The Great Depression and the New Deal

The collection of markets and exchange where the issuing and trading of equities, bonds and other sorts of securities takes place.

• Margin
• New Deal
• Deficit Spending 
• Stock Market 

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

• Stock Market 
• Great Depression
• Margin 
• New Deal 

This President enforced both New Deals and saw America through the Great Depression and World War II. 

• Eisenhower
• Truman
• Hoover
• Roosevelt 

This New Deal program insured the public's deposits to make sure that the bank runs never happened again 

• PWA
• WPA
• SSA
• FDIC

What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?

• 25%
• 35%
• 50%
• 2%

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

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

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

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

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

• jobs
• homes
• families
• friends

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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

The New Deal pulled America out of its economic mess!  Several New Deal agencies, such as the CCC, WPA, and the TVA, were important because ____________________.

• they built bridges, dams, and other useful projects
• they helped create jobs and put Americans back to work
• they offered assistance to farmers
• they provided electricity to a poor region