Great Depression and the New Deal

What was the stock market crash in 1929?

• When all the banks closed

• When over 16 million shares were traded causing thousands to lose their investments.

• When prices for goods increased that people struggled to buy food.

• When President Hoover was blamed for the shanty towns

Who was elected president and created programs to help Americans during the Great Depression?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Donald Trump

• Herbert Hoover

• Frankline D. Roosevelt

How did charities help those in need during the Great Depression?

• They helped them build shantytowns.

• They set up soup kitchens that provided a hot meal.

• They built schools, roads, and libraries.

• They built dams that created hydroelectric power and created many new jobs.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's program that created jobs for Americans during the Great Depression was called_________.

• The Plan by FDR

• Deal or No Deal

• The CCC, TVA, and WPA

• The New Deal

Why were the New Deal programs nicknamed Alphabet Soup?

• These programs provided a job for Americans, which allowed them to buy soup for their families.

• They were named using acronyms, which used many letters from the alphabet.

• This is a false statement. The New Deal programs didn't have a nickname.

• These programs supported the soup kitchens, which provided a hot meal to homeless Americans.

What did the Civilian Conservation Corps program provide?

• This program provided jobs for Americans to create a network of dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley Area.

• This program provided jobs for Americans to develop public buildings and roads.

• This program provided jobs for men to help plant trees, dig canals, and establish National parks.

• This program provided jobs for American to build homes for their families.

What did the Works Progress Adminstration program provide?

• This program provided jobs for Americans to create a network of dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley Area.

• This program provided jobs for Americans to develop public buildings and roads.

• This program provided jobs for men to help plant trees, dig canals, and establish National parks.

• This program provided jobs for American to build homes for their families.

What did the Tennessee Valley Authority program provide?

• This program provided jobs for Americans to create a network of dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley Area.

• This program provided jobs for Americans to develop public buildings and roads.

• This program provided jobs for men to help plant trees, dig canals, and establish National parks.

• This program provided jobs for American to build homes for their families.

Who am I? I was a famous composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra in the 1930s.

• Louis Armstrong

• Duke Ellington

• Langston Hughes

• Jesse Owens

Who am I? I was a newspaper reporter and author in Atlanta. In the 1930s, I wrote the book Gone with the Wind that sold millions of copies during the Great Depression.

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Langston Hughes

• Margaret Mitchell

• Amelia Earhart