CCC created jobs for people who didn't have work. What kind of work did they do?

maintaining state and national forests

The Tennessee Valley Authority or TVA was a New Deal program which put people to work

building dams, bridges, and roads.

Why did many people in the Great Depression live in makeshift towns, or "Hoovervilles"?

They had lost their money and their homes.

Which of these economic effects did the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s have on America?

Crops failed and farmers went bankrupt.

Which of these environmental conditions increased the destruction of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s

Years of drought had made the ground very dry.

families were broken apart during the Great Depression. This happened because parents had to

move from town to town in search of work.

What crisis helped start the Great Depression and led to creating the (FDIC)?

Banks failed as people began to withdraw all of their money

Why did many people in the Great Depression live in makeshift towns, or "Hoovervilles"?

They had lost their money and their homes.

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1
Which part of the New Deal was designed to help the groups listed above stay out of poverty?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Social Security Act
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
2
Some New Deal programs helped farmers, when they went a long period without rain called a
dry condition
drought
. Black Sunday
dust
3
When the stock market crashed in October of 1929, which of these events happened soon after?
Stock prices started to rise.
Companies hired more workers.
Big investors made a fortune.
Banks went out of business
4
Many factories began to lay off workers resulting in __, or the condition of being out of work.
replacement
unemployment
credit
employment
5
CCC created jobs for people who didn't have work. What kind of work did they do?
creating cheap hydroelectricity
constructing schools and libraries
building roads, bridges, and dams
maintaining state and national forests
6
The Tennessee Valley Authority or TVA was a New Deal program which put people to work
in schools, hospitals, and libraries.
maintaining the nation's forests.
constructing public buildings.
building dams, bridges, and roads.
7
Why did many people in the Great Depression live in makeshift towns, or "Hoovervilles"?
They had lost their money and their homes.
It was the place where escaped criminals lived.
They could live closer to their workplaces.
President Hoover made them live in these towns.
8
many people lost their money and their jobs. which of these did they do?
built Hoovervilles
went back to school
became farmers
worked and saved their money
9
many investors had bought their stocks on borrowed money also known as ______.
savings
borrowing
interest
credit
10
Which of these economic effects did the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s have on America?
more crops were planted after the dust storms
Crops failed and farmers went bankrupt.
People packed up and moved east to the Great Plains.
Stock prices rose, and people started to make more money.
11
Which of these environmental conditions increased the destruction of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s
Flooding in the Great Plains had ruined miles of farmland.
There had been heavy rains for many months.
All the bushes and trees helped to keep the soil in place.
Years of drought had made the ground very dry.
12
families were broken apart during the Great Depression. This happened because parents had to
work in factories and come home late at night.
leave the country because they were here illegally.
move from town to town in search of work.
go to Germany to fight in World War II.
13
What crisis helped start the Great Depression and led to creating the (FDIC)?
Natural disasters wiped out farmers' crops and livestock.
Banks failed as people began to withdraw all of their money
people lost their jobs when companies started losing money.
The labor unions were losing power in the work force.
14
Why did many people in the Great Depression live in makeshift towns, or "Hoovervilles"?
They had lost their money and their homes.
It was the place where escaped criminals lived.
They could live closer to their workplaces.
President Hoover made them live in these towns.

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