Great Depression

What is considered the most severe economic downturn in US History?

• New Deal

• Great Depression

• Banking Crisis

• Dust Bowl

________________ was willing to provide government aid to Americans.

What largely contributed to the 1929 Stock Market Crash?

• High taxes

• Low wages

• Buying stocks on margin

• Laissez-faire politics

This incident that occurred during Hoover's presidency was photographed and published in newspapers.

• Race riot

• Bonus Army March

• Black Tuesday

• Labor strike

What happened on Black Tuesday?

• Unemployment reached an all time high

• Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army

• Stock prices fell drastically and the stock market crashed

• Herbert Hoover was re-elected president

What is the acronym of one New Deal program created to address high unemployment?

What was Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

• Create programs to help the homeless

• Maintain a laissez-faire approach

• Provide direct relief to all Americans

• Create soup kitchens and breadlines

(T/F) Herbert Hoover attempted to help Americans by establishing vast public works programs and new laws to stimulate the economy.

• True

• False

The ____________ greatly impacted farmers in the Great Plains during the Great Depression.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?

• Many Americans faced homelessness

• Many farmers went bankrupt

• Hoovervilles formed on the outskirts of town

• Few Americans were unemployed