1930s Quiz

Unemployment reach a high level of _________ during the Great Depression.

Which agency of the New Deal does NOT exist today?

What was the name of the storms that were caused by drought and bad farming practices?

Roosevelt made these addresses to inspire and calm the American people.

This refers to borrowing a large percentage of money to buy stock and paying little cash

Which of the three R's does NOT belong?

What is the nickname given to the day the stock market crashed?

Which event is attributed to ending the Great Depression?

Which is NOT a social effect of the Great Depression that we discussed?

This refers to FDR trying to pass a record number of bills right after his inauguration 

Government played a significant role in the lives of ordinary people with FDR's

This refers to making high risk, high reward investments in the stock market

Who won the election of 1932?

Name of the group of WW1 veterans that wanted their payment before 1945

These were shantytowns made of houses of cardboard, scrap metal, crates, etc.

What branch of government did FDR want to "pack" to get New Deal legislation passed?