Great Depression and New Deal -5th Grade

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

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

President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?

• It gave all people the right to vote
• It led people to travel around the country freely
• It created programs to put people back to work
• It let all new immigrants become American Citizens

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 high price of oil
• the end of the gold rush
• the ending of WWII
• the crash of the stock exchange (stock market)

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 helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.
• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west. 
• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation. 

What was the name of the day when the Stock Market crashed in 1929?

• Black Friday
• Black Tuesday
• Black Sunday
• Black Monday

What charity did some people have to go in order to get food during the Great Depression?

• they didn't visit charities, the stole from markets

• they didn't visit charities, the grew their own food

• they visited soup kitchens

• they visited the school cafeteria

President from 1928 to 1932. Many people blamed him for the Great Depression being as bad as it was.

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Woodrow Wilson
• Harry Truman
• Herbert Hoover

a share of ownership in a company

• sale
• stock
• market
• credit

the Great Depression ended ________

• in 1929
• it never ended
• after the beginning of WWII
• after the beginning of WWI

Herbert Hoover was defeated by ___________ in the 1932 presidential election.

• Harry Truman
• Woodrow Wilson
• Winston Churchill
• Franklin D Roosevelt