The Great Depression and the New Deal

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Which program helped clear waterways so farmers could ship their crops and built dams to control flooding?

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Front

Which program planted trees, preserved wildlife, maintained forest roads, and built towers to watch for forest fires?

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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Which program helped repair bridges, parks, airports, public buildings, and helped build 650,000 miles of roads?

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Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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True or False: The New Deal was a plan to end the Great Depression.

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True

Front

Who was the African American athlete that traveled to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany and won 4 gold metals in track and field?

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Jesse Owens

Front

Who was the author that became well known after writing Gone with the Wind?

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Margret Mitchell

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Who was a popular jazz musician?

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Duke Ellington

Front

True or False: People could get a free meal from a soup kitchen.

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True

Front

What happened to many people during the Great Depression?

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lost their homes

Front

True or False: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was one of the causes of the Great Depression.

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True