The Great Depression

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because ___________.

• banks closed for business
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put their money
• someone stole their money from the banks

Buying on "margin" refers to buying

• stocks
• household appliances
• automobiles
• homes

Most historians identify the beginning of the Great Depression as

• the 1929 Stock Market Crash
• The passage of the 21st Amendment
• The beginning of prohibition
• The Treaty of Versailles

What marked the start of the Great Depression in the United States?

• The Stock Market Crash
• World War I
• War World II
• The Dust Bowl 

who was Herbert Hoover?

• a president during the Great Depression
• a cook  during the Great 
• a man who fought in the civil war
• worked in the stock market

FDR created a new agency called the _____________

• NBA

• WBRC

• NBRA

• FDIC

The FDIC insured peoples money so that if the bank ____________they would pay back all their money (up to 100,000).

• invested their money elsewhere

• gave their money to someone else

• failed

• sells their money

Fireside chats were: 

• Radio addresses FDR used to reach the American People, although not many listened, as most people preferred TV. 
• Radio addresses FDR used to calm Americans and explain topics like the banking holiday
• Small gatherings with honored guests in front the White House fire place
• Homeless citizens gathering around campfires to discuss their problems. 

What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?

• New Deal
• Great Deal
• Social Security
• the New Liberalism

What did young men  employed by the CCC or Civil Conservation Corps do?

• built schools, court houses, etc.
• Cleaned the nations rivers and waterways
• Planted trees on public lands
• built dams like the Hoover Dam