Unit 8: GD & WWII (SSUSH17-19)

Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan for helping the country's economy was called:

• The Great Society
• The Constitution
• The Great Depression
• The New Deal

One cause of the stock market crash of 1929

• Overproduction 
• mass production 
• underproduction 

Another cause of the stock market crash of 1929

• Overconsumption 
• Underconsumption 
• Mass Production 

The stock market crash of 1929 directly led to 

• Great Depression 
• Dust Bowl 
• Great Recession 
• Independence Day 

As a result of the Great Depression, millions were left homeless and unemployed. Shanty towns began forming outside of cities known as

• Shantyvilles
• Ghettos
• Hoovervilles
• Rooseveltvilles

What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration developed to address?

• Excessive stock market speculation
• High unemploment
• Increased use of credit
• Overproduction of goods

What was Roosevelt’s goal in creating the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?

• Restore the public’s faith in financial institutions
• Stimulate demand for manufactured goods
• Provide jobs for the unemployed
• Help farmers pay back their loans

During the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?

• By ending the practice of sharecropping
• By raising tariffs on farm imports
• By paying farmers to grow fewer crops
• By training farmers for jobs in a new field

What was the name given to President Roosevelt's plan to alter the Supreme Court to increase his power in having his New Deal legislation passed instead of having it struck down on constitutional grounds? 

• The New Deal
• The Great Depression
• Court Packing 
• Second New Deal 

These created jobs and provided people with direct assistance during the Great Depression

• Relief
• Recovery
• Reform
• Reduce