Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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As governor, how did O. Max Gardner plan to save money for the state?
A. | by increasing the sales tax | B. | by paying off the state
debt | C. | by reducing the number of government offices | D. | by encouraging
private investment in the government |
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Who was president of the United States during the Great Depression?
A. | Herbert Hoover | B. | Franklin Roosevelt | C. | Harry
Truman | D. | Woodrow Wilson |
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Why did the cartoonist describe the New Deal by saying, “It is evolution,
not revolution, gentlemen”?
A. | The New Deal came about gradually. | B. | The New Deal was a revolutionary
idea. | C. | The New Deal was a creative, well-designed program. | D. | The New Deal was
created in response to World War II. |
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What is the subject of the political cartoon?
A. | Franklin Roosevelt | B. | New Deal | C. | Great
Depression | D. | World War II |
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What did Franklin Roosevelt do to reduce the effects of the Great Depression the
day after he became president?
A. | He closed the stock market to prevent further losses. | B. | He signed a bill to
provide money to industries so they could reopen and put people back to work. | C. | He closed all the
banks until federal examiners could determine if they were sound enough to
survive. | D. | He pledged that the government would take an active role in establishing price
controls for businesses and farmers. |
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Which statement does not describe an effect of the tobacco support system
in North Carolina?
A. | It allowed large numbers of farm families to stay on the land. | B. | It kept farmers from
having to move to the towns were jobs were scarce. | C. | It provided guaranteed business for merchants
and bankers in towns along Tobacco Road. | D. | It maintained voter support for the Republican
Party in the eastern part of North Carolina. |
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Which statement does not illustrate an impact of the New Deal on the
textile industry?
A. | It eliminated child labor. | B. | It outlawed labor unions. | C. | It provided a
minimum wage. | D. | It limited the hours in a work week. |
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Why did the General Strike of 1934 fail?
A. | The strike ended in violence. | B. | The owners waited out the
workers. | C. | The workers lost faith in their union. | D. | The owners fired all the striking
workers. |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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_________________________ perfected the use of the assembly line.
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The first road across the state of North Carolina was Highway
____________________.
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The act that gave workers their first retirement pension plan was known as the
___________________________________.
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The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on ______________________________, and the
United States declared war the next day.
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One progressive idea was the _________________________, where voters could make
their decisions in private.
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Governor Gardner’s plan to help during the depression was known as the
______________________________.
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One of the most important projects of the Public Works Administration in North
Carolina was the construction of the ________________________________.
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Matching
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Match the phrase to the term it defines. A. | assembly line | F. | parity | B. | collective bargaining | G. | rationing | C. | depression | H. | relief | D. | evolution | I. | stock market | E. | minimum
wage | J. | stretch-out |
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| collective bargaining | G. | rationing |
C. | depression | H. | relief |
D. | evolution | I. | stock market |
E. | minimum
wage | J. | stretch-out |