Great Depression

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

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

What was the New Deal?

• A relief program 
• A weapons project
• A Scam
• A Tax

The Great Depression only took place in the cities.

• True
• False

The Dust Bowl happened during the Great Depression?

• True 
• False

President during the 1930s who was considered a failure because he couldn't fix the Great Depression.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Margaret Mitchell
• Jessie Owens

The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.

• Jesse Owens
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George Washington

What role do banks have in  the economy? 

• They provide loans to people who need money and help people invest money in stocks.
• They tax customers to pay for new programs.
• They decide how everyone should spend their money.
• They do not play a role in the economy.

Which of the following is the government's role in the economy? 

• Providing stocks to people who need to invest. 
• The  main provider of loans to people who want to buy homes.
• Giving interest to people who put their money into savings accounts. 
• Building roads, schools, hospitals, and more with tax money.

What role do private businesses have in the economy? 

• They provide goods for people to buy.  They provide jobs for people to work at.
• They help people open up savings accounts.
• They give interest to people who save money in a savings account. 
• They do not play a role in the economy.

Hundreds of thousands of people couldn't find jobs during the great depression.  Many people who couldn't find work couldn't afford to buy food so they had to go to

• Homeless shelters
• Soup kitchens