1930s/Great Depression

This president thought the federal government should not get involved in the economy. As a result, many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression. This caused him to lose the election in 1932.

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Theodore Rooselvelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Calvin Coolidge

Which event occurred on Black Tuesday?

• many factories closed

• many banks closed

• many people lost their homes

• the stock market crashed

Who created the Share Our Wealth Program

• O.K. Allen
• Earl Long
• Huey Long
• Franklin Roosevelt

One of the popular ways people tried to escape the Depression was...

• Going driving

• Going to the movies

• Going to Europe

• None of the above

Borrowing money to purchase stock was called?

• Margin Buying

• Speculation

• Credit

• Pooling

The "1st Hundred" days were...

• the period just before World War II.

• Hoover's first days in office.

• a period when the Congress declared New Deal measures to be unconstitutional.

• the start of FDR's first term where many major laws were passed.

Which of the following groups were not affected by the Great Depression?

• Farmers

• Stock Market investors

• Businessmen

• All were affected by the Depression

Which of the following best describes Herbert Hoover

• liberal

• cautious

• radical

• dishonest

Herbert Hoover...

• introduced the New Deal.

• hated the New Deal.

• started the Square Deal.

• favored the New Deal.

Conditions facing FDR at the beginning of his presidency included all of these except...

• widespread unemployment.

• decline in production.

• rising prices.

• decline in wages.