The Great Depression and New Deal - Unit
Test Questions and Answers
Use the cause and effect table to answer the question.
Cause - ?
Effect - By the mid-1920s, many farms had been foreclosed. - ANSWER✔✔-Many farmers invested in
land and equipment during the war.
Which of the following achievements did Herbert Hoover accomplish during the first year of his
presidency? - ANSWER✔✔-Hoover targeted organized crime, leading to the arrest of Al Capone.
What were the factors that led to the stock market collapse on Black Tuesday? - ANSWER✔✔-
overproduction, lack of government regulation, and bank runs
After the stock market crashed, Congress put tariffs on imported goods. What was the effect of these
tariffs? - ANSWER✔✔-The tariffs created an escalating trade war.
Read the excerpt from Hoover's "Rugged Individualism" speech to answer the question.
Choose the two highlighted examples that best explain why Hoover believed in rugged individualism, or
the belief that individuals should rely on themselves and not the government.
Nor do I wish to be misinterpreted as believing that the United States is a free-for-all and devil-take-the-
hindmost. The very essence of equality of opportunity and of American individualism is that there shall
be no domination by any group or [monopoly] in this republic.... It is no system of laissez faire....
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I have witnessed not only at home but abroad the many failures of government in business. I have seen
its tyrannies, its injustices, its destructions of self-government, its undermining of the very instincts
which carry our people forward to progress. I have witnessed the lack of advance, the lowered standards
of living, the depressed spirits of pe - ANSWER✔✔-I have witnessed not only at home but abroad the
many failures of government in business. & By adherence to the principles of decentralized self-
government, ordered liberty, equal opportunity, and freedom to the individual, our American
experiment in human welfare has yielded a degree of well-being unparalleled in the world.
What belief led Hoover to ask leading industrialists to maintain current wages in the weeks following
Black Tuesday? - ANSWER✔✔-He believed the crash was not part of a larger downturn.
Use the image to answer the question.
The photo shows men waiting in line for free bread and soup. Who was most likely responsible for
buying and cooking the food? - ANSWER✔✔-private agencies
In 3-5 sentences, describe the causes and impact of the Ford Hunger March in Dearborn, Michigan, in
1932. - ANSWER✔✔-...
Which of the following were relief programs passed as part of Hoover's plan for limited government
intervention from 1930 through 1932? Select the two correct answers. - ANSWER✔✔-expanded
construction jobs program for skilled workers &
funded the Red Cross and the Salvation Army
Which of the following best summarizes the impact of the Great Depression on African Americans? -
ANSWER✔✔-African Americans experienced increased unemployment and discrimination.
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