The Great Depression + New Deal

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Who was president during the Great Depression? Options: Herbert Hoover & Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover & Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt & Teddy Roosevelt, JFK

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Herbert Hoover & Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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The stock market crashed on October 24th, 1929 in what became known as: Black Friday, Black Tuesday, Black Thursday, Black Sunday

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Black Tuesday

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The Great Depression occurred MAINLY because of...

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over-speculation of the stock market

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How high did unemployment rise to during the Great Depression?

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25%

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Shanty towns that were created as a result of the high poverty rate because of the Great Depression were called _________.

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Hoovervilles

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True or False. Hoover was a well-liked and popular president.

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FALSE

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What was Hoover's "trickle down" solution to the Great Depression? Options: cut taxes, lower interest rates, government loans; raise taxes, higher interest rates, government loans; cut taxes and increase jobs everywhere

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cut taxes, lower interest rates, government loans

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Why was FDR the original podcaster?

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He would broadcast radio talks addressing the nation from his living room.

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Why was Franklin Delano Roosevelt disabled?

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He contracted polio in 1921

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Why did the American people believe that President Hoover was going to have a better understanding of how to handle the problems of the Great Depression?

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Because he was a self-made man who came from having very little