Exam B for US History, Semester B, 2024/2025
Cause: ?
Effect: The stock market crashed on October 29, 1929. - Precise Answer
✔✔Investors made high-risk purchases and bought stocks with small
down payments.
Which of the following statements best describes the Hoover
administration's initial response to the Great Depression? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Hoover worked with Congress to pass a tax cut for
American workers.
Which of the following was a relief effort under the Hoover
administration? - Precise Answer ✔✔The federal government funded
private relief efforts, such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the
YMCA.
Drag each of the factors that caused the Dust Bowl to the correct
category. Each category matches with two examples. - Precise Answer
✔✔Human Factors: Many farmers mortgaged their farms and borrowed
money against the profits/The demand for crops decreased and prices
dropped after World War I.
Geographic Factors: A drought struck in 1931/Massive wind storms
swept across the area.
, Read the following passage, "The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover." Then
answer the question.
Which statement best reflects the argument the article makes about
President Hoover's actions during the Great Depression? - Precise
Answer ✔✔It was a mistake failing to acknowledge the pain people
were in because of the depression.
Which piece of legislation passed by President Roosevelt was designed
to regulate banking and investment and protect consumers? - Precise
Answer ✔✔The Glass-Steagall Act
How did the New Deal farm relief efforts lead to the creation of the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union? - Precise Answer ✔✔The union was
founded because New Deal programs disproportionately helped large
commercial farms.
Which piece of New Deal legislation established a federal minimum
wage, set a 40-hour work week, and prohibited child labor for those
younger than 16? - Precise Answer ✔✔Fair Labor Standards Act
What did Franklin Roosevelt do when the Supreme Court struck down
several key pieces of New Deal legislation? - Precise Answer
✔✔Roosevelt failed at a "court packing" plan but persuaded the
Supreme Court justices to support his programs.
Cause: ?
Effect: The stock market crashed on October 29, 1929. - Precise Answer
✔✔Investors made high-risk purchases and bought stocks with small
down payments.
Which of the following statements best describes the Hoover
administration's initial response to the Great Depression? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Hoover worked with Congress to pass a tax cut for
American workers.
Which of the following was a relief effort under the Hoover
administration? - Precise Answer ✔✔The federal government funded
private relief efforts, such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the
YMCA.
Drag each of the factors that caused the Dust Bowl to the correct
category. Each category matches with two examples. - Precise Answer
✔✔Human Factors: Many farmers mortgaged their farms and borrowed
money against the profits/The demand for crops decreased and prices
dropped after World War I.
Geographic Factors: A drought struck in 1931/Massive wind storms
swept across the area.
, Read the following passage, "The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover." Then
answer the question.
Which statement best reflects the argument the article makes about
President Hoover's actions during the Great Depression? - Precise
Answer ✔✔It was a mistake failing to acknowledge the pain people
were in because of the depression.
Which piece of legislation passed by President Roosevelt was designed
to regulate banking and investment and protect consumers? - Precise
Answer ✔✔The Glass-Steagall Act
How did the New Deal farm relief efforts lead to the creation of the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union? - Precise Answer ✔✔The union was
founded because New Deal programs disproportionately helped large
commercial farms.
Which piece of New Deal legislation established a federal minimum
wage, set a 40-hour work week, and prohibited child labor for those
younger than 16? - Precise Answer ✔✔Fair Labor Standards Act
What did Franklin Roosevelt do when the Supreme Court struck down
several key pieces of New Deal legislation? - Precise Answer
✔✔Roosevelt failed at a "court packing" plan but persuaded the
Supreme Court justices to support his programs.
