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The Great Depression and New Deal
The Great Depression and New Deal
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Fifth grade Social Studies
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1
Which was the main reason the Stock Market crashed?
Banks bought shares in the stock market.
Farmers had not rotated their crops.
People panicked and tried to sell all their stock at once.
President Roosevelt invented the New Deal.
2
If you had worked for the WPA, what kind of work might you have done?
building dams to generate electricity for rural homes
helping farmers to rotate their crops
Building roads, parks, bridges, and painting murals
planting trees, soil conservation, flood control
3
What is the difference in an economic depression and an economic recession?
A depression lasts longer than a recession.
A recession lasts longer than a depression.
A recession is more serious than a depression.
Depression fires people from their jobs. Recession doesn't.
4
FDR reorganized the banking system and established the FDIC. What was that?
Family Disability Insurance for Children
Federation of College Intellectual Candidates
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Defense Intelligence Corporation
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Who was the president at the BEGINNING of the Great Depression? (Hint: Many people blamed him.)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
William McKinley
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What was the CCC?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Consumers Credit Company
Conserving Civilian Corporation
Credit Counseling for Consumers
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The TVA was one of FDR's most popular programs & is still used today. What is TVA?
Tennessee Victory Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Teachers Vote for Animals
Tennessee Valley Anonymous
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If you had gotten a job with the CCC, what kind of work would you have done?
Planting trees, soil conservation, flood control
building libraries, schools, and hospitals
Building dams to generate electricity for rural homes
Painting murals to decorate public buildings
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What does the FDIC do?
gives loans to people who need them
opens savings accounts for college students
charges fees for credit cards
provides insurance for money deposited in banks
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If you worked for the TVA, what kind of job might you have had?
building dams to generate electricity for rural areas
building libraries, schools, and hospitals
painting murals and making sculptures
building bridges and highways
11
Besides the New Deal, how else did the government try to help people during the Depression?
With soup kitchens and bread lines
By making their house payments
By giving them money to put in the bank
By providing daycare for their children
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Why did many banks have to close after the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Too many people couldn't repay the money they had borrowed.
Many bankers were poor businessmen.
FDR made new strict rules for banks.
Too many people deposited their money at the same time.
13
Which program below was NOT part of the New Deal?
Farm Assistance Programs
Social Security
Increased rights for African Americans
Federal Work Programs
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Which one was NOT a reason for the Great Depression?
Factories making too many goods.
The New Deal
The Dust Bowl
Buying things on credit
15
Which president served the longest term in office of any U.S. president?
Herbert Hoover
John F. Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
Abraham Lincoln
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When the banks failed during the Depression, what happened to the depositors' money?
They lost all of it.
The banks paid them back.
They weren't able to get their money for a few months.
They left it in the banks until they reopened.
