Chapter 10 Heritage Studies Test

Question 1

Roosevelt declared this in order to stop runs on the bank

Answer 1

bank holiday

Question 2

Americans thought the economy would keep growing after Black Tuesday because

Answer 2

new inventions were being sold

Question 3

Roosevelt gave his supporters this in exchange for their votes

Answer 3

work projects

Question 4

This sometimes happens when the economy struggles and stock market prices rise higher than what companies are worth

Answer 4

stock market crashes

Question 5

This caused landowners to no longer need sharecroppers

Answer 5

the Farm Bill

Question 6

A house that is pieced together with scraps of metal, wood, and cardboard

Answer 6

shanty

Question 7

To buy stocks and then sell them as soon as the price goes up

Answer 7

Speculate

Question 8

The condition of wanting and needing a job but being unable to find one

Answer 8

unemployment

Question 9

A tax against goods that are shipped into a country

Answer 9

tariff

Question 10

A person who checks business records

Answer 10

auditor

Question 11

Overproduction can hurt the economy when prices drop, leading to higher sales but lower profits for __________

Answer 11

farmers

Question 12

Hoover headed efforts to provide _______ for people in Belgium during World War I

Answer 12

food

Question 13

Banks make money by receiving interest from loans and by __________ in the stock market

Answer 13

investing

Question 14

The biggest crash in American history happened on ____________ in 1929

Answer 14

Black Tuesday

Question 15

Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a bill that paid farmers to plant ___________

Answer 15

less

Question 16

Hoover’s plan to raise taxes did not help to overcome the _____________

Answer 16

• Great Depression

Question 17

A group of people who control how a city is run is called a city ________

Answer 17

• machine

Question 18

Roosevelt promised the American people a ________

Answer 18

• New Deal

Question 19

In a welfare state the responsibility for people’s well-being belongs to the

Answer 19

*government

Question 20

ESSAY

Explain why Americans thought the economy would keep growing after Black Tuesday

Answer 20

• Many new inventions were being sold.
• Companies were making money.
  _ Electricity had become available.