Great Depression

The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform. 

• Stock Market 
• Great Depression
• Margin 
• New Deal 

The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Abraham Lincoln
• Grover Cleveland

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

• banks closed because they had no money

• banks moved to another country

• they couldn't remember where they put it

• someone stole it

The stock market crash of 1929 was one of the main causes of the Great Depression.  On this one day, October 29, 1929, the stock market lost $14 billion.  This day is known as ________________.

• Bad Tuesday
• Poor Tuesday
• Black Tuesday
• Crash Tuesday

During the Great Depression, many people were unemployed.  This means that they lost their ____________.

• jobs
• homes
• families
• friends

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In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

The __________________  was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.

• New Deal
• Great Depression
• Dust Bowl
• Civil War

An effect of the Great Depression was...

• A large number of people were admitted to the hospital.
• A large number of banks and businesses excelled.
• A large number of banks and businesses failed.
• A large number of banks and businesses moved to Canada.

An effect of the Great Depression was...

• Everyone bought more stocks.
• large numbers of people were hungry and homeless.
• Farmers became rich.
• Many people moved to the South during the Great Migration South.

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President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

• to strengthen the economy 
• to avoid going to war 
• to improve public education 
• to end racial discrimination