The Great Depression

In the Presidential Election of 1932, what was the main reason FDR won?

• Hoover could not run for president again because he already served 2 terms

• FDR had military experience and the people saw him as a war hero

• Americans blamed Hoover for the Great Depression and wanted a new president

• FDR believed the government should be able to interfere with the economy

At the time of the stock market crash of 1929, who was the President of the U.S.?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

Which area of the U.S. did the Dust Bowl affect the most?

• the South

• California

• the North

• the Great Plains

Roosevelt helped the economy recover from the Great Depression by

• paying all the country's debt

• starting government programs for the poor

• expanding the military force

What was a major cause of the stock market crash?

• banks would not give out loans

• the stock exchange was bombed by terrorists

• people panicked when the stock prices decreased

Churches and charities started these to help feed the homeless during the Great Depression

• stock market

• soup kitchens

• food bank

The 31st President of the U.S. that lost much of his popularity due to the Great Depression

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• William McKinley

• Herbert Hoover

Longest serving president that was elected more than twice

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• William McKinley

• Herbert Hoover

Hoovervilles were known as

• shantytowns where homeless people lived during the Great Depression

• the town Herbert Hoover was from

• the first suburbs built after WWI

• housing projects constructed through one of the New Deal programs

What was the result of investors selling stocks at lower prices than they bought them?

• People that borrowed money for stocks could not pay back their loans, so people rushed to the bank to collect their savings.

• More people began buying stocks because they were so cheap.

• Businesses bought back their own stocks.