Why did people not like the TVA?

it put the government in competition with business

Why did many Americans escape to movies in the 30s?

they needed relief from the sadness of the Depression

How did FDR help to reverse the Dawes Act?

he gave tribes control over their lands again

How was the Great Depression harder for minorities?

they experienced higher rates of unemployment

How did stock market speculation contribute to the Great Depression?

people bought stock on margin and went into massive debt

Why did so many banks collapse at the beginning of the Great Depression?

too many people took out their money at the same time

What was a fireside chat?

FDRs way of talking the country thru the Great Depression

How did the Federal Reserve contribute to the Great Depression?

they limited money in circulation

Which headline would represent a welfare state?

Largest number of people using food stamps in decades!

What did the Bonus Army want?

their veterans bonus to be paid early

How did President Hoover respond to the Great Depression?

cautiously, he thought it would fix itself

Hoovervilles were....

shacks built in vacant lots where homeless people lived

What caused the Dust Bowl?

mechanized farming, wind, droughts

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1
Why did people not like the TVA?
it built too many dams
it didn't provide enough jobs
it put the government in competition with business
Hoover didn't like it
2
What was not a cause of the Great Depression?
the end of WWI
the stock market collapsing
banks closing
people losing their jobs
3
Why did many Americans escape to movies in the 30s?
they didn't like movie stars
they needed relief from the sadness of the Depression
the government made a free movie day
they had plenty of money to spend on entertainment
4
How did FDR help to reverse the Dawes Act?
he forced Native Americans off their reservations
the US government took over reservations
he gave jobs to Native Americans first
he gave tribes control over their lands again
5
What did FDR establish to help retirees?
Social Security Act
Public Works Administration
the Agricultural Adjustment Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Commission
6
How was the Great Depression harder for minorities?
FDR tried to advise African Americans to help each other
the New Deal only helped the subrubs that were mostly white
they experienced higher rates of unemployment
the government paid off their home loans
7
How did stock market speculation contribute to the Great Depression?
stocks were harder to buy without a broker
when people got their money from banks they put it in stocks
stocks became cheaper so more people sold them
people bought stock on margin and went into massive debt
8
Why did so many banks collapse at the beginning of the Great Depression?
banks joined together to form a large national bank
too many people took out their money at the same time
the stock market collapsed
the government ran out of money
9
What was a fireside chat?
FDRs way of talking the country thru the Great Depression
the weekly tv news during the depression
a list of New Deal agencies FDR reviewed by his fire
President Hoovers plans to fix the depression
10
How did the Federal Reserve contribute to the Great Depression?
they told FDR to raise interest rates
they limited money in circulation
they stopped printing money
they closed all banks
11
What did relief from the New Deal want to do?
to fix the economy in the long run
to help elect FDR
provide immediate help
to encourage people to save their money
12
Which headline would represent a welfare state?
Upcoming elections may have several close races!
Our military is the strongest in the world!
Umployment rate at its lowest this year!
Largest number of people using food stamps in decades!
13
What was FDR trying to accomplish with things like the bank holiday and the FDIC?
provide jobs for people
help to regulate the stock market
restore peoples trust in banks
pass laws to limit the amount of debt someone can have
14
What did the Bonus Army want?
to demand better government protection for the military
their veterans bonus to be paid early
to start a war with Germany
to overthrow Hoover
15
How did President Hoover respond to the Great Depression?
he made a series of reforms called the Hoover Plan
he resigned so he wouldn't have to deal with it
he told Congress to help the country recover
cautiously, he thought it would fix itself
16
Hoovervilles were....
an army that wanted their bonus pay early
shacks built in vacant lots where homeless people lived
a series of laws to fix the Great Depression
a line of people waiting to get food
17
What were New Deal agencies like the CCC and the PWA trying to fix?
increased use of credit
banks foreclosures
stock market regulation
high unemployment
18
What caused the Dust Bowl?
using too much fertilizer and dusty fields
poor irrigation systems and lack of water
mechanized farming, wind, droughts
rotating the crops in the fields every year
19
What did the CCC provide?
eletricity for farms
jobs for young men
an emergency banking holiday
free food
20
What was the mark of the Great Depression? (The thing most prevelant in the Great Depression.)
banks closing
too much debt
high unemployment
stock market crash

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