Great Depression Vocabulary Quiz

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1.

October 29th, 1929 when the DJIA fell 12% - one of the largest one-day drops in stock market history. More than 16 million shares were traded in a panic selloff. The day stock market crashed leads into great depression.
- A.
  
  Black Tuesday
- B.
  
  New Deal
- C.
  
  Deficit Spending
Correct Answer
A. Black Tuesday
2.

Share our Wealth is the investing of money in a high-risk venture in hopes of making a profit
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
B. False
3.

a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed (marched) in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.

Correct Answer
Bonus Army
4.

Legislative that raised US duties on imports to all-time highs; cause foreign government to raise their own trade restrictions
- A.
  
  Smoot-Hawley Tariff
- B.
  
  Hundred Days
- C.
  
  Fireside Chats
Correct Answer
A. Smoot-Hawley Tariff
5.

Special session of congress in 1933 during which the bulk of New Deals programs was passed

Correct Answer
100 hundred days
A hundred days
hundred days
6.

Government spending that exceeds the amount received in revenue
- A.
  
  Deficiet Spending
- B.
  
  New Deal
- C.
  
  WPA
Correct Answer
A. Deficiet Spending
7.

WPA or Works Progress Administration: New Deal agency created to put American men and women to work construction and repairing bridges, roads, buildings, and parks
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
8.

a law passed in 1935 providing old-age retirement insurance, a federal-state program of unemployment compensation, and federal grants for state welfare programs.
- A.
  
  Hoovervilles
- B.
  
  Smoot-Hawley Tariff
- C.
  
  Social Security Act
Correct Answer
C. Social Security Act
9.

Buying on Margin- purchased stocks on credit
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
10.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio addresses to the American people

Correct Answer
Fireside Chats
11.

The investing of money in a high-risk venture in hopes of making a profit
- A.
  
  Bonus Army
- B.
  
  Speculation
- C.
  
  Hoovervilles
Correct Answer
B. Speculation
12.

A collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.

Correct Answer
Hoovervilles
13.

President franklin D Roosevelt’s programs for helping the US economy during the Great Depression

Correct Answer
New Deal

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Great Depression Vocabulary Quiz

October 29th, 1929 when the DJIA fell 12% - one of the largest one-day drops in stock market history. More than 16 million shares were traded in a panic selloff. The day stock market crashed leads into great depression.

Share our Wealth is the investing of money in a high-risk venture in hopes of making a profit

a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed (marched) in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.

Legislative that raised US duties on imports to all-time highs; cause foreign government to raise their own trade restrictions

Special session of congress in 1933 during which the bulk of New Deals programs was passed

Government spending that exceeds the amount received in revenue

WPA or Works Progress Administration: New Deal agency created to put American men and women to work construction and repairing bridges, roads, buildings, and parks

a law passed in 1935 providing old-age retirement insurance, a federal-state program of unemployment compensation, and federal grants for state welfare programs.

Buying on Margin- purchased stocks on credit

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio addresses to the American people

The investing of money in a high-risk venture in hopes of making a profit

A collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.

President franklin D Roosevelt’s programs for helping the US economy during the Great Depression