2H.1.2 Depression and New Deal, 1929–38 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 8

The 20 questions

1. Which group marched on Washington in 1932 demanding early payment of military bonuses?

   • Bonus Army
   • Coxey's Army
   • Farmers' Association
   • Industrial Workers

2. What was the main purpose of Herbert Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932?

   • Lending to businesses
   • Direct relief payments
   • Controlling farm prices
   • Regulating stock markets

3. What were 'Hoovervilles' during the Great Depression of the 1930s?

   • Homeless shanty towns
   • Government relief kitchens
   • Protest marches
   • Federal employment camps

4. Which 1932 act did President Hoover sign to provide federal funding for public works?

   • Emergency Relief Act
   • Glass-Steagall Act
   • Wagner Act
   • Social Security Act

5. What was the economic impact of the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?

   • Increased American exports
   • Lowered domestic prices
   • Reduced international trade
   • Expanded foreign credit

6. Which New Deal agency paid US farmers to reduce crop production?

   • Agricultural Adjustment Administration
   • Works Progress Administration
   • Tennessee Valley Authority
   • Civilian Conservation Corps

7. What was a key provision of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Banking Act?

   • Created public works
   • Ended national tariffs
   • Separated banking types
   • Abolished gold standard

8. Which New Deal agency built dams to generate electricity in the Tennessee Valley?

   • Tennessee Valley Authority
   • Civilian Conservation Corps
   • National Recovery Administration
   • Public Works Administration

9. What was the main focus of the Civilian Conservation Corps established in 1933?

   • Environmental work projects
   • Bank restructuring
   • Urban housing construction
   • Factory production regulation

10. What was the primary role of the National Recovery Administration created in 1933?

    • Federal hydro-power generation
    • Direct cash handouts
    • Industrial price codes
    • Agricultural mortgage relief

11. What was the primary economic aim of Huey Long's Share Our Wealth movement?

    • Wealth redistribution
    • Currency devaluation
    • Factory nationalisation
    • Strict price controls

12. Which right did the 1935 Wagner Act protect for American workers?

    • Minimum wage levels
    • Collective bargaining
    • Old-age pensions
    • Unemployment insurance

13. Which 1935 Act established federal pensions and unemployment insurance in the US?

    • National Recovery Act
    • Wagner Act
    • Banking Act
    • Social Security Act

14. How did the US Supreme Court rule on the National Recovery Administration in 1935?

    • Extended nationwide
    • Approved with amendments
    • Declared unconstitutional
    • Upheld entirely

15. What did President Roosevelt propose doing in his 1937 court-packing plan?

    • Replacing all judges
    • Shortening judicial terms
    • Adding extra justices
    • Abolishing lower courts

16. What caused the major economic setback in the USA during 1937–38?

    • High import tariffs
    • Mass banking failures
    • Federal spending cuts
    • Extreme hyperinflation

17. What was the main measure introduced by the US Revenue Act of 1935?

    • Universal sales tax
    • Complete tax abolishment
    • Higher wealth taxes
    • Lower corporate taxes

18. What was the primary focus of the Second New Deal between 1935 and 1938?

    • Industrial deregulation
    • Immediate relief
    • Social reform
    • Bank closures

19. Which environmental disaster affected the US Great Plains during the 1930s?

    • Coastal hurricane
    • Widespread flooding
    • Severe drought
    • Volcanic eruption

20. What occurred during President Roosevelt's First Hundred Days in 1933?

    • Emergency recovery laws
    • Wartime mobilisation
    • Foreign trade embargoes
    • Supreme Court abolition

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