Which set of factors helped cause the Dust Bowl?

widespread drought and poor farming practices

Which of the following was a major result of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

Many Americans lost their savings.

Which New Deal program was created for young men ages 18 to 25 whose purpose was to plant trees on public lands?

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Which New Deal program helped people in the South by creating electricity by using water power?

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

What is the MOST LIKELY reason that these men were waiting to enter a soup kitchen?

The men lost their jobs during the Great Depression.

How was President Hoover's response to the Great Depression different from President Roosevelt's response?

Hoover's approach was to do nothing and let the problem fix itself.

What role did US President Franklin D. Roosevelt play in the nation's recovery from the Great Depression?

He implemented government programs designed to put Americans back to work.

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1
By competing in the 1936 Olympic Games, Jesse Owens took a brave stand for which of the following?
New Deal programs
economics improvement
Civil Rights
Worker's rights
2
Which set of factors helped cause the Dust Bowl?
widespread industrialization and the creation of the assembly line
widespread drought and poor farming practices
widespread destruction caused by the stock market crash
widespread unemployment and a decline in customer spending
3
Which of the following contributed to American culture during the Great Depression by singing the blues, jazz, & swing
Duke Ellington
Jesse Owens
Margaret Mitchell
Eleanor Roosevelt
4
Which of the following was a major result of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Many Americans began placing all of their money in banks.
Many Americans purchased new Ford automobiles to travel the country.
Many Americans increased their spending.
Many Americans lost their savings.
5
Which New Deal program was created for young men ages 18 to 25 whose purpose was to plant trees on public lands?
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
6
Which New Deal program helped people in the South by creating electricity by using water power?
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
7
What is the MOST LIKELY reason that these men were waiting to enter a soup kitchen?
The kitchen had just opened for the first time.
The men had money to buy soup during the Great Depression.
The men lost their jobs during the Great Depression.
The kitchen was very popular with working men.
8
How was President Hoover's response to the Great Depression different from President Roosevelt's response?
Both Hoover and Roosevelt believed that the federal government should help.
Hoover's approach was to do nothing and let the problem fix itself.
Both Hoover and Roosevelt believed in not offering help.
Roosevelt's approach was to do nothing and let the problem fix itself.
9
True or False, Wagner went to the right New Deal Program.
True
False
10
What role did US President Franklin D. Roosevelt play in the nation's recovery from the Great Depression?
He implemented government programs designed to put Americans back to work.
He decreased the role of the Federal government in helping citizens.
He requested financial assistance from European nations.
He lowered taxes to encourage foreign businesses to relocate to the U.S.

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