USH Unit 4 Exam Review

This was the name for the set of programs put in place by FDR to help the depression era economy.

• Fireside Chat

• Bank Holiday

• New Deal

• Packing the court

Who was president at the beginning of the Great Depression and said it was not the government’s job to get the economy out of the depression? 

• William McKinley 
• Theodore Roosevelt 
• Herbert Hoover 
• Franklin Roosevelt 

What was the human impact of The Great Depression?

• People were homeless and hungry
• People generally owned their own home 
• People were optimistic about their current circumstances. 
• There was so much economic prosperity that Photographers took historical images of all the boisterousness. 

Why did soup kitchens like the one in the picture open during the Great Depression?

• to give meals to immigrants coming to the US

• to provide meals to unemployed people

• to provide meals for government employees

• to provide meals for soldiers from WWI

Why was Herbert Hoover an unpopular president?

• Hoover only helped wealthy people.

• Hoover spent too much money trying to help.

• Hoover didn't help trade

• Hoover didn't do enough to help people who struggled.

What was President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

• He believed "rugged individualism" would solve the economy

• He created mass welfare

• He increased infrastructure to create jobs

• He violated his policy of laissez-faire

What philosophy did the New Deal follow?

• Laissez-Faire policies should guide our economy.

• "Rugged Individualism" will get us through the Great Depression.

• The federal government should work to help Americans in poverty.

• Capitalism is a natural cure for economic crisis.

Which event marked the end of the Roaring 20's and the started of the Great Depression in the 1930s?

• The election of Herbert Hoover

• The Stock Market Crash

• The Dust Bowl

• The Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

• To strengthen the economy

• To avoid going to war

• To improve public education

• To end racial discrimination

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes