Great Depression Review

A tax on goods produced in other countries is called a....

• tax

• amendment

• tariff

• migrant

One cause of the Great Depression was when factories were making more goods than they could sell. This was called______________.

• Stock Market Crash

• unemployment

• overproduction

• Dust Bowl

What was the name given to President Roosevelt's plan to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression?

• New Deal

• fireside chats

• CCC

• New Development

If a company needs to raise money, it often sells a share of the company to investors in the ____________________________.

• stock

• overproduction

• grocery store

• Stock Market

Borrowed money is called ______________________.

• IOU

• credit

• debt

• stocks

Not being able to pay back money that you owe is called_______________.

• credit

• debt

• unemployment

• overproduction

Many unemployed young men and some young women rode the rails from town to town seeking work were called what?

• okies

• hoboes

• Billy Bob

• laid off

Severe drought in the Great Plains

• Okies

• Wind Storm

• Dust Bowl

• Dust Blizzard

What were the three goals of the New Deal?

• reduce, reuse, and recycle

• reform, rest, and relax

• relief, recovery, and reform

• reform, reduce, and relief

This New Deal program sets limits on trading in the Stock Market in order to prevent high risk investments.

• FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• CCC Civilian Conservation Corps

• SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

• SSA Social Security Act