The Great Depression and New Deal

(US.39) What happened on October 29, 1929?

• The stock market crashed

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

• World War III started

• Hoover passed the Smoot-Haley Tariff

(US.39) Which of the following was not a reason why the Stock Market crashed?

• Laissez Faire polices by our government

• Overextension of credit

• Businesses overproduced

• Foreign influence

(US.39) When a business overproduces what usually happens to workers?

• They get a promotion

• They get fired

• They hire more workers

• They stop hiring additional workers

(US.40) What caused farmers to overplant their field which led to the Dust Bowl?

• Crop prices dropped

• Railroads raised their prices

• Crop prices increased

• The Stock Market Crash

(US.40) To which state do Americans move to during the Depression?

• California

• Idaho

• New York

• Arkansas

(US.41) Where do Americans move to during the Great Depression?

• Farms

• Cities

(US.42) Which of Hoover's reforms gave money to failing businesses to try and help them not close?

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation

• Smoot Hawley Tariff

(US.42) Which of Hoover's reforms created an extra tax on products coming into America?

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation

• Smoot Hawley Tariff

(US.42) Why did the Bonus Army March to Washington DC?

• They wanted jobs

• They wanted their bonus checks

• They wanted food

• They wanted houses

(US.43) Who were the two candidates in the election of 1932?

• Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Hoover and Garfield

• Hoover and Teddy Roosevelt

• Hoover and Jimmy Carter