CH 10: Great Depression Review

The Stockmarket crashed on Oct. 29, 1929. This date is called

• Black Tuesday

• Black Friday

• Black Thursday

• Black Sunday

Who lost the Election of 1932 because the people had lost their confidence in him as President, and blamed him for the Great Depression

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

What organization hired people to build dams and generators in the Tennessee Valley to provide electricity?

• SSA

• TVA

• CCC

• FDIC

One lasting effect of the New Deal was that

• Banks no longer loan out money

• All communities must provide unemployed people with food

• There is no more unemployment

• Customers savings in the bank are now protected

Who ruled many of FDR's New Deal programs unconstitutional

• The Senate

• The Supreme Court

• The House of Representatives

• The Executive Branch

Why did critics think the New Deal went too Far?

• Took care of too many people

• Thought people were depending too much on government help

• Gave the president too much power

• Gave the people too much power

The Emergency Banking Relief Act

• allowed only healthy banks to reopen

• gave extra money to the banks to loan

• closed all banks for one month to reorganize

• made banks illegal

Why were businesses hurt by the stock market crash?

• Workers went on strike

• Customers demanded better products

• Lost their savings and had to close or cut back

• The government ordered them to close

What group of people were hurt most by the Dust Bowl?

• Businessmen

• Farmers

• Children

• Migrant Workers

Borrowing money to buy stocks is called

• Stock Market Shares

• Business Cycle

• Court Packing

• Buying on Margin