great depression

Explain the Stock Market Crash.

• People purchased stocks with credit, got scared and sold their stocks. There was no money to pay people their money
• People purchased stock
• People threw their money away

Define Black Tuesday

• Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
• October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
• Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.

Which of the following would MOST contribute to people living beyond their means?

• Credit
• Rich People
• Goverment
• The Stock Market

What caused millions to lose their family wealth during The Depression?

• Bank closures
• Foreclosures on their farms and homes
• Stockmarket
• All of the above

Ownership in shares of a company or corporation

• CEO
• Insurance
• Stocks

Which of the following European country faced the greatest economic challenges after WW I? 

• Austria
• Great Britian
• France
• Germany

Who was President during The Great Depression?

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Bill Clinton
• Woodrow Wilson

What program did Franklin Roosevelt create in order to help Americans during the Great depression?

• Roosevelts boys
• Newer Deal
• New Deal
• FDR's relief

Did the New Deal bring the United States out of The Great Depression?

• Yes
• No

The Dust Bowl happened during the Great Depression?

• True 
• False