Great Depression

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression 

• Roosevelt 
• Eisenhower
• Hoover
• Jefferson

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The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform. 

• Stock Market 
• Great Depression
• Margin 
• New Deal 

On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.

• Black Thursday
• Black Tuesday 
• Black Friday
• Black Sunday 

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During the 1930s, the conditions shown in this photograph occurred mainly

• on the Atlantic Coast
•  on the Great Plains
• in the Rocky Mountains
• in the Pacific Northwest

The TVA helped transform the Tennessee River Valley from poverty to productivity by ...

• soil conservation and tree planting
• building highways, bridges, public buildings, public parks, and airports
• building hydroelectric dams throughout a seven-state region to control floods and generate electricity
• provide assistance to farmers

A major result of the New Deal was that it

• eliminated poverty in the US
• extended the merit system in the civil service
• destroyed the private enterprise system
• greatly increased the size and power of the Federal Government

Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington D.C.?

• Its members wanted the government to give them jobs

• to keep unemployed people busy and out of trouble

• It wanted the government to replace the money lost during bank failures

• It wanted the government to pay WWI veterans a bonus early

Some New Deal programs were initially declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because

• they restricted an individual's right to free speech

• they created enormous debt

• they gave too much power to the federal government

• they took power away from Congress

where government spends more than it takes in

• deficit spending

• on margin

• national debt

• public works

stock purchase where investor pays only part of the cost

• deficit spending

• on margin

• national debt

• public works