Great Depression Challenge

Which one of the following was used by presidents Harding and Coolidge to help grow the U.S. economy in the 1920s?

• encouraging foreign imports

• reducing taxes on businesses

• funding benefits for retired Americans

• increasing taxes on corporations

America’s foreign policy from the end of World War I until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941:

• imperialism

• globalism

• expansionism

• isolationism

October 29, 1929 is known as “Black Tuesday” because it’s the day that:

• the US stock market crashed

• the Yankees lost the World Series

• Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles

• FDR was elected

Which U.S. president was blamed for making the Great Depression worse?

• Calvin Coolidge

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

One major cause of the Stock Market crash was:

• war in Europe

• communism

• assembly line manufacturing

• overproduction of goods

President Hoover responded to the Bonus Army by:

• agreeing to pay veterans’ bonuses ahead of schedule

• resigning his presidency

• calling out the army to force an end to the protest

• choosing FDR as his running mate in 1932

In 1933, the percentage of unemployed Americans was approximately:

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

FDR’s plan for providing relief, recovery, and reform:

• Dealer’s Choice

• Big Deal

• New Deal

• Good Deal

The main goal of FDR’s “Bank Holiday” was to:

• give weary Americans a well-deserved rest

• ensure that America’s banking system was reliable

• build up U.S. military strength

• borrow money to renovate the White House

Name for FDR’s popular radio broadcasts:

• president’s hour

• talkies

• soap operas

• fireside chats