Quiz #2 The Great Depression Exam Questions and Answers 100% Accurate(GRADED A+)

1) What were some of the public works projects that took place during the Great Depression? Why were they created? - ANSWER--Large that created many government jobs for needy people -Highways -Parks -Libraries -Hoover Dam/ Fort Knox/ Lincoln Tunnel 2) What were the causes of the Great Depression? - ANSWER--Growing wealth gap -Stock market crash -Bank collapse -Credit Crisis -Overproduction -International Depression 3) Know background information on Franklin D. Roosevelt - ANSWER--Defeated Republican president Hoover in the election of 1931 -Government of NY -Paralyzed legs from polio -Forward- thinker -Wealthy family 4) What was FDR's primary goal when he took office? - ANSWER-Get people beck to work 5) What invention became extremely popular during the Great Depression? - ANSWER-Radio 6) What did Governor Huey Long want the government to do? - ANSWER--Long wanted to tax the wealthy heavily -Give every American a house and $2,500 a year -Became very popular, but was assassinated by a political opponent 7) Who supported FDR's New Deal and who opposed it? - ANSWER--Supporters Labor unions Needy and jobless They ne