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The Great Depression and the New Deal - Ms. Swinger
The Great Depression and the New Deal - Ms. Swinger
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5th grade - The Great Depression and the New Deal
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1
This African American man won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics for track and field.
Jesse Owens
Langston Hughes
Thurgood Marshall
Louis Armstrong
2
The CCC, WPA, TVA, and SSA are all a part of FDR's _____ _____.
Presidential Platform
Great Plan
Depression Plan
New Deal
3
Which New Deal program hired citizens to make trails, plant trees, and clean rivers?
TVA
CCC
WPA
SSA
4
How did President Woodrow Wilson feel about America entering the war?
He wanted us to creat a new side in the war
He wanted to fight with the Central Powers
He wanted us to fight with the Allied Powers
He wanted us to remain neutral
5
This New Deal Program provides money for people over the age of 65 and those with disabilities.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
SSA (Social Security Act)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
6
Which New Deal program hired citizens to build streets, libraries, and schools?
WPA
SSA
CCC
TVA
7
This author was famous for the book "Gone With the Wind," a historical fiction novel.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Margaret Mitchell
Langston Hughes
James Woods
8
What did the 19th amendment do?
It ended slavery
It gave African American men the right to vote
It gave women the right to vote
It ended poll taxes
9
During the Depression, hungry people lined up at ______ __________ to receive free food.
charity homes
grandma's house
soup kitchens
Freedmen's Bureau
10
This New Deal Program hired people to build streets, schools, parks, and libraries.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
SSA (Social Security Act)
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
11
How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930s?
Stock prices were higher then investors could afford
Congress voted to reject New Deal policies
Unemployment reached its highest level in US history
Agriculture replaces manufacturing as the primary industry
12
Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression?
the high price of oil
the ending of World War II
the crash of the stock exchange
the end of the gold rush
13
He was a band leader who played the piano and composed songs that are still performed today.
Langston Hughes
Jesse Owens
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
14
This president believed the government should take action to end the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William McKinley
Herbert Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
15
This New Deal Program built dams to create hydroelectricity for the Southeast.
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
SSA (Social Security Act)
CCC(Civilian Conservation Corps)
16
This New Deal Program created jobs and conserved the natural environment.
SSA (Social Security Act)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
17
How was WWI different than any war before it?
Women fought in the war
The president was a general in the war
Soldiers used trench warfare to fight
Soldiers left their families
18
Which New Deal program hired citizens to build dams to create electricity?
TVA
WPA
SSA
CCC
19
This president believed that the economy would fix itself during the Depression without help.
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
20
Due to a severe drought, farmers and their families lost farms and moved west. This area was:
the Dust Bowl
the Northern States
the Confederacy
the New Deal
