ASW Week 20 Study Guide

The 1920s were called the Roaring Twenties

• True

• False

The stock market crashed on November 29, 1929.

• True

• False

The Civilian Conservation Corps put young men to work building dams and widening the Tennessee River.

• True

• False

President Roosevelt asked Congress to start up programs to put people back to work during the Depression.

• True

• False

The day the stock market crashed was called _____.

• Black Wednesday

• Terrible Thursday

• Black Friday

• Black Tuesday

The stock market crashed because:

• Too many people tried to buy stocks at one time.

• The value of stocks fell to almost nothing.

• The value of stocks increased too quickly

The Depression was caused by _____.

• Americans producing more goods than they could sell

• foreign countries no longer buying American products

• the war years were over so there was no longer the need to send extra goods to troops

Government programs that helped put people back to work during the Depression were called _____.

• New Deal

• New Jobs

• New Start

• New Year

Soup kitchens were _____.

• places set up by the mayor of each town for people to pick up surplus food

• places set up by churches and agencies to feed people

• places where people learned to make soup

• the most expensive restaurant in town

The ___________________________ _______________________________ __________________ hired workers to build and improve Alabama State Parks.

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Works Progress Administration

• Agricultural Adjustment Act