Ch. 9: The Great Depression + The New Deal

Which president believed it was the government's duty to aid citizens in need?

The Great Depression did not affect farmers.

The Federal Reserve failed to prevent the collapse of the baking system causing the stock market to crash.

Which event sparked the Great Depression?

What was NOT one of the main goals of the New Deal?

Which program gave people jobs building highways, bridges, and decorating buildings?

What was President Roosevelt's plan to help struggling Americans called?

Which was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?

Who was America's 31st president, who was president at the beginning of the Great Depression?

What was NOT a reason that soup kitchens were opened?

When the stock market crashed, people rushed to banks to withdraw all their money.

What were the shantytowns homeless people built to live in called?

Which program helped to build dams to prevent flooding and provide electricity to poor areas?

The New Deal worked and changed Americans' lives.

Which program helped young men work by developing and expanding national parks?

Members of the Democratic Party called the shantytowns "Hoovervilles" to shame President Hoover.

Low international tariffs (taxes) discouraged international trade.

Farmers plowed millions of acres to plant wheat + drought in the midwest caused which event?

Which president believed in "rugged individualism" + thought the government should not interfere?

Which law did FDR sign that helped provide money to elderly people who need financial assistance?