The Great Depression and the New Deal

Which of the following was one cause Great Depression?

• WWI
• The invention of the radio
• Stock Market Crash of 1929

• Hoovervilles

Shantytowns were often called “Hoovervilles”. Why?

• many people blamed President Hoover for the Great Depression
• many people loved President Hoover so they named their neighborhoods for him
• people were proud to be an American
• people lived in a city called Hoover 

What event forced many farmers to leave the Great Plains and move to California and the  North?

• The re-election of President Roosevelt
• The Dust Bowl
•    The bombing of Pearl Harbor
• The formation of the TVA

Which of the following is the full title of what we may refer to as the CCC?

• Corporation Conserved Citizens
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Civilian Conservations Center
• Center Counter Civilians

What were president Roosevelt’s three goals for the programs of New Deal?

• review, resend, reject
• encourage, enlighten, elevate
• relief, recovery, reform
• review, relief, relax

What is the purpose of the Social Security program?

• to provide tax money to unemployed, disabled, and elderly.

• to regulate trading on Wall St. 
• to restore confidence in the banking system and prevent runs on the banks. 
• to provide men with jobs building parks and planting trees

Who had been the president when the Great Depression began in 1929?

• Herbert Hudson
• Herbert Hoover
• Herbert Henry
• Herbert Roosevelt

Why was the New Deal established?

• lt started a new company for Harlem Renaissance artists.
•  To try to bring the Great Depression to an end'
• To make employees understand what happened during this period of history.
• To impeach POTUS Hoover

Why was Herbert Hoover an unpopular president?

• Hoover only helped wealthy people.

• Hoover spent too much money trying to help.

• Hoover didn't help trade

• Hoover didn't do enough to help people who struggled.

Why did soup kitchens like the one in the picture open during the Great Depression?

• to give meals to refugees coming to the US

• to provide meals to unemployed and homeless people

• to provide meals for government employees

• to provide meals for soldiers from WWI