Great Depression and New Deal Test

The __________________  was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.

• New Deal
• Great Depression
• Dust Bowl
• Civil War

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Why did people like those in the picture have to line up for free food in the 1930s?

• most people had money in the thirties, but few were poor and got free food 
• the war left people with no money to spend
• they were on a lunch break from their jobs in factories
• the Great Depression left many without jobs or money

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

• Many banks failed and could not offer people their money

• People lost their saving in WWI

• President Hoover confiscated it

• The Dust Bowl

This is a photograph of what event?

• WWI

• Fireside Chat

• Hooverville

• Dust Bowl

Which President created the New Deal, a plan to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression?

• Franklin Roosevelt 
• Herbert Hoover
• Harry Truman
• Woodrow Wilson 

The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Presidency in 1932 reflected the desire of many Americans to

• have government take an active role in solving economic problems.
• return to a policy of laissez-faire capitalism.
• continue the domestic policies of the Hoover administration.
• become professional athletes to support their families.

How many terms did FDR serve as President of the United States?

• 2
• 6
• 4
• 3

FDR addressed the American public in weekly radio broadcasts known as

• FDR Hour.

• Hangin' With Mr. Franklin.

• Fireside Chats.

• Around the Fire.

The New Deal changed political thinking because it supported the idea that __________.

• the rights of workers are less important than businesses
• the Supreme Court should play a larger role
• the government should become more involved in the social/economic life of people
• foreign Policy is more important than domestic

Which New Deal agency that was responsible for building the Blue Ridge Parkway, planting trees, and improving national parks?

• AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

• CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

• FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

• WPA (Works Progress Adminstration)