Great Depression & New Deal

This New Deal reform program insured checking and savings accounts so banks don't lose people's money.

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Fair Labor Standards Act

• Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation

• Social Security Act

Which New Deal program set aside savings through taxes for unemployment, the disabled or retirement? 

• Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation
• Social Security Act 
• Agricultural Adjustment Act
• Civilian Conservation Corps

During the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers through the AAA?

• By ending the practice of sharecropping
• By raising tariffs on farm imports
• By paying farmers to grow fewer crops
• By training farmers for jobs in a new field

What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

• a government program that gave free land to homesteaders

• a government program that helped women get the vote

• a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country

• a government program designed to help get the economy going again

This person was blamed for not helping struggling Americans during the beginning of the Depression.

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

Which event eventually ended the Great Depression?

• The New Deal

• Creation of the TVA

• World War 2

• The publication of Gone With the Wind

The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.

• Jesse Owens
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George Washington

How did "bank runs" impact the American people during the Great Depression?

• Banks eventually ran out of money to loan, and people's life savings were gone.
• Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pays bills until they could find work.
• Banks were able to people's deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.
• Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.

This is the idea that the rich become richer, while the poor become poorer

• Black Tuesday 
• Speculation 
• Unequal distribution of wealth
• Buying on Credit 

This cause led many businesses to close, because they were producing more goods than consumers were willing to buy.

• Overproduction 
• Underconsumption 
• Buying on Credit 
• Stock Speculation