Great Depression & New Deal

How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930's?

• Agriculture replaced manufacturing as the primary industry.

• Stock prices were higher than investors could afford.

• Congress voted to reject New Deal policies.

• Unemployment reached its highest level in United States history.

President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal Programs?

• to strengthen the economy

• to end racial discrimination

• to avoid going to war

• to improve public education

What was the "New Deal" of the 1930's?

• a government program designed to help people during the depression

• a government program that gave free land homesteaders

• a government program that helped women get to vote

• a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country

President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?

• It gave all people the right to vote.

• It let people travel around the country freely.

• It created programs to put people back to work.

• It let all new immigrants become American citizens.

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

• the high price of oil

• the end of the gold rush

• the ending of World War II

• the crash of the stock exchange

Use the list below to answer this question:

-African American

-Broke 3 world records while I was in college

-I made Adolf Hitler angry

-Famous track-and-field athlete

All of these are associated with who?

• Margret Mitchell

• Charles Lindbergh

• Jesse Owens

• Duke Ellington

The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?

• Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.

• The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.

• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.

• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation.

In 1929, the stock market crash was the beginning of the "Great Depression." Which of the following BEST describes the Great Depression?

• The depression was severe, but only in the United States.

• Governments acted quickly and the depression only lasted two years.

• The depression caused revolutions all across the world.

• Many countries around the world experienced the economic depression.

Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression. People did not have money to pay for necessities, such as shelter, food, and clothing. The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," a program that

• forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs.

• provided new ways for people to apply for unemployment insurance.

• provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs.

• forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs.

When the stock market crashed in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president of the United States. The president who followed President Hoover began the New Deal, a program to help people during the Great Depression. This president was

• Warren Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman