Great Depression 2

The New Deal

• was a failure.
• created new jobs.
• only helped farmers.
• increased unemployment.

What is the correct chronological order of these events?
1. The stock market crashed.
2. Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover
3. The economy of the United States went through a boom.

• 3, 2, 1
• 1, 2, 3
• 3, 1, 2
• 2, 1, 3

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The Great Depression caused many people to lose their money and their jobs.  In cities from New York to California, many people who had lost their homes did which of these?

• worked and saved their money
• went back to school
• became farmers
• built Hoovervilles

Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted American citizens to feel that the economy would soon improve.  He developed programs such as the CCC, TVA, and WPA.  These programs became known as

• Social Security.
• the New Deal.
• minimum wage.
• Jim Crow laws.

What does this list describe the effects of?
- People who have lost their homes leave the Great Plains for California.
- Crops are ruined, and farmers cannot pay back their debts.
- Migrant workers cannot find work because the farms have been destroyed.

• the Dust Bowl.
• Hoovervilles.
• the Roaring Twenties.
• Black Tuesday.

What happened to bank customers in the 1930s?

• They earned interest on their savings accounts.
• They sold their shanties to the bank for a profit.
• Many of them lost their savings when banks closed.
• They asked the bank for loans to buy stocks.

Who started the "New Deal" to help America recover from the Great Depression?

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Henry Ford
• Duke Ellington

What happened in the early 1930s after the stock market crashed?

• Prohibition
• World War I
• the Great Depression
• the Harlem Renaissance

The day the stock market crashed is known as:

• Black Monday
• Black Tuesday
• Black Wednesday
• Black Thursday

FDR's plan to fix the American Economy was called:

• The New Deal
• Reaganomics
• Economic Injection
• The "band-aid" Solution