The Great Depression

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 

What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

• a government program that gave free land to homesteaders

• a government program that helped women get the vote

• a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country

• a government program designed to help people during the depression

President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?

• It gave all people the right to vote. 
• It created programs to put people back to work.    
• It let all new immigrants become American citizens. 
• It let people travel around the country freely. 

The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?

• Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water. 
• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation. 
• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west. 
• The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment. 

• The Great Recession
• Dust Bowl
• New Deal
• Great Depression

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression 

• Roosevelt 
• Eisenhower
• Hoover
• Jefferson

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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

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

• banks closed
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put it
• someone stole it

Towns of cardboard houses popped up during the depression that werecalled_______________.

• Franklynvilles
• Hoovervilles
• Obama towns
• Washington Heights

During the 1930s, the conditions shown in this photograph occurred mainly

• on the Atlantic Coast
•  on the Great Plains
• in the Rocky Mountains
• in the Pacific Northwest