Great Depression

The US President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Herbert Hoover

• Thomas Jefferson

What was the name given to the programs created by FDR to ensure relief and employment to Americans during the Great Depression?

• Job Connection

• Meals on Wheels

• Social Experiment

• New Deal

When the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, this day was called...

• "Red Thursday"

• "Black Tuesday"

• "Black Friday"

• "Ash Wednesday"

A time period of low economic activity and high unemployment caused by the debts of World War I was called?

• Great Awakening

• Roaring 20's

• Great Depression

• Cold War

The devastation of this war led to the Great Depression of the 1930s?

• World War I

• Spanish-American War

• American Revolution

• World War II

Who was affected by the Great Depression of the 1930s?

• Antarctica

• Just Europe

• Only the USA

• The entire world

How did Great Britain respond to the Great Depression?

• They got rid of democracy for totalitarianism.

• The restored the absolute monarchy.

• They imperialized more land.

• They placed tariffs on all imported goods to protect home businesses.

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

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

How did Germany respond to the Great Depression?

• They paid millions in reparations to the Allies of WWI

• They obeyed the Treaty of Versailles

• They elected Adolf Hitler and got rid of democracy

• They allowed the British and French to take over their government.

Which is an effect of the Great Depression?

• Employment increased

• Factories and businesses shut down

• Families went on more vacations

• Banks opened