The American Journey © 2012

Chapter 25: The Depression and the New Deal

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The stock market crashed in __________.
A)1928
B)1929
C)1930
D)1932
2
The Bonus Army __________.
A)was formed to maintain order on Wall Street
B)guarded the border with Mexico
C)built Hoovervilles for the poor
D)were veterans who demanded their bonus from Congress
3
President Roosevelt's "eyes and ears" was __________.
A)Frances Perkins
B)his Brain Trust
C)Eleanor Roosevelt
D)Will Rogers
4
A program that provided electricity to several Southern states was the __________.
A)Tennessee Valley Authority
B)Mississippi Cooperative
C)Civilian Conservation Corps
D)National Industrial Recovery Act
5
The Dust Bowl was made up of New Mexico, eastern Colorado, northern Texas, western Kansas, and __________.
A)Arizona
B)Southern California
C)Nebraska
D)Oklahoma
6
All but which of the following were factors that contributed to the Dust Bowl?
A)clearing and plowing the prairies
B)strong winds
C)land reform laws
D)drought
7
In 1936 Germany and Italy supported fascists in __________.
A)the Spanish Civil War
B)Argentina
C)the war in Ethiopia
D)Russia
8
The author of The Grapes of Wrath was __________.
A)George Burns
B)Margaret Mitchell
C)John Steinbeck
D)Upton Sinclair
9
A new law that provided monthly pensions for retired people was the __________.
A)Social Security Act
B)Works Progress Administration
C)Revenue Act
D)Federal Emergency Relief Administration
10
To prevent the Supreme Court from undoing the New Deal, FDR considered __________.
A)a "court-packing" plan
B)impeaching Supreme Court justices
C)amending the Constitution
D)cutting the salaries of Supreme Court justices
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