Great Depression and New Deal
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- Q1To regulate the stock market and prevent fraud, Congress created an independent agency called theSecurities and Exchange Commission.Securities Act.Emergency Banking Relief Act.Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.30s
- Q2Perhaps no group of Americans had been as badly hurt by the Depression as had the nation’swealthy.miners.factory workers.farmers.30s
- Q3The Public Works Administration was created as a federal relief agency to put back to work the unemployed in theconstruction industry.mining industry.arts and entertainment industry.fishing industry.30s
- Q4The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1935 provided more protection for workers, the abolition of child labor, andthe right to join a union.a fair-hiring provision.a 40-hour workweek.a labor relations mediator.30s
- Q5In terms of its main goal of ending the Depression, Roosevelt's ____________________ Deal was only a limited success, but it gave many Americans a stronger sense of security and stability.TriangleSquareLimitedNew30s
- Q6Roosevelt’s policies during the Great DepressionGold StandardNew DealMake America Great AgainContract with America30s
- Q7A highly praised New Deal work relief programSocial Security ActFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationAgricultural Adjustment ActCivilian Conservation Corps30s
- Q8provides government insurance for bank deposits up to a certain amountFederal Emergency Relief AdministrationCivilian Conservation CorpsSocial Security ActFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation30s
- Q9law providing some security for the elderly in retirementSocial Security ActWorks Progress AdministrationCivilian Conservation CorpsFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation30s
- Q10What sports star was nicknamed the “Sultan of Swat” and became a national hero?Babe RuthJoe LewisRed GrangeJack Dempsey30s
- Q11What music with its bold solos and improvisational freedom is recognized around the world as the distinctive American contribution to music?classicalpolkajazzcountry30s
- Q12Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929the best shopping day everthe day when stock prices took the steepest dive of that timethe day the Cleveland Indians won the world serieswe put a man on the moon30s
- Q13As the bull market of the late 1920s continued to soar, many investors began buying stocks ____________________, (making only a small cash down payment and borrowing the rest).with cashwith goldon the interneton margin30s
- Q14At the time of the stock market crash, the ____________________ did not insure bank deposits, so customers lost their savings if a bank collapsed.Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)Agricultural Adjustment ActWorks Progress AdministrationSocial Security Act30s
- Q15takes place when many depositors decide to withdraw their money at one timebull marketstock marketbank runon margin30s