Great Depression

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

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

• the end of the gold rush 
• the crash of the stock exchange 
• the ending of World War II 
• the high price of oil 

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. 

When the stock market crashed in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president of the United States. The president who followed President Hoover began the New Deal, a program to help people during the Great Depression. This president was

• Warren Harding
• Calvin Coolidge
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover

How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930s?

• Unemployment reached its highest level in United States history. 
• Congress voted to reject New Deal policies. 
•  Stock prices were higher than investors could afford.    
• Agriculture replaced manufacturing as the primary industry. 

Which of the following is NOT a New Deal Program that FDR established? 

• Conservation Country Corporation (CCC)
• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Because of the Dust Bowl, many farmers moved to California 

• True
• False 

Homes that were in parks and built out of cardboard boxes were called Hoovervilles. 

• True
• False

Herbert Hoover helped the United States by coming up with many programs to help Americans get out of the Great Depression.  These programs were known as the New Deal. 

• True
• False

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes