Tennessee and the Great Depression

Which word means "a severe, long-term economic downturn"?

• ratify

• depression

• suffrage

• segregation

Who in Tennessee were especially hit hard during the depression? Choose two:

• Bankers

• Police Officers

• Farmers

• African Americans

Who created farmsteads for more than 200 families?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Cumberland Homesteads

What was the program called that President Roosevelt introduced to help the nation recover from the Great Depression?

• The New Deal

• The Old Deal

• United Nations

• Cumberland Homesteads

Which program put young American men back to work preserving the nation's natural resources?

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• The New Deal

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Cumberland Homesteads

Which program helped transform the Tennessee River Valley from poverty to productivity, and helped the area to control floods by building dams?

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• The New Deal

• Cumberland Homesteads

Which of the following states were affected by the TVA program? Choose 3:

• Georgia

• Missouri

• Alabama

• Tennessee

• Arkansas

Which three jobs did the CCC workers perform?

• planting trees

• building dams

• building state parks

• working on projects to conserve soil and prevent erosion