The Great Depression

Explain the Stock Market Crash.

• People purchased stocks with credit, got scared and sold their stocks. There was no money to pay people their money
• People purchased stock
• People threw their money away

 Define The Great Depression

• Loan given to help you buy items you normally cannot buy on your own.
• homeless person who travels looking for work.
• The time in American history when the U.S. was at it's lowest point.

Define Black Tuesday

• Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
• October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
• Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.

Which of the following would MOST contribute to people living beyond their means?

• Credit
• Rich People
• Goverment
• The Stock Market

What caused millions to lose their family wealth during The Depression?

• Bank closures
• Foreclosures on their farms and homes
• Stockmarket
• All of the above

Ownership in shares of a company or corporation

• CEO
• Insurance
• Stocks

How did the Stock Market Crash lead to the beginning of the Great Depression?

• 16 million stocks were shared in a single day that led to the loss of billions of dollars

• banks closed their doors to try to prevent a run on banks

• prices for goods increased so much that people couldn't buy basic items

• Herbert Hoover blamed the Stock Market Crash for the Great Depression

Which of the following people created government agencies and social programs that led to the end of the Great Depression?

• Henry Ford

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

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What was the name of the program created by President FDR?

• The Answer

• The Solution

• The New Deal

• The Right Deal

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Which of the New Deal programs worked to preserve natural resources and areas?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Works Progress Administration

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Works Progress Authority