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Great Depression and New Deal
Great Depression and New Deal
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Which of the following New Deal programs DID NOT put unemployed young men on public works?
WPA
FDIC
CCC
PWA
2
Makeshift shantytown that sprang up in the Depression for the otherwise homeless.
Skid Row
Dust Bowl
Hooverville
Civilian Conservation Corps
3
FDR's conversational radio addresses to Americans, informing them of his New Deal programs.
Weekly Addresses
Fireside Chats
Weekend Updates
Public Works
4
October 29, 1929, this is the day the stock market crashed.
Black Friday
The Bank Holiday
D-Day
Black Tuesday
5
This program, initially begun under the New Deal, provided pensions for elderly Americans.
Social Security
CCC
FDIC
WPA
6
Name given by FDR to his programs to raise America out of the Depression.
The New Deal
The New Freedom
The National Recovery Administration
The Square Deal
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Which of the following WAS NOT one of the causes of the Depression in 1929?
Exhaustion of credit
WWI debt
Buying on Margin and other stock speculation
Uneven distribution of wealth
8
What term describes FDR's closing of the banks to rush them new currency upon entering office?
The Federal Emergency Relief Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act
The National Recovery Administration
The Bank Holiday
9
Of all the world's countries, this nation with an already weak economy was hardest hit.
Germany
Great Britain
U.S.S.R.
The United States
10
Approximately what percentage of of Americans were unemployed by 1932-33?
25%
45%
15%
35%
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Name given to WWI vets who protested in the streets of Washington D.C. for money due in 1945.
Deadbeat Doughboys
Hoover's Hundreds
The Bonus Army
The Forgotten Men
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Depression term used to describe the drought in the midwest, partly caused by over-farming.
The Badlands
Desolation Row
The Dust Bowl
The Margin