming primarily in Hollywood to filming on location all over the country

  5. From Cinemascope to Kinescope
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

From silent films to talking pictures.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

Which one of the following men did NOT succeed to the presidency when the president under whom he served was assassinated?

  1. Theodore Roosevelt

  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt

  3. Lyndon B. Johnson

  4. Andrew Johnson

  5. Chester A. Arthur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

He was re-elected in a landslide victory in 1936. He also won the 1944 election and thus served as the President of the United States from 1933 till his death on April 12, 1945. The two term convention was made into a law after Roosevelt. FDR remains the longest serving US President.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation,

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

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.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

More people were taking credit rather than on cash.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

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

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

The usual reaction of the stock market to a political crisis is _____.

  1. For the Stock Exchange to close for a week

  2. A rise in stock prices and an increase in buying

  3. The stoppage of payment on government bonds

  4. A fall in stock prices and an increase in selling

  5. An increase in foreign investment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Political crisis leads to increase in selling and fall of stock prices.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Four Freedoms" President Franklin D. Roosevelt  except Freedom to overthrow a tyrannical government.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

The maintenance of the peace and safety of the United States was the stated aim of the _____.

  1. XYZ Affair

  2. Alien and Sedition Acts

  3. Bill of Rights

  4. Federalist Papers

  5. Louisiana Purchase
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The of the peace and safety of the United States was the stated aim of the Alien and Sedition Acts.