World War I and the Great Depression review

President Hoover believed that Americans should rely on this to get themselves out of the GD.

Who was president during WW1?

The day the stock market crashed

A extended drought in the west led to

This agency paid farmers to leave certain fields fallow in order to raise prices

He called for the creation of a League of Nations after WW1

FDR was elected in 1932 because he promised the people a

How did FDR stabilize the banks in his first "hundred days"?

WWI quickly became this static and inhumane type of warfare.

This agency gave direct relief to starving families in the form of grants

This event was the spark that started WWI

Any project that provides something that benefits all citizens of a state or nation.

This agency brough much needed regulation and rules for US businesses

Who promises the people a "New Deal" during the 1932 presidential race?

Name one way in which women did NOT help the war effort

Between 1929 and 1933 this many banks failed

Which of these is NOT a cause of WWI?

Which nation was NOT a part of the Central Powers?

The name given to shanty towns that sprang up during the Great Depression.

One of two major reasons America enters WWI

Which nation was NOT one of the Allied powers in WWI?

This agency was created to assure peoples deposits wouldn't be wiped out by bank failures.

In what year did unemployment reach 25% during the Great Depression?

Which is NOT a cause of the Great Depression

One of two reasons the US enters WWI

A new weapons tech in WWI

Which is NOT a role of the US in WWI?

This agency employed men to work on public works projects like airports and hospitals

World War I veterans who marched on Washington in the 1933.

A place where percentages of a company are bought and sold

This meant buying stock using stock as collateral.

A rise in domestic violence and alcoholism in the 1920's led to

This agency mostly employed men 17-25 to work on public works projects

This agency brought running water and electricity to a backward section of America

Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?