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 is a soup kitchen?

• place where food is offered to hungry people for free or low cost

• area of homes built out of scraps of wood and pieces of cardboard

• government program that built roads, parks, and bridges

• period of severe drought and high winds

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 following was a main feature of the New Deal?

• preparing for war

• regulating trade

• providing jobs

• desegregation

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

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 was the global impact of the Great Depression in the United States?

• Without US interference, European economies soared
• Without American financial support, the world economy suffered greatly
• Both of these are true
• There was no impact

Besides unemployment, what was another problem Germany Faced in the 1920s and 1930s?

• Starvation

• Inflation

• Militarism

• Imperialism

This was designed to provide assistance to the elderly, disabled, and poor

• Social Security
• Securities and Exchange Committee
• Wagner Act
• National Recovery Act