GREAT DEPRESSION

President during the 1930s who was considered a failure because he couldn't fix the Great Depression.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Margaret Mitchell
• Jessie Owens

Famous Jazz musician of the 1930s

• Duke Ellington
• Jessie Owens

Famous African American athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin

• Louis Armstrong
• Langston Hughes
• Jesse Owens
• Duke Ellington

The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.

• Jesse Owens
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George Washington

The Georgia author, who became famous for writing "Gone with the Wind."

• Margaret Mitchell
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Jessica Owens
• J. K. Rowling

Which of the following is NOT a role that individuals play in the economy? 

• Buying food, clothing, and other things that they need.
• Working to receive a paycheck.
  
• Taxing their fellow citizens.
• Starting businesses which offer services and goods to other individuals. 

What role do banks have in  the economy? 

• They provide loans to people who need money and help people invest money in stocks.
• They tax customers to pay for new programs.
• They decide how everyone should spend their money.
• They do not play a role in the economy.

Which of the following is the government's role in the economy? 

• Providing stocks to people who need to invest. 
• The  main provider of loans to people who want to buy homes.
• Giving interest to people who put their money into savings accounts. 
• Building roads, schools, hospitals, and more with tax money.

When a person makes a plan about how to save and spend money, they are creating a(n)

• economy
• personal budget
• market
• competition

What role do private businesses have in the economy? 

• They provide goods for people to buy.  They provide jobs for people to work at.
• They help people open up savings accounts.
• They give interest to people who save money in a savings account. 
• They do not play a role in the economy.