Great Depression Review

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

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes

In 1933 the unemployment % was

• 24.9 %

• 3.2 %

• 29.4 %

• 100%really bad

FDR passed more legislation in the First ______ than most presidents do in two years.

• 30 Days
• 50 Days
• 100 Days
• 365 Days

Put the following events into the correct chronological order.

W. Stock Market Crash 
X. Election of Hoover
Y. Election of FDR 
Z. Hundred Days

• WXYZ
• XWYZ
• XWZY
• WXZY

Why did President Hoover not help the unemployed?

• There were other departments that handled emergencies.

• Hoover thought the government needed protected.

• Hoover thought that state and local governments, and charities should help the needy. He also thought the economy would snap back.

• Hoover was focused on getting re-elected, not the stock market.

Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?

• overproduction and underconsumption
• a decrease in the supply of consumer goods
• an increase in demand for imported products
• an increase in the price of wheat on the world market

How did "bank runs" impact the American people during the Great Depression?

• Banks eventually ran out of money to loan, and people's life savings were gone.
• Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pays bills until they could find work.
• Banks were able to people's deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.
• Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.

As part of the New Deal, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) were created to

• allow for a quick recovery of stock prices
• provide direct loans to businesses
• protect individual investors from stock fraud and bank failure
• allow banks and companies to invest in the stock market

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of

• excessive stock market speculation
• high unemployment
• increased use of credit
• limited income of senior citizens

The TVA is significant because it hired people to 

• deliver food to the poverty-stricken Dust Bowl residents
• build dams and generators that provided electricity
• work on farms to help stabilize agriculture
• publish important facts about businesses