Great Depression and New Deal

What was the Great Depression?

• A period in United States history when people couldn't find jobs and businesses closed causing mass unemployment.

• A period in United States history when people were loaned money from the banks.

• A period in United States history when people couldn't travel due to sickness.

• A period in United States history when people could pay off their debt.

What was the Dust Bowl?

• A bad drought on the Great Plains in the early 1920's that led to farmers being out of work.

• A bad drought on the Great Plains in the early 1930's that led to farmers being out of work.

• A bad drought in the Great Smoky Mountains in the early 1930's that led to farmers being out of work.

• A bad drought in the Great Smoky Mountains in the early 1920's that led to farmers being out of work.

What happened when the stock market crashed in October 1929?

• The value of money increased causing many people and businesses to make money that led to an economic bust.

• The value of money dropped causing many people and businesses to lose money that led to an economic bust.

• The value of stocks increased causing many people and businesses to make money that led to an economic bust.

• The value of stocks dropped causing many people and businesses to lose money that led to an economic bust.

What is a debt?

• The money that one person owes to another.

• The money that one person loans to another.

• The stock that one person owes to another.

• The stock that one person loans to another.

What were Hoovervilles?

• Shantytowns made from scraps that were named after President Franklin Hoover because people blamed him for the economic problems.

• Shantytowns made from scraps that were named after President Herbert Hoover because people blamed him for the economic problems.

• Shantytowns made from scraps that were named after President Herbert Hoover because people praised him for the economic issues.

• Shantytowns made from scraps that were named after President Franklin Hoover because people praised him for the economic issues.

What is a soup kitchen?

• It is a place where food is offered to the hungry for free.

• It is a place where only soup is served at a regular price.

• It is a place where food is offered to the wealthy only.

• It is a place where soup is offered to hungry workers only.

What were the New Deal programs?

• Government programs started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that created jobs and regulations to prevent another depression.

• Government programs started by President Theodore Roosevelt that created jobs and regulations to prevent another depression.

• Government programs started by President Herbert Hoover that created jobs and regulations to prevent another depression.

• Government programs started by President Woodrow Wilson that created jobs and regulations to prevent another depression.

What is Social Security?

• A New Deal program that provides money to Americans over the age of 65 or who have disabilities and cannot work.

• It is New Deal program that protects the consumers savings in banks.

• It is New Deal program that conserved and protected the natural environment.

• It is a New Deal program that produced hydroelectricity in rural areas of Tennessee.

What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

• It is a New Deal program that gave people jobs building dams on the Ohio River that produced hydroelectricity for rural areas and prevented floods.

• It is a New Deal program that gave people jobs building dams on the Mississippi River that produced hydroelectricity for rural areas and prevented floods.

• It is a New Deal program that gave people jobs building dams on the Tennessee River that produced hydroelectricity for rural areas and prevented floods.

• It is a New Deal program that gave people jobs building dams on the Cumberland River that produced hydroelectricity for rural areas and prevented floods.

What was the Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)?

• A New Deal program that created jobs by building schools and hospitals in rural areas of the United States.

• A New Deal program that created jobs that conserved or protected the natural environment by planting trees and clearing hiking trails.

• A New Deal program that created jobs by enlisting civilians into the United States military.

• A New Deal program that created jobs in conservation by sending students to college.