Great Depression

How did the Stock Market Crash lead to the beginning of the Great Depression?

• 16 million stocks were shared in a single day that led to the loss of billions of dollars

• banks closed their doors to try to prevent a run on banks

• prices for goods increased so much that people couldn't buy basic items

• Herbert Hoover blamed the Stock Market Crash for the Great Depression

Which of the following people created government agencies and social programs that led to the end of the Great Depression?

• Henry Ford

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

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What is a soup kitchen?

• place where food is offered to hungry people for free or low cost

• area of homes built out of scraps of wood and pieces of cardboard

• government program that built roads, parks, and bridges

• period of severe drought and high winds

What was the name of the program created by President FDR?

• The Answer

• The Solution

• The New Deal

• The Right Deal

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Which of the New Deal programs worked to preserve natural resources and areas?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Works Progress Administration

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Works Progress Authority

Which New Deal program provide jobs for over 8.5 million and worked to develop public buildings and roads?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Works Progress Administration

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Works Progress Authority

Which New Deal program was responsible for supporting farmers and supplying electricity to rural areas?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Works Progress Administration

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Works Progress Authority

This composer traveled the country with his orchestra.

• Jesse Owens

• Louis Armstrong

• Duke Ellington

• Langston Hughes

Newspaper reporter and author from Atlanta who wrote the famous novel Gone With the Wind

• Scarlett O'Hara

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Margaret Mitchell

This athlete defeated Hitler's athlete's as an African American in the Olympics

• Jesse Owens

• Louis Armstrong

• Duke Ellington

• Langston Hughes