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What occurred on "Black Tuesday"? A stock market crash wipe all the gains of the previous year. The Wall Street crash. Marked the beginning of the depression, but did not cause it.

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression except. A drop in agricultural production in the mids. In the early years of the Depression.

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Foreign markets for American goods shrank. And early result of the stock market crash was. A large decrease in American investments in Europe. The depression was prolonged when. The Federal Reserve Board restricted the nation's money supply.

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In the first years of the depression, personal income. Dropped by more than half. They were squalid collections of shacks where the homeless of America cities lives. In what year was unemployment the highest. Which statement about women during the depression is not true. Firing women usually opened up more job opportunities for men.

The Great Depression affected Germany and all of the following ways except. It slowed the rise of Adolf Hitler to power. Most countries responded to the international crisis of the great depression with. Policies that hindered international trade. Social effects of the depression included all of the following except.

Which statement about conditions for African-Americans during the depression is true. Blacks were generally the first workers to be fired and the last to be hired. During the depression, Hispanic Americans. Lost many jobs due to prejudice against them. Which statement best summarizes protest movement, in the early years of the depression. Protesters came from a vast range of social, political, and economic interests. A member of FDR's "brain trust" who, after the first days of the administration, stated, "capitalism was saved in eight days".

He was director of the Public Works Administration, an agency which provided jobs building schools, dams, hospitals, and airports. He was an English economist, whose ideas of investing government spending in the people, influenced and reflected New Deal ideology. The Director of the Federal Emergency Relief administration, he was a close confidant to both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

This Kansas republican was defeated in the election of by an FDR landslide. This Louisiana Democrat's enormous appeal was reflected in the vast membership in his Share Our Wealth Society. This California physician and New Deal critic called for pension plans and mandatory retirement for all American workers over 60 years of age.

This representative from North Dakota argued that the New Deal was too limited in its efforts to help ailing farmers. One of Herbert Hoover's few relief measures was the creation of the. Was dispersed by troops under the command of Gen. Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in for all of the following reasons except.

Roosevelt had announced the specifics of his New Deal package of legislation. During the s Franklin Roosevelt. Bravely fought back against the ravages of polio. In the election of Roosevelt won every state south and west of Pennsylvania. The active first three months of FDR's first term of office.

Franklin Roosevelt's first goal as president was to. Strengthen the faltering bank industry. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration.

Furnished funds to local and state governments. The Securities and Exchange Commission was created to regulate. Which agency was created personally by FDR and was very popular with the public. The Civilian Conservation Corps. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration attempted to. Raise farm incomes by attacking overproduction. The plight of American farmers during the depression was magnified by.

Devastating droughts and dust storms throughout the s. Section 7A of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Guaranteed workers the right to collective bargaining. All of the following statements about the NRA are true except.

The Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality in The New Deal faced open dissent from the left by all of the following groups except. A particularly odious part of Father Charles Coughlin's criticism of the New Deal was. Coughlin's combined message of religion with anti-Semitism. Huey Long felt that FDR should. Enact wider social welfare programs. FDR supported the Wagner National Labor Reactions Act. After he recognized that both the public and Congress supported it.

The Social Security act. Established federal responsibility in providing social welfare. All of the following statements are true about the Works Progress Administration except.

Despite it's good intentions it provided few jobs for Americans. Which of the following states was least affected by the dust bowl. The Election of Revealed that an overwhelming number of Americans supported FDR and the new deal. He was FDR's director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs who protected Indians from outside interference with their religious and cultural life.

He was the novelist whose Grapes of Wrath provided a powerful and sympathetic portrayal of displaced Oklahomans looking for work in Southern California. This Detroit priest attacked New Deal policies on his weekly radio broadcasts.

This truculent leader of the NRA was attacked by labor because they felt he favored the interests of big business. This New York senator re-created section 7A and went further with labor reform in a congressional act name for him. Militant laborers challenged traditional labor leaders by forming the. Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Auto workers at GM's Flint, Michigan plant. Won their strike by using the unique tactic of the sitdown strike. On Memorial Day in Chicago in Police fired on strikers and their families, killing 10 people. Which statement about women during the Great Depression is not true. Women were not included in the NRA's minimum wage requirement. All of the following statements about Eleanor Roosevelt are true except. Despite her active role she did not become involved in lobbying Congress.

A significant shift in voting demographics occurred in the s when. Blacks shifted their loyalties from the Republicans to the Democrats. As leader of the PWA Harold Ickes insisted that.

Blacks should receive relief jobs in proportion to their share of population. The Indian Reorganization Act. Guaranteed religious freedom and halted the sale of tribal lands.

Most southerners supported the Tennessee Valley Authority because it. Brought jobs and modern conveniences to an impoverished region. The blank received the most New Deal money on a per capita basis for welfare, relief, and loans. Assert more presidential control over the make up of the Supreme Court. One effect of FDR's "court packing" proposals was. The revival of conservative opposition to FDR. The recession of was actually rooted in. A decision to return to some conservative "retrenchment" policies.

All of the following statements about the midterm elections of are true except. It revealed that, more than ever, FDR would have an easy time getting programs passed. The Nye Committee hearings made Americans think that America fought in World War I to. Make profits for large American corporations. With the hopes of expanding to new markets and increasing trade, Pres. Roosevelt extended formal recognition of this country in November ; his decision met with much criticism.

FDR's policies toward Latin America included all of the following except. Refusing to support dictators.

In the early s, Hitler established this type of government in Germany. In an effort to avoid conflict, Congress passed a set of acts, designed to continue America's trade with its world partners but prohibit the president from taking sides in the mounting European crisis.

In the s the United States took no substantial action when Japan engaged in military actions in.