Great Depression & New Deal

1. What were some defining characteristics of the 1930s?

• breadlines, economic instability, unemployment , poverty

• concentration camps , internment camps

• Flappers, low unemployment, jobs

• big business, corruption, monopolies

1. What were the causes of the Great Depression?

• over speculation of the stock market, business failures, unregulated tariff

• Zimmerman telegram, Lusitania, submarine warfare

• Rise of Dictatorships, Pearl Harbor, Embargo

• Communism

What was the name of FDR’s program to fix the economy during the Great Depression?

• New Deal- Give people jobs

• Old Deal

• FDIC

• Social Security

Which New Deal agencies were created to help put people back to work?

• CCC, WPA, TWA, PWA

• FDIC

• Social Security

• Soup Letters

What New Deal programs are still around that impact your life today?

• FDIC and Social Security

• CCC

• TWA

• PWA

How did the role of the government change as a result of the New Deal?

• The government assumed a greater role in protecting the economic stability

• The government mentioned Give it Time

• hands off

• Laissez faire

What year did the Great Depression begin?

• 1929

• 1928

• 1931

• 1932

What caused the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression?

• drought , poor farming practices

• floods

• Hurricane Katrina

• Levees

What law forcibly sent people of Mexican descent to Mexico in order to reduce competition for jobs during the Great Depression?

• Mexican Repatriation Act

• Dreamers Act

• Exclusion Act

• Citizenship

How many terms did FDR serve?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1