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The Great Depression
The Great Depression
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A 5th grade review
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1
It was easy to find jobs after migrating west.
True
False
2
Which New Deal program restored confidence in the banking system?
Securities and Exchange Commission
Social Security
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
3
What is one major problem with stocks during the late 1920s that led to the Great Depression?
People were buying stocks with borrowed money.
The stock prices were too cheap.
Shareholders were unwilling to sell their companies' stocks.
Americans sold their stocks and saved their money.
4
Why did many farmers go in debt after WWI?
Farm equipment prices rose.
A severe drought wiped out most of their farmland.
The stock market crashed.
Overproduction of crops caused prices to drop.
5
Which president is often credited with bringing the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
6
In which year did the Stock Market Crash occur?
1933
1944
1929
1932
7
Which programs set out to put money in the hands of the consumer?
Recovery
Relief
Resistance
Reform
8
How did the role of the federal government change as a result of the New Deal?
The government involvement increased.
The President gained more control of the government.
The government involvement decreased.
There was no change in the government.
9
What is the name given to a makeshift homes built from scrap lumber and empty boxes?
hoboes
shacks
shanties
Hoovers
10
What name was given to newspapers during the Great Depression?
Hoovervilles
Hoover blankets
Shantytowns
Hoover flags
11
How did an overproduction of factory goods contribute to the Great Depression?
More factories opened causing a decrease in unemployment.
Americans spent all of their money on new technologies.
Businesses began to fail.
The stock market crashed.
12
Which program significantly reduced poverty among the elderly?
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security
13
What happened as a result of the images in the video?
African Americans migrated north & found jobs in factories.
People migrated west looking for work as migrant workers.
Acres of land was sold cheap with the Homestead Act.
The SEC planted trees to help with erosion.
14
Unemployed men or women who rode trains from town to town looking for work or a handout
shanty
hobo
Hoover worker
migrant worker
15
Which president was blamed for the Great Depression?
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
16
What happened as a result of people buying on credit and not repaying their loans?
European countries raised tariffs on American imports.
Banks ran out of money.
Unemployment dropped.
The stock market crashed.
17
What is the name of FDR's plan, represented in this political cartoon?
Social Security Act
The Square Deal
The New Deal
14 Points
18
What essentially helped pull America out of the Great Depression?
Black Tuesday
Immigration
WWII
the invention of the automobile
19
Which programs set out to assist with the feeding and housing of the poorest American citizens?
Recovery
Relief
Reform
Resistance
20
Which New Deal program regulated trading on Wall Street and limited high-risk investments?
Home Owners Loan Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
Securities and Exchange Commission
Civilian Conservation Corps
21
Which New Deal program hired young, unemployed men to plant trees and build parks?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Public Works Administration
Farm Security Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
22
What caused the international economic policy to suffer during the Great Depression?
America banned immigrants coming into the country.
The U.S. lowered tariffs on all imported goods.
European countries matched the high tariffs placed on goods.
The U.S. put a blockade on all European imports.
23
This New Deal program provided monthly payments to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Social Security
Farm Security Administration
