Post Quick check on the New Deal and the Great Depression

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

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

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes

A time in America following the roaring 20's where America experience rising unemployment that did not end until the onset of World War II. 

• New Deal
• Roaring 20's
• Great Depression
• Cold War 

The New Deal was designed to end ___ ___ ___.

• The world
• World War  2
• Our classroom
• the Great Depression

Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

• The End of Prohibition
• The New Deal
• The Stock Market Crash
• The Election of Herbert Hoover

To fight the Depression, the first thing Roosevelt did was set out to

• Restore confidence in the Banks

• Set up Public Works Programs

• Provide relief for farmers

• Provide direct relief for people

What does FDIC stand for?

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Federal Debt Investigation Corporation

• Federal Department Investigation Company

• Federal Deposit Investigation Corporation

What did Eleanor Roosevelt work for?

• civil rights
• human rights
• rights for slaves

What FDR tried to reorganize

• Fireside Chats
• Droughts
• Supreme Court
• Executive Branch