AP US Depression Quiz

In the 1920s, Charles Beard and Mary Beard made
significant contributions to American life in the field of:
1. art.
2. music.
3. history.
4. philosophy.
The purpose of the Agricultural Marketing Act, proposed by Hoover even before the Great Crash of 1929, was to:
1. keep farm prices up.
2. impose government regulation on the commodities
  exchange market.
3. establish quotas for the importation of foreign
  agricultural products.
4. promote reciprocal-trade agreements with foreign
  countries for agricultural products.
After the effects of the Depression spread to Europe, in an attempt to restore international economic stability,
Hoover proposed:
1. a cancellation of war debts owed to the united states.
2. a moratorium on war debts, reparations, and private
  international debts.
3. that the united states follow Europe's lead in going
  off the gold standard.
4. that the united states, by means of massive loans, help
  the European countries to maintain the gold standard.
In the several months preceding the Great crash of 1929, three of the following economic indicators decreased dramatically. Which one increased?
1. automobile sales
2. wholesale prices
3. freight-car loadings
4. business inventories
One of the most important causes of the Great Depression was the fact that during the 1920s:
1. government regulation and trust busting had stifled
  free enterprise.
2. not enough profits were plowed back into business as
  new capital investment.
3. there was a fundamental maldistribution of purchasing
  power.
4. low tariff policies had benefited foreign competitors
  and seriously damaged domestic industry.
In the 1920s, European nations were able to repay their war debts to the united states, and Germany and Austria were able to continue reparation payments by:
1. inflating their currencies.
2. draining their gold reserves
3. expanding exports to the united states.
4. getting new loans from the united states.
At the depth of the Depression in 1932, the unemploymenl rate in the united states was estimated to have been:
1. 90 percent.
2. 25 percent.
3. 75 percent.
4. 5 percent.
In the early 1930S, the term 'Okies' referred to:
1. moonshiners.
2. oil speculators in Oklahoma.
3. swamp dwellers in Okefenokee.
4. dispossessed farmers fleeing the Dust Bowl.
Three of the following statements accurately describe the condition of blacks during the Great Depression. Which
the exception?
1. Blacks suffered a higher unemployment rate than whites
2. Discrimination against blacks increased, particularly
  in competition for jobs.
3. The migration of blacks to the North ended abruptly
4. Local government and private relief benefits for blacks
  were smaller than for whites.
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 was significant in that it:
1. reversed the government's previous policy of encouraging assimilation.
2. deprived the tribes of their last vestiges of self-governing institutions.
3. encouraged Indians to become assimilated into the mainstream of American culture.
4. allowed Indians to own land as individuals rather than collectively as a tribe.
Hoover reacted to the veterans' Bonus March by:
1. ignoring the veterans completely.
2. agreeing to support veterans' demands for a bonus.
3. ordering the police and army to clear out the protesters.
4. creating the veterans Administration to investigate their demands.
One effect of the Great Depression on women was to:
1. open up new opportunities for women in the professions.
2. strengthen the belief that a woman's place was in the home
3. drive most women out of the labor force by the time the economic crisis was over.
4. gain increased public support for such feminist organizations as the National Woman's party.
Three of the following were effects of the Great Depression on the American family. Which is the exception?
1. The birth rate declined.
2. The marriage rate declined.
3. The divorce rate increased.
4. Middle-class families suffered the greatest traumatic impact.
An important difference between Hoover and Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential campaign was that:
1. Hoover supported the gold standard, whereas Roosevelt promised to abolish it.
2. Hoover favored a balanced budget, whereas Roosevelt supported deficit government spending.
3. Hoover had no real plan to deal with the Depression, whereas Roosevelt had detailed and specific proposals.
4. Hoover emphasized the foreign origins of the Depression, whereas Roosevelt emphasized its domestic origins
Popular culture during the Depression era, as manifested by radio, movies, and popular literature, was characterized by:
1. escapism.
2. appeals to prurient interest.
3. a return to traditional religious values.
4. a deep social concern to portray the human consequences of the national economic disaster.
first few days in office, Roosevelt achieved three of the following, either by proclamation or by congressional enactment. Which is the exception?
1. All banks were closed temporarily.
2. The manufacture and sale of 3.2 percent beer was legalized.
3. The nation's commitment to the gold standard was explicitly reaffirmed.
4. Government salaries and veterans' pensions were reduced in an attempt to balance the budget.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1933) sought to raise farm incomes by:
1. regulating prices paid by food processors.
2. paying benefits to farmers who would limit production.
3. paying direct subsidies to farmers with no limitations
  on production.
4. buying farm surpluses and dumping the crops abroad for whatever price the AAA could get.
Which of the following depended the most for its success on the cooperation of the trade associations?
1. the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
2. the Civilian Conservation corps
3. the National Recovery Administration
4. the Tennessee Valley Authority
Three of the following were purposes behind the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Which is not true?
the exception?
1. flood control
2. experimentation with regional planning and rehabilitation
3. electrification of the urban cities in the South
4. Supreme Court ruling created a precedent for government operation of utilities
An important feature of the FDIC, established by the Glass-Steagal Act of 1933, was government:
1. guarantee of farm mortgages.
2. management of interest rates.
3. regulation of the stock market.
4. guarantee of individual bank deposits up to a certain maximum.