Great Depression, Dust Bowl, & New Deal

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Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.

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A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.

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What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

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Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.

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What event took place in October 1929 that many people consider an important factor in causing the Great Depression?

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Stock Market Crash

Front

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

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banks closed

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What was the main problem of the Great Depression?

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Many Americans were unemployed.

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Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?

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Social Security Administration

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Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies? Options: “Rugged individualism” will end social inequality, Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system, Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate, State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government

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Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate

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One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-

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more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems

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Which New Deal program employed young men to work on various projects to improve the country?

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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The Soil Conservation Service addressed problems of Dust Bowl by

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teaching farmers how to prevent soil erosion.