The Great Depression

Some people believe that President Herbert Hoover's decision led to the beginning of the Great Depression.

• True
• False

The Stock Market crashed in 1929 because:

• Unemployment had risen
• The country had a lot of debt
• There were a lot of bank loans
• All of the above

In 1930, banks recalled loans from people and businesses causing

• Citizens to dance in the street
• new businesses to open
• people to lose homes, jobs and businesses
• to elect Herbert Hoover as president

Hoovervilles were

• small towns and settlements where people had everything they needed
• small towns and settlements around the country where people went to live because they came on hard times
• where the rich lived
• where President Herbert Hoover lived

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to 5 terms as president of the United States.

• True
• False

The New Deal was

• a handshake
• a game show
• legislation to restore jobs, banks and businesses to our country
• a group of people who started a business

Unemployment was so high that over 1/2 of the people in the U.S. did not have jobs.

• True
• False

The United States joined World War II right at the beginning and partnered with Germany

• True
• False