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Great Depression
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What were the fireside chats that president Roosevelt did?
govt agency that improved the nations infrastructure
when investors gamble that stock prices will rise
programs/legislation signed by FDR during Great Depression
informal radio broadcast where FDR communicated with people
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created a federal insurance program based on the collection of taxes from employees/employers
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Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Social Security Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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What was the program implemented to help fix the nation’s financial system?
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Social Security Act
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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Implemented to help fix the nation’s infrastructure, as well as provide jobs to the unemployed
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Social Security Act
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
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what were informal radio broadcast in which FDR communicated with the American people
Podcast
Black Tuesday
Fireside Chats
New Deal
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The program implemented by the New Deal to help improve the lack of electricity in the South?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Social Security Act
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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What was NOT one of the three goals off the New Deal?
Resilience
Reform
Relief
Recovery
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when investors gamble that stock prices will rise
elasticity
stocks
Social Security
speculation
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Which was NOT a reason for the Great Depression?
Problems Plague the Agricultural Sector
Wealth is distributed unevenly
Easy credit
Start of WWI
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Who was president during the start of the Great Depression?
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
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Why did so many banks fail at the onset of the Great Depression?
The Federal Reserve put too much money into circulation.
Too many investors tried to open new accounts.
The stock market collapsed too slowly to collect on debts.
Too many depositors tried to withdraw their money at once.
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What is NOT one of the effects of the Great Depression?
Business close and unemployment rises
unemployment decreases
Other countries around the world are affected
The Banks Collapse
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programs and legislation enacted by FDR to promote economic recovery and social reform
New Deal
Fireside Chats
Hoovervilles
TVA
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American President elected at the height of the Great Depression
William Mckinley
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Teddy Roosevelt
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agency that provided job relief through public-works projects
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Social Security Act
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What is the day the stock market crashes known as?
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
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government agency that insures bank deposits
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
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agency that provided job relief through public-works projects
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Social Security Act
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provided aid for poverty-stricken mothers and children, the blind, and the disabled
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Social Security Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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What was the agency that provided job relief through public-works projects
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Social Security Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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Which of the following was NOT a government program implemented by the New Deal?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
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On what day does the Great Depression begin?
September 29, 1929
October 30, 1929
October 24, 1929
October 29, 1929
