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Great Depression/Dust Bowl/New Deal
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1
The Great Depression exposed weaknesses in the country’s economy such as:
All of the above
People couldn’t afford to pay back loans so banks went broke
There were high taxes on goods from other countries
Many people bought stocks on credit, or borrowed money
2
The 3 major goals/parts of the New Deal were...
Relief, Reform, Recreate
Renew, Redo, Rebuild
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Redo, Relate, Rebuild
3
A great drought that sent farmers west to find other work was called the:
Great Depression
Black Tuesday
Dust Bowl
Great Drought
4
Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined a plan to bring America out of theDepression called...
New Deal
Reform Laws
Relief Act
Old Deal
5
What happened on “Black Tuesday,” October 29, 1929?
Roosevelt was elected President.
The Stock Market crashed.
The radio was invented.
The New Deal started.
6
Which of the following was a cause of the Great Depression?
The economy in the 1920s was weak.
The Stock Market crashed.
Factories & farms were overproducing goods.
People bought on credit.
7
In October 1929, stock prices began to fall slowly causing people to:
buy more stocks at a lower price
sell their stocks
lose their jobs
celebrate
8
What happened when banks failed in the 1930s and many Americans lost their money?
The government gave all homeless people free houses.
Only people who had invested in the stock market lost money.
People in France sent donations of food and money.
People bought fewer goods and factories laid off workers.
9
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was designed to:
Encourage people to keep their money hidden in their homes.
Prevent people from losing their money when put in banks.
Control the money printed by the government.
Eliminate the need for banks.
10
The Depression affected nearly all aspects of society, including factories, schools, and farms.
False
True
11
The New Deal ended the Great Depression.
True
False
12
An organization that used work camps for unemployed young men was the:
CCC
RRR
FDIC
SSA
13
FDR created a program to help elderly, disabled, and unemployed people called the:
Civilian Conservation Corps
Securities Exchange Commision
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Social Security
14
Small towns of poor, homeless people living in cardboard shacks were called:
Depression Villages
Roosevilles
Shantytowns
Hoovervilles
