Great Depression - New Deal

Who invested in stocks, betting that they would continue to rise?

• Speculators

• Okies

• Bailiffs

• other countries

What did President Roosevelt's policies for ending the Depression become known as?

• Old Deal

• New Deal

• Deal with it

• New Nationalism

What idea/principle was established by the Social Security Act?

• Government should protect workers who are unable to support themselves through no fault of their own.

• Government should pay people who quit working by choice

• Government should buy balloons for your birthday

• Universal Basic Income

What happened on the Great Plains from drought and poor soil management?

• Sand Bowl

• Super Bowl

• Dusty Storm

• Dust Bowl

Why did thousands of World War I veterans march on Washington D.C. in 1932?

• For fun

• To demand their promised bonuses

• To push for another war

• Against civil rights

What was Hoover's belief about how to address the Great Depression?

• Rugged Individualism

• Socialism

• Progressivism

• Social Programs

Choose all that apply: which of these problems were farmers facing during the Depression?

• Dust Bowl

• Overproduction / dropping prices

• Defaulting on their loans

• Hunger Marches

Why did FDR institute Bank Holidays?

• To give bankers more time off

• To avoid bank runs

• To encourage bank withdraws

• So he could visit his Aunt Brenda who worked at a bank

What were shanty towns of homeless Americans outside major cities called?

• Roosevelt Towns

• Tent Cities

• Hoovervilles

• Seattle

Choose 2 of the factors that caused the Great Depression

• Crash of the Stock Market

• Underspending by consumers

• Overspending with consumer credit

• Income equality