New Deal 2

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

• banks closed
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put it
• someone stole it

October 29^th 1929 is an infamous day in American History. This day is regarded as being one of the worst in American history as it signals the start of a tumultuous time in American History, the Great Depression. What nickname is given to this day, where the stock market crashed?

• Down Monday
• Terrible Thursday
• Black Tuesday
• Worrisome Wednesday

When the Great Depression hit, millions of Americans were affected by it. Many of those millions had to leave their homes and set up their families in shanty-towns. What name was given to these poor pockets of shanties, that mocked the President at that time, who was being blamed for the Great Depression?

• Roosevelt Ranches
• Herbert Hothouses
• Hoovervilles
• Collidgetowns

As if the financial burden of the Great Depression was not enough during the 1930’s, this event caused widespread panic and terror, as the farmland in the mid-west had not been properly cared for by farmers, and as a result, soil began to become loose and easily moved. This event affected many states, most notably Kansas and Oklahoma, what name was given to this event that caused millions to leave the mid-west for California?

• Dirty Days
• Dry Spell
• Dustbowl
• Agricultural Failure

The New Deal was created by the newly elected President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He decided to create this government program to attempt to fix America’s economy during the Great Depression. Implemented during his first 100 days in office, which of the following was not one of the "3 R's" associated with the New Deal?

• Relief
• Recovery
• Reassessment
• Reform

In an attempt to try and keep the nation calm as they dealt with the Great Depression crisis, Roosevelt decided to have a weekly Radio Show where he would sit down and talk to the citizens of the nation, in a calm, reassuring voice. What name was given to these weekly speeches where Roosevelt spoke to the people?

• Roosevelt Radio Hours
• Fireside Chats
• Conversation Corner
• The President Speaks

Franklin D. Roosevelt developed the New Deal.  This program

• Gave jobs to the unemployed and offered welfare and government relief
• Drastically cut government spending
• increased the amount of government spending on the military
• Increased government spending while cutting taxes for the rich

Who was president during the New Deal?

• Theodore Rooesvelt
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Woodrow Wilson

Which agency paid young adults to build national parks?

• Works Progress Adminstration
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Bonus Army

What New Deal program was an answer to demands for a pension for the elderly?

• National Labor Relations
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Works {rogress Administration
• Social Security